Madrid

Airport of Madrid

Madrid Barajas International Airport

The airport is located northeast of Madrid's city center. It is the most important international as well as domestic airport of Spain, and southern Europe. This was opened in 1928 and now has become one of the most important aviation centers of Europe. It serves more than 45 million passengers in an year and is the 5th most busiest airport of Europe. The operator of this airport is Aena.

The airport has 4 terminals, one of which has the world's largest single terminal area. It has an area of more than one million square meters. It serves as the gateway to the Iberian peninsula from the rest of Europe. Barajas, in total, have four runways; two on a north-south axis and the other two on a northwest-southeast axis. A total of 120 operations are allowed per hour.

Major airlines served includes :- Aer Lingus, AeroMexico, Aerosur, Air China, Air France, Air Europa, Air Italy, Swiss International Air Lines, US Airways, Air Berlin, Spanair, American Airlines, Egypt Air, British Airways, Olympic Airlines, Ukraine International Airlines, Turkish Airlines.