Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, commonly known as Madrid–Barajas Airport, is the main international airport serving Madrid in Spain.

At 3,050 ha (7,500 acres) in area, it is the second-largest airport in Europe by physical size behind Paris–Charles de Gaulle Airport. The airport has five passenger terminals: T1, T2, T3, T4 and T4S. Madrid-Barajas Airport has 4 runways, one of them is 4,400 m long, one of the largest in Europe.

The airport is the primary hub and maintenance base for Iberia and Air Europa. Consequently, Iberia is responsible for more than 40% of Barajas’ traffic. The Madrid–Barcelona air shuttle service, known as the “Puente Aéreo” (in Spanish), literally called “Air Bridge”, used to be the busiest route between two EU airports.

In 2019, 61.8 million passengers travelled through Madrid–Barajas, making it the country’s busiest airport as well as Europe’s sixth-busiest.

Photos Marjoleine van der Zijde