- IATA
- MAD
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- LEMD
- used by air traffic control
- Opened
- 1928
- per Wikidata
- Passengers
- 66.2M
- in 2024
History & name
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport opened in 1928 and takes its name from Madrid and Barajas. Operated by ENAIRE, it lies 14 km from Madrid at an elevation of 1,998 ft and handled 66.2 million passengers in 2024 across 4 runways, the longest 4,350 m.
Read more: Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata ↗
At a glance
- Full name
- Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Serves
- Madrid, Spain
- City centre
- 14 km from Madrid
- Opened
- 1928
- Operator
- ENAIRE
- Passengers
- 66.2 million in 2024
- Runways
- 4 runways, longest 4,350 m
- Elevation
- 1,998 ft (609 m)
- Website
- aena.es ↗
Where it sits
40.5°N, 3.6°W puts MAD in the northern hemisphere, 4,503 km from the equator and 5,505 km from the North pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 171st most northerly, which makes it the 491st most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 40.5°S, 176.4°E — 120 km from Hawke's Bay (NPE) in New Zealand, which is about as close to a true antipodal airport pair as this table gets.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Valencia (VLC), 286 km away in a straight line. Nothing else on this site is within 100 km.
Distances from MAD
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air. The longest is Buenos Aires, at 10,087 km.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | BCN | 483 km | 1h 06m |
| London | LHR | 1,244 km | 2h 03m |
| Gran Canaria | LPA | 1,766 km | 2h 42m |
| Dubai | DXB | 5,650 km | 7h 31m |
| New York | JFK | 5,760 km | 7h 40m |
| Bogotá | BOG | 8,031 km | 10h 29m |
| São Paulo | GRU | 8,378 km | 10h 55m |
| Mexico City | MEX | 9,065 km | 11h 46m |
| Buenos Aires | EZE | 10,087 km | 13h 02m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
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