The Autonomous Region of Madrid can be approached by plane by three different airports.
Two of these airports are used for regular passenger traffic; the first one is located in Barajas and the second is in Torrejón de Ardoz.
The third airport is located in the city of Madrid as is Barajas, its name being Cuatro Vientos-but it is not for passenger transportation. The region is perfectly connected to the main Spanish, European and World cities.
The Madrid-Barajas airport is the main airport in Spain and it is one of the five most important airports in Europe, each year transporting more than 40 million passengers and 336,000 tons of goods while carrying out 400,000 flights. It is thirteen kilometers from the Puerta del Sol, center of Madrid, toward the northeast. The most important airlines from the main countries of the World operate here.
Access:By road: along the main roads and beltways of the city of Madrid. Along the A-2 (Barcelona highway) taking the airport's exit at the kilometer 12 or along the M-40: exits 3 and 9 connected to the roads M-11 and M-14 respectively. These two roads lead you directly to the terminals.
By bus: taking line number 101, Canillejas-Airport-Barajas or taking line number 200, Avenida de América- Airport (EMT red buses).
The subway's line number 8, Nuevos Ministerios-Barajas, directly links the center of Madrid to the airport. In the Nuevos Ministerios station you can check-in to the flights belonging to the following airlines: Air Europa (except the flight to Buenos Aires), Iberia (except the flights from Madrid to Barcelona), Spanair, Alitalia and Pluna.
The Spanish railway network (RENFE) does not reach the Madrid-Barajas airport, although the long distance railway stations, fast train stations (AVE) and short distance railway stations are easy to get to in a few minutes using the subway. Tel.: 91 305 83 43.
T4. The Madrid-Barajas airport has recently been enlarged, and in the month of February of 2006 a new terminal was inaugurated (T4). This new building as well as its satellite area (the T4S building) are real works of art. They are modern, functional and flexible, and in them natural light is a great protagonist. This new terminal has a capacity of 35 million passengers per year, and of more than 10,000 passenger at peak hour.
This new terminal has a modular design, it is pleasant and has a lot of sunlight. Designed under a global perspective to have a commercial and leisure offer for passengers, in it you may shop, enjoy good food or relax with a massage. One can do all of this in the two shopping centers inside the T4 and T4S buildings. The shops have been very well integrated to the restaurants and new leisure, health and beauty concepts have been included.
Access to T4: By road: two roads have been built to be able to get to the new air terminal; the M-12 (axis north-south) and the connection between the road M-14 and M-13 (axis east-west). These new access points connect directly with the new terminal's arrival and departure gates, and have seven lanes, three for arrivals and four for departures.
By bus: Line no. 201 from the subway station Barajas (T4) to Madrid, Line 204 from Avenida de América to (T4), Line 827 from Alcobendas and Tres Cantos to (T4) and Line 828 from Alcobendas to (T4).
Fast buses: These buses connect our four terminals, they are free, they go by every three minutes and they take just a few minutes to arrive at their destination.
The Madrid airport called Cuatro Vientos is only for civil and military use. It is the oldest in Spain and is the only public civil heliport in the Autonomous Region.
It is close to the city of Madrid. It is used as a flying school, for State services, and by companies that use it for flying purposes such as maintenance and technical training. In the year 2004 it was the eighth airport as far as number of flights carried out in Spain.
The Madrid-Torrejón airport is a military air base open to civil traffic.
As a result, this airport complements the operations that take place at the Madrid-Barajas airport. The maneuvers of civil airplanes that comply with certain weight and operational requirements are authorized in exceptional occasions. It is good to know that it is an airport dedicated to executive and private flights: in fact it is the most import Spanish airport in air taxi traffic.
Madrid-Cuatro Vientos. Tel.: 91 321 09 49
Madrid-Torrejón. Tel.: 91 660 37 10
