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Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas AirportIATA code MAD
Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD/LEMD) is the primary air passenger gateway serving Madrid, Spain in Europe. Originfacts tracks 2 direct destinations across 2 countries departing from MAD.
- Serves
- Madrid, Spain
- Codes
- MAD · LEMD
- IATA · ICAO
- Time zone
- Europe/Madrid
- Region
- Europe
Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD/LEMD) is the primary air passenger gateway serving Madrid, Spain in Europe. Operating on Europe/Madrid local time at coordinates 40.470°, -3.570°, the airfield functions as an active commercial transit hub for scheduled regional and international flights. Originfacts tracks 2 destinations across 2 countries departing from MAD, with primary carrier operations including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Iberia and TAP Air Portugal, connecting key routes to New York and Lisbon. Passengers traveling through Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport are advised to verify terminal assignments, compare ground transport links into Madrid, and plan check-in times with their operating airline before departure.
Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport details
- IATA code
- MAD
- ICAO code
- LEMD
- City
- Madrid
- Country
- Spain
- Region
- Europe
- Time zone
- Europe/Madrid
- Coordinates
- 40.493°, -3.572°
- From OurAirports
Codes, region and time zone come from the Originfacts airport record (last updated 2 May 2026). Fields marked otherwise come from the dataset named on them. None are verified by hand against Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport’s own pages.
MAD airport facts
- Size class
- Large airport
- From OurAirports (5 Oct 2026); OurAirports’ own classification
- Elevation
- 609 m (1,998 ft)
- From OurAirports (5 Oct 2026)
- Passengers, 2024
- 66.2 million
- Per Wikidata (opens in a new tab) (retrieved 5 Oct 2026) — no reference given there
- Nearest airport with scheduled flights
- Salamanca Airport SLM · 170 km
- OurAirports scheduled-service flag; straight-line distance calculated
Runways at MAD
Source: OurAirports (opens in a new tab) runways data (public domain), retrieved 5 Oct 2026. Not an aeronautical source — not for navigation.
4 open runways, all lit. Longest 18R/36L: 4,350 m, asphalt.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18R/36L | 4,350 m14,271 ft | 60 m | asphalt | Lit |
| 14R/32L | 3,988 m13,084 ft | 60 m | asphalt | Lit |
| 14L/32R | 3,500 m11,483 ft | 60 m | asphalt | Lit |
| 18L/36R | 3,500 m11,483 ft | 60 m | asphalt | Lit |
Airlines and destinations from MAD
Source: Travelpayouts fare data, 5 Oct 2026 — destinations where travellers found a nonstop fare from MAD in the days before that date. Not a complete or live schedule.
Nonstop fares from MAD to 158 destinations in 64 countries, on 39 airlines. Originfacts’ own route records for MAD are listed separately below.
Airlines named on the fares
- IBIberia40 destinations
- FRRyanair37 destinations
- UXAir Europa13 destinations
- W4Wizz Air Malta7 destinations
- W6Wizz Air5 destinations
- 2WWorld2Fly5 destinations
- U2easyJet4 destinations
- AYFinnair4 destinations
- AAAmerican Airlines3 destinations
- PUPlus Ultra Lineas Aereas3 destinations
- AMAeroméxico2 destinations
- YWAir Nostrum2 destinations
- E9Iberojet2 destinations
- LALATAM Airlines2 destinations
- MWMalta Air2 destinations
- PCPegasus Airlines2 destinations
- V7Volotea2 destinations
- VYVueling2 destinations
- CAAir China1 destination
- TSAir Transat1 destination
- BTairBaltic1 destination
- CXCathay Pacific1 destination
- MUChina Eastern1 destination
- CZChina Southern Airlines1 destination
- ECeasyJet1 destination
- EKEmirates1 destination
- EYEtihad Airways1 destination
- EWEurowings1 destination
- I2Iberia Express1 destination
- JLJapan Airlines1 destination
- KEKorean Air1 destination
- LHLufthansa1 destination
- LGLuxair1 destination
- DYNorwegian Air Shuttle1 destination
- QRQatar Airways1 destination
- ATRoyal Air Maroc1 destination
- SVSaudia1 destination
- 3USichuan Airlines1 destination
- TUTunisair1 destination
The airline on a fare can be the seller of a codeshare flown by a partner. Linked names are matched to Originfacts airline pages by code and name; others are shown as the fare data names them.
Destinations by country
- Spain (22)
- Alicante, Almeria, Arrecife, Asturias, Barcelona, Bilbao, Granada, Ibiza, Jerez de la Frontera, La Coruna, Las Palmas, Malaga, Menorca, Palma, Puerto del Rosario, San Sebastian, Santander, Santiago De Compostela, Sevilla, Tenerife, Valencia, Vigo
- Italy (13)
- Alghero, Bari, Bologna, Cagliari, Catania, Florence, Milan, Naples, Palermo, Pisa, Rome, Turin, Venice
- United States (10)
- Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Washington
- France (8)
- Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Nice, Paris, Strasbourg, Toulouse
- Morocco (8)
- Agadir, Casablanca, Fez, Marrakech, Nador, Rabat, Tangier, Tetuan
- Germany (5)
- Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich
- Brazil (4)
- Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Sao Paulo
- China (4)
- Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shanghai
- Mexico (4)
- Cancun, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey
- Poland (4)
- Gdansk, Katowice, Krakow, Warsaw
- Portugal (4)
- Faro, Funchal, Lisbon, Porto
- United Kingdom (4)
- Bristol, Edinburgh, London, Manchester
- Colombia (3)
- Bogota, Cali, Medellin
- Dominican Republic (3)
- Punta Cana, Santiago, Santo Domingo
- Greece (3)
- Athens, Kerkyra, Mikonos
- Romania (3)
- Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova
- Switzerland (3)
- Basel, Geneva, Zurich
- Argentina (2)
- Buenos Aires, Rosario
- Canada (2)
- Montreal, Toronto
- Croatia (2)
- Dubrovnik, Zagreb
- Ecuador (2)
- Guayaquil, Quito
- Turkiye (2)
- Istanbul, Izmir
- United Arab Emirates (2)
- Abu Dhabi, Dubai
- Albania (1)
- Tirana
- Algeria (1)
- Algiers
- Austria (1)
- Vienna
- Belgium (1)
- Brussels
- Bolivia (1)
- Santa Cruz
- Bulgaria (1)
- Sofia
- Chile (1)
- Santiago
- Costa Rica (1)
- San Jose
- Cuba (1)
- Havana
- Cyprus (1)
- Larnaca
- Czech Republic (1)
- Prague
- Denmark (1)
- Copenhagen
- Egypt (1)
- Cairo
- El Salvador (1)
- San Salvador
- Finland (1)
- Helsinki
- Georgia (1)
- Kutaisi
- Guatemala (1)
- Guatemala City
- Hong Kong (1)
- Hong Kong
- Hungary (1)
- Budapest
- Ireland (1)
- Dublin
- Japan (1)
- Tokyo
- Latvia (1)
- Riga
- Luxembourg (1)
- Luxembourg
- Malta (1)
- Malta
- Netherlands (1)
- Amsterdam
- Norway (1)
- Oslo
- Panama (1)
- Panama City
- Paraguay (1)
- Asuncion
- Peru (1)
- Lima
- Puerto Rico (1)
- San Juan
- Qatar (1)
- Doha
- Saudi Arabia (1)
- Jeddah
- Senegal (1)
- Dakar
- Serbia (1)
- Belgrade
- South Africa (1)
- Johannesburg
- South Korea (1)
- Seoul
- Sweden (1)
- Stockholm
- Thailand (1)
- Bangkok
- Tunisia (1)
- Tunis
- Uruguay (1)
- Montevideo
- Venezuela (1)
- Caracas
Linked destinations also have an Originfacts route record from MAD.
Check schedules with the airline or Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport before you book.
Airlines on routes from MAD
Source: Originfacts route records, last updated 21 May 2026. Not verified by hand.
The airlines listed on the 2 routes Originfacts tracks from MAD. Only 2 routes from MAD are in Originfacts’ route records so far — a small sample, not Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport’s full network. This is not a complete list of airlines at Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport.
Routes from MAD
Source: Originfacts route records, last updated 21 May 2026. Not verified by hand.
The 2 routes Originfacts tracks from MAD so far, listed with the distance and estimated flight time in each route record. Only 2 routes from MAD are in Originfacts’ route records so far — a small sample, not Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport’s full network. Check live schedules with the airline.
Full list of destinations: aena.es/es/adolfo-suarez-madrid-barajas.html (opens in a new tab) (the airport’s official site)
Airlines with a hub at MAD
Per Wikidata (opens in a new tab) (retrieved 5 Oct 2026): airlines whose “airline hub” property names MAD, with no end date and not recorded as dissolved. Community-edited; hubs change.
Where MAD is
14 km northeast
Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport lies 14 km northeast of Madrid city centre in a straight line. Road distance is longer; transport options are not yet verified (see terminals and transport below).
Calculated from the airport coordinates (OurAirports) and the Wikidata (opens in a new tab) city-centre point.
Terminals, transport and parking at MAD
Terminal assignments, ground transport into Madrid, parking, lounges and accessibility services have not been verified against Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport’s own pages yet, so none are listed here.
Check directly:aena.es/es/adolfo-suarez-madrid-barajas.html (opens in a new tab)Map of the airport location (opens in a new tab)
Before you travel
- Confirm your terminal with the operating airline.
- Check the check-in and bag-drop cut-off times on your booking.
- Allow extra time if you need to change terminals or check bags in again.
- Check your flight status before you leave for the airport.
Climate at MAD, month by month
Source: NASA POWER (opens in a new tab) daily values for 2016–2025 at 40.47°, -3.57° (MERRA-2 reanalysis grid, about 50 km cells), averaged by Originfacts. Modelled, not airport weather-station readings.
Warmest: July (average high 35°C). Coolest: January (10°C high, 0°C low). Wettest: March (74 mm); driest: July (11 mm).
| Month | High | Low | Temperature range | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10°C | 0°C | 42 mm | |
| Feb | 13°C | 1°C | 30 mm | |
| Mar | 15°C | 3°C | 74 mm | |
| Apr | 18°C | 5°C | 63 mm | |
| May | 23°C | 9°C | 40 mm | |
| Jun | 29°C | 14°C | 26 mm | |
| Jul | 35°C | 18°C | 11 mm | |
| Aug | 34°C | 18°C | 18 mm | |
| Sep | 27°C | 13°C | 39 mm | |
| Oct | 22°C | 10°C | 69 mm | |
| Nov | 14°C | 4°C | 51 mm | |
| Dec | 11°C | 2°C | 46 mm |
Airports near Madrid
Straight-line distances calculated from each airport’s coordinates in the Originfacts airport records. Road distances are longer.
Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport: common questions
Where is Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport?
Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport serves Madrid, Spain. Its coordinates in OurAirports are 40.493°, -3.572°.
What are the airport codes for Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport?
The IATA code is MAD and the ICAO code is LEMD.
What time zone is MAD in?
Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport is in the Europe/Madrid time zone.
What is the official website of Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport?
The airport’s official website is aena.es/es/adolfo-suarez-madrid-barajas.html. For questions about a booking, contact the operating airline.
Which airlines are listed on routes from MAD?
Originfacts’ route records (last updated 21 May 2026) list American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Iberia and TAP Air Portugal on routes from MAD. This is not a complete list of airlines at Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport; check current schedules with the airline.
Where can you fly from MAD?
Originfacts’ route records (last updated 21 May 2026) include only 2 routes from MAD so far, to New York and Lisbon. That is a small sample, not Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport’s full network. For the full list of destinations, check the airport’s official website (aena.es/es/adolfo-suarez-madrid-barajas.html) or the airlines.
How many runways does Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport have?
OurAirports lists 4 open runways at MAD: 18R/36L (4,350 m (14,271 ft), asphalt); 14R/32L (3,988 m (13,084 ft), asphalt); 14L/32R (3,500 m (11,483 ft), asphalt); 18L/36R (3,500 m (11,483 ft), asphalt).
Where can you fly nonstop from MAD?
Travelpayouts fare data retrieved 5 Oct 2026 showed nonstop fares from MAD to 158 destinations in 64 countries, the most in Spain (22), Italy (13) and United States (10). That reflects fares travellers found, not a complete or live schedule.
When did Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport open?
Wikidata gives 1928 as its official opening date.
How many passengers use Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport?
Wikidata records 66.2 million passengers for 2024, the latest year it holds.
Who operates Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport?
Per Wikidata, MAD is operated by ENAIRE, which also owns it.
Which airlines have a hub at MAD?
Wikidata lists MAD as a hub of Air Europa, Flylink Express, Gestair Cargo, Iberia, Iberia Express, Privilege Style, Swiftair and Wamos Air and 1 more.
Sources
Nothing on this page is verified by hand yet. Each section comes from the dataset below, with its date where the dataset has one. Terminal, transport and parking details are left out until they can be read from Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport’s own pages.
- Codes, location, time zoneOriginfacts airport record2 May 2026
- Official websiteWikidata record (official website property) (opens in a new tab)5 Oct 2026
- Coordinates, runways, type, elevationOurAirports (opens in a new tab) — public domain5 Oct 2026
- Opening, operator, passengers, hubsWikidata item Q166276 (opens in a new tab) — CC05 Oct 2026
- Nonstop destinations, airlines on faresTravelpayouts Data API (Aviasales fare cache) — fares found, not a complete or live schedule5 Oct 2026
- ClimateNASA POWER (opens in a new tab) daily data (MERRA-2 reanalysis), averaged by Originfacts2016–2025
- Distance to city centreCalculated from airport coordinates and the Wikidata (opens in a new tab) city-centre point—
- Airlines and routesOriginfacts route records — the routes we track, not a full schedule21 May 2026
- Nearby airportsCalculated from airport coordinates—
- Terminals and transportNot yet verified—
Background reading:Wikipedia (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)