Barajas MAD
Cheap flights from Madrid start at Barajas, the airport that carries the MAD code and the only one serving the Spanish capital. Its route map reaches Portugal — Faro, Porto and Lisbon — plus Luxembourg, Milan in Italy, and Tangier, Rabat and Dakhla in Morocco. Fares on those routes shift with the season and the day you travel, so it pays to compare a few dates before you book.
Barajas at a glance
- Passengers per year
- 66.2 M (2024)
- Hub for
- Air Europa, World2fly, Wamos Air, Iberia Express
- Elevation
- 610 m
- Opened
- 1928
- Official website
- aena.es
- Population of Madrid
- 3.5 M (2025)
Country facts: Wikidata
Getting to the city
A transfer between Barajas and central Madrid is part of the trip, so decide how you will make it before you land. The metro, the commuter train, express buses, taxis and ride-hailing all cover the run, and car hire desks sit at the airport if you would rather drive yourself. Trains and metro keep moving when the roads are jammed; a taxi is easier with heavy bags or a late arrival. Leave extra room on weekday mornings and on the eve of public holidays, when the roads into the city are slow.