All commercial flights to Madrid land at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas International Airport, in the Aeropuerto-Feria de Madrid. The airport s located about 12 kilometres northeast of the capital city. This nearby location means travellers save a considerable amount of time and money on their journeys.
Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport, where almost 100 international airlines operate to and from a huge number of countries, handles the greatest amount of air traffic in Spain and is one of the five largest airports in Europe. Many different services can be found inside the airport, including children’s areas, coffee shops and restaurants, pharmacies, chapel, post offices, banks, car rentals, bookstores and kiosks, shops of all types, car parking, emergency areas, medical services, a police station, and nearby hotels.
Furthermore, there is a permanent space reserved at the airport for the exhibition of pictorial, sculptural and photographic works, etc. The area is located in the corridor that links the P2 car-park with Terminal T2. The aim of these exhibitions is solely cultural and for dissemination purposes, and mainly supports emerging artists and those who need to increase their projection.
Today, the airport has four terminals in operation. T4, opened in February 2006, has received a number of awards praising the design by the architects, Antonio Lamela and Richard Rogers.
In March 2014 the airport was re-named Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas in honour of the first elected Prime Minister of democratic Spain, a politician who, together with other important political figures from a range of parties, guided the country through what has been called “the Spanish transition”. During this time of social and political change, Spain moved from dictatorship to being a modern constitutional democracy.
Lost Property Office
The airport has two offices to claim or collect belongings left there:
- At Terminal 1, floor 0, arrivals hall (Tel: +34 913 936 119)
- At Terminal 4, floor 0, arrivals hall (Tel: +34 917 466 439)
The opening hours are from 7am to 10pm
You can also contact them via email: mad.ssaa.objetosencontrados@aena.es
A brand new Viewing Terrace for avid plane spotters
The new terrace, which opened in the summer of 2022, is on the Circunvalación de Iberia road, by the security checkpoint for Colegio Alamán.
This new 2,100 m2 area has views of the airport platform, T4S Terminal, and the Control Tower. The space is paved and has benches, rubbish bins, artificial lighting powered by solar panels, and a 4-metre security fence. Outside, there are five parking spaces reserved for users of this terrace.
It is open from 7:30 am to 9:30 pm between 15 June and 15 September. The rest of the year, it opens from 8pm to 7pm. Anyone wishing to access the platform can get a pass from the booth, by the security check point.
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