Madrid Barajas International Airport MAD is the Spain's major and busiest airport, handles the majority of the country’s transatlantic flights to the Americas, and is a hub to worldwide connections.  Barajas International is one of three Madrid Airports (the Cuatro Vientos Airport serves mainly as general aviation airport and the Torrejon Airport - sharing civil and defense parts - is primarily for executive and private avaiation.

The Airport is located in the district of Barajas, 9 km northeast of the financial center of Spain’s capital city Madrid, situated directly in the center of Spain. Getting to the Airport is quick and easy, due to recent upgrades to road links to each of the four passenger terminals, and access from all terminals to the Madrid Metro.  Barajas Airport is accessible from major motorways A1 (exit 17) to M12, or from A2 (exit 12 to M14).

With four long runways and an esimated 49.7 million passengers in 2011, Madrid Barajas International is primary hub for Iberia and is served by a host of domestic and international, regular & low-fare airlines, offering direct and connecting flights to all points of the globe.

The passenger terminal complex at Madrid Barajas International Airport consists of four passenger terminals -T1, T2, T3 & T4. (For detailed terminal information, click on 'Terminal Map'.) 

Parking options at Barajas Airport: (For detailed parking information, click on 'Airport Parking'.)

To get from Madrid Barajas Airport to your destination you can rent a car, take a taxi, the Metro train, or a bus:
By Subway  to Nuevos Minsterios: take Line 8 from Terminal 4, level 1 or from Terminal 2 on level 1 via connecting passageway in the center to carpark 2.  - OR use:
1. Local Train Route C1 (tel. 902-320-320)- running 5:59am-12:15pm every 30 mins. - from Airport Terminal 4 (level 1 (take shuttle bus from other terminals to T4)  to Principe Pio:  stops at Fuente de la Mora, Chamartin, Nuevos Ministerios, Recoletos, Atocha, Mendez Alvaro, Delicias, Piramides and Principe Pio.  Journey time to Principe Pio is 38 mins, to Atocha 25 mins & to Chamartin 11 mins. 
2. The Metro also connects to stations of the Spanish railway network (Ceranias).
3. The Cercanias link between Chamartin Station and Terminal 4 connects T4 not only with Chamartin Station, but also with Atocha AVE high-speed train stations.
4. EMT buses make regular runs between the Airport and Madrid’s Avenida de America station. Its  Bus 200 stops outside the baggage claim area of allterminals and at the departures level of terminals 1 & 2.,
5. The Line Express runs between the Airport and Atocha from T4, T2 & T1, at  Arrivals: at T4 on ground level; at T1 ground level, opposite baggage reclaim hall 2; at T2 on ground level, opposite baggage reclaim hall5.