Madrid-Barajas

In the European ranking, Madrid-Barajas airport is behind London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Frankfurt and Amsterdam, the fifth largest airport in Europe. The “Aeropuerto Barajas” was designed by architect Luis Gutiérrez Soto and the engineer Marqués de los Álamos. Construction began in 1928.

On 22nd April 1931, the airport was officially put into operation. In 1933, the former postal service LAPE (Lineas Aéreas Postales Espanolas) took the first commercial flight to Barcelona. In the same year, the first international flights took place at Madrid-Barajas. In 1944 the first paved runway was built with a length of 1400 meters and a width of 48 meters and put into operation.

The airport was considered the most modern in Europe. In 1954, the first Lockheed Super Constellation of Iberia flew for the first time to New York.The number of passengers served by Barajas has risen steadily since the renovation in 1970. In 1960 there were 900,000 passengers, while already in 2007 the 50-million mark was exceeded.

As part of the expansion of the airport with its new terminal T4, two more parallel runways were built next to the existing ones and put into operation in 2006. Thus, the airport now has four runways; it will be ready to cope with a capacity of 70 million passengers per year.

Datasheet Maderid-Barajas

Eröffnung :      1931
Betreiber :       AENA 
Fläche:           ca. 2'400 ha
Terminals:       4
Passagiere:     49'641'270 (Stand 2011)
Luftfracht:        394‘154 t (Stand 2011)
Beschäftigte:   ca. 30‘000
(Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea)

Runways

15R/33L           4'100m x 60m             (Asphalt)
15L/33R           3'500m x 60m             (Asphalt)
18R/36L           4'350m x 60m             (Asphalt)
18L/36R           3'500m x 60m             (Asphalt)
 

(Quellen: Wikipedia, Archiv Wings-Aviation)

Homecarrier Iberia

Airbus A330-302, Iberia EC-LUK  (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

Airbus A340-313, Iberia EC-GGS (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

Airbus A340-313, Iberia EC-GJT (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

Airbus A340-313X, Iberia EC-IIH (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

Airbus A340-313X, Iberia EC-LKS (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

Airbus A340-642, Iberia EC-IZY (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

Airbus A340-642X, Iberia EC-LCZ (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

Airbus A340-642X, Iberia EC-LFS (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

Airbus A320-211, Iberia Express EC-FDA (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

Airbus A320-214, Iberia Express EC-HTB (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

Airbus A320-214, Iberia Express EC-JFG (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

Airbus A320-214, Iberia Express EC-JFH (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

European Airlines

Airbus A330-343X, Orbest (für Conviasa) CS-TRH (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

ERJ 145EP, Portugalia CS-TPI (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

Asian, Middle East Airlines and Africa

Airbus A330-243, Air China B-6115  (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

Boeing 737-86N/W, EL AL Israel Airlines 4X-EKI with Winglets  (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

Boeing 737-866/W, Egyptair SU-GEE (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

North and South American Airlines

Boeing 757-223(ET/W), American Airlines, N172AJ (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

Boeing 757-223(ET/W) American Airlines, N188AN (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

Boeing 757-223(ET/W), American Airlines, N197AN (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

Boeing 767-323(ER/W), American Airlines, N390AA (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

Boeing 767-316(ER/W), LAN Airlines CC-CXK (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

last update 7. April 2013

written 16. March 2013

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