Adolfo Suárez Madrid Barajas International Airport, or often called Madrid-Barajas Airport, is the main international airport serving Madrid, the capital of Spain. With well over 50 million passengers a year it is one of Europe's busiest airports and a major link in the air traffic between Europe and Latin America. The route Madrid to Barcelona is the busiest European route with over 55 daily flights.
Madrid Barajas Airport was openend in 1927 but remained nothing more than a grass field with a small terminal until after the Second World War. The growth of tourism to Spain and the 1982 Fifa World Cup boosted passenger numbers and caused an immense expansion of the airport.
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport is not a large airport so there are not many flights departing here. There are only a few destinations that you can reach from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, most of these are operated by Air Europa. Many people take a flight to London and transfer to another flight there.