Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport Guide
Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport sits 12 kilometres southwest of Barcelona city centre, straddling the municipalities of El Prat de Llobregat, Viladecans, and Sant Boi. It is the second-busiest airport in Spain and ranked sixth in Europe by passenger volume, handling 55 million passengers in 2024 across 347,977 flights.
The airport operates two passenger terminal complexes roughly 4 kilometres apart, linked by a free 24-hour shuttle bus. Terminal 1, opened in 2009, is the larger facility and handles the majority of flights including all full-service carriers. Terminal 2 is a cluster of three linked sections — T2A, T2B, and T2C — used primarily by low-cost airlines. Vueling and Level are based here as hub carriers, while Air Europa, Iberia, easyJet, and Ryanair operate significant schedules.
Three runways serve the airport — two parallel configurations and one crosswind runway — providing capacity for the dense traffic that makes the Barcelona–Madrid route one of the world's busiest air corridors. AENA (Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea) owns and operates the airport.
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Location
Key facts
- Size
- 55M passengers (2024)3 runwaysopened 1927
- Location
- 41.297, 2.078
- Operator
- Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea (AENA)
Terminals
2 terminalsJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport has 2 passenger terminals — Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, handling both international and domestic flights for around 18 airlines. Check which terminal your airline uses before you travel, as check-in, security and boarding points differ between them, and moving from one to another can take time.
- Terminal 1Mixed
Vueling, Iberia, Air Europa, British Airways, Lufthansa, Air France, KLM, Turkish Airlines, Emirates, American Airlines
- Terminal 2Mixed
Ryanair, easyJet, Level, Norwegian, Wizz Air, Volotea, Jet2, Eurowings
Concourses T2A · T2B · T2C
Nearby cities
4 citiesJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport is closest to El Prat de Llobregat (3 km east), and also serves Castelldefels, Hospitalet de Llobregat and other nearby areas. With 4 towns and cities within reach, it is a practical gateway for the wider region. Distances shown are straight-line from the airport, so allow extra time for road transfers, traffic and parking.
- Barcelona16 km northeast
- El Prat de Llobregat3 km east
- Hospitalet de Llobregat9 km northeast
- Castelldefels8 km south
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