Terminal
A single building carries every flight: Aena’s own airline list tags all 45 carriers with the same code, "T", and OpenStreetMap maps only one `aeroway=terminal` polygon for the airport. The current building dates to a 1970-1973 project — a later refurbishment added new airbridges and widened the check-in and arrivals area to a stated capacity of more than fifteen million passengers a year, a threshold the airport has now passed.
Aena places the check-in desks on the terminal’s upper floor, and asks passengers to arrive 3 hours ahead for non-Schengen departures or 2 hours ahead for domestic and Schengen ones — arrivals split into separate international and domestic areas on the floor below.
Past the checkpoint, boarding gates carry a letter-and-number code — Aena’s own meeting-point page places one assistance point next to Gate C10 and others by the boarding area for gates A7-A9 and A22-A24 — alongside a Duty Free shop and stores selling fashion, jewellery and delicatessen. Non-Schengen departures add a document check. A bookable Fast Lane, open 5:00 to 22:00, moves passengers through that same checkpoint faster, but Aena is explicit that using it does not excuse skipping the standard time-in-advance already built into your ticket.
Requests for PRM assistance need 48 hours’ notice through Aena, and on the day itself passengers are asked to check in at their agreed meeting point two-and-a-half hours ahead of the scheduled departure. A separate, downloadable badge for hidden disabilities lets staff recognise a passenger who needs patience rather than a wheelchair, without a word being exchanged.