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Madrid, Madrid (community)

Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
18:44 LOCAL · 97°F CLEAR · 4 RWY · ELEV 1998 FT
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Average delay
13 min
14 of 21 departures, last 60 min
Cancellations
None
of 204 departures on the board
Weather
97°F CLEAR
Observed 16:30 UTC · LEMD
Departures next hour
21
busiest hour on the board is 52

Inside each terminal

Check-in, security, the station link and how to change terminals — verified against the airport's own pages.

T1 · T2 · T3

Aena treats T1, T2 and T3 as one connection hub, and passengers can move among the three on foot. Air Europa currently departs from T1 and T2; verify the individual flight before travelling.

From the train & tram station

Metro line 8 uses the shared Aeropuerto T1-T2-T3 station. Cercanías C1 does not stop in this cluster; its airport station is at T4.

Changing terminals

Walk among T1, T2 and T3. For T4, use Aena’s free public-side transit bus; T4S is then reached from T4 by the underground automatic train.

Accessibility

Aena’s Sin Barreras team can assist through a connection and its security or passport controls. Arrange it with the airline no later than 48 hours before departure.

Verified from official airport sources · View sources
Terminal clusters, walking and APM — Aena flight connections
Free transit bus — Aena inter-terminal transport
Metro stations by terminal — Aena Metro guide
Cercanías station at T4 — Aena train guide
Assistance and connection support — Aena Sin Barreras
Current airline terminals — Aena airline directory
Air Europa at T1 and T2 — Air Europa airport FAQ
Verified 10 August 2026

T4 · T4S

T4 is the landside entry to a two-building complex. T4S is a satellite used for selected boarding and arrivals, not a separate terminal entrance; Iberia says access always begins at T4.

Check-in

Iberia says all of its Madrid flights check in at T4, including flights whose boarding or arrival building is T4S. The boarding pass remains the final check.

From the train & tram station

T4 has both airport rail modes: Metro line 8 at Aeropuerto T4 and Cercanías line C1 at its T4 terminus.

Changing terminals

The underground automatic train is required between T4 and T4S. A free public-side transit bus links T4 with the T1–T3 cluster; no APM journey time is stated here because two Aena pages disagree.

Accessibility

Aena’s Sin Barreras team can assist through a connection and its security or passport controls. Arrange it with the airline no later than 48 hours before departure.

Verified from official airport sources · View sources
Terminal clusters, walking and APM — Aena flight connections
Free transit bus — Aena inter-terminal transport
Metro stations by terminal — Aena Metro guide
Cercanías station at T4 — Aena train guide
Assistance and connection support — Aena Sin Barreras
Current airline terminals — Aena airline directory
Iberia check-in and T4S access — Iberia Madrid airport guide
Verified 10 August 2026

Concourse breakdown

Gates, airlines and what's worth your time in each concourse.

Gates
Airlines
Worth knowing
Lounges
T1–T3
Air Europa (T1 and T2)
The walkable cluster; Air Europa divides its Madrid departures between T1 and T2.
T4/T4S
Iberia
Iberia check-in is in T4; a T4S boarding pass still means entering through T4 first.

Airline and gate assignments verified against the airport's official terminal guide and our own departure board, 10 August 2026.