Madrid Barajas Airport
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The Madrid Barajas airport is located 12 kilometres outside of the city of Madrid. There are four terminals that are recognized as T1, T2, T3 and T4.
Terminals 1, 2 and 3 are home to Sky Team, Star Alliance and Air Europa member airlines. Terminal 4 hosts Iberia Airlines and One World affiliates.
The airport can be reached in many different ways.
Taxi
Taking a taxi from Madrid to the Airport, or visa-versa, is a painless way of getting from one place to the other. It can be expensive and you need to be able to communicate where you are going (if leaving the airport). To hire a cab simply walk outside the terminal and wait in the established line. The cab drivers legally add a 5 € fee for all trips to and from the airport. If you choose to take a taxi ask for a receipt (un recibo) when you get in the cab to make sure the driver doesn't overcharge you. The cost of a taxi from central Madrid to Barajas, or Barajas to central Madrid is approximately 30-35 €.
Metro
You can travel to and from the airport by metro by taking the metro line 8 that runs from Nuevos Ministerios to Barajas. The metro takes you to Terminal 2 From there you can walk to terminals 1 and 3, and take a free shuttle (the trip takes approx. 15 minutes) to terminal 4. The other way to reach terminal 4 by metro is to get off the metro at the Bajaras Pueblo station (after the airport) and take the dedicated 201 bus line to T4. Remember, the metro only operates between the hours of 06:00 and 02:00.
Note: An extension of line 8 to T4 will be open in May of 2007 and in 2009 a cercanías line from Chamartín will link T4 with an AVE high speed train.
Bus
Getting to the airport by bus can be accomplished either:
- on the 201- Metro Bajaras-Aeropuerto which stops at Avenida de Logroño con Plaza de Pajarones (Metro Pueblo de Barajas)-Avenida de Logroño-Carretera de Barajas a Alcobendas-T4 llegadas
- or the 204 - Avenida de América-Aeropuerto which stops at Intercambiador de Avenida de América (dársena 17)-Avenida de América-Avenida de la Hispanidad (M14)-M13-M12-T4 llegadas.
From the airport take either:
- the 201 - Aeropuerto-Metro Bajaras which stops at T4 llegadas-Carretera de Barajas a Alcobendas-Avenida de Logroño
- or the 204 - Aeropuerto-Avenida de América which stops at T4 llegadas-acceso a M12-M13-Avenida de la Hispanidad (M14)-Avenida de América-Intercambiador.
Remember, the bus system only operates between the hours of 06:00 and 23:00.
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