Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport

Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (LEMD) is a large airport in Madrid, MD, Spain. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code LEMD or IATA code MAD. It sits in Europe.

Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport is a commercial-airline hub that also handles a steady stream of private and corporate traffic. Mixed commercial and private operations mean planners should expect slot coordination, handling agent involvement, and the usual international hub procedures.

Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport lies at 1,998 ft elevation.

Local operations run on Europe/Madrid. Because the field hosts scheduled airline operations, private operators should expect a defined slot environment, possible CDM coordination at peak banks, and limited ramp availability during major event weekends. Booking FBO ramp space in advance is normal practice.

SkyAccess currently tracks 49 departing and 53 arriving private-jet legs at LEMD across the next six months of operator inventory. 7 aircraft from 40 operators are based here or fly through regularly, so most empty-leg supply originates from a local fleet rather than out-of-town repositioning.

As one of the larger fields in Spain, LEMD tends to be the natural choice for long-range international charters and crew-rest-required flights.

Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport is the main international airport serving Madrid, the capital of Spain, and its metropolitan area. At 3,050 ha in area, it is the second-largest airport in Europe by physical size behind Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. In 2025, 68.1 million passengers travelled through Madrid–Barajas, making it the country's busiest airport as well as Europe's fifth-busiest.