Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | AENA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Barcelona metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | El Prat de Llobregat, Catalunia | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 4 m / 14 ft | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°17′49″N 002°04′42″E / 41.29694°N 2.07833°E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | aena.es | ||||||||||||||||||
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Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport[1][5] (IATA: BCN, ICAO: LEBL) (Catalan: Aeroport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, Spanish: Aeropuerto Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat), and also known as Barcelona-El Prat Airport, is an international airport located 15 km (9.3 mi) southwest[6][7] of the centre of Barcelona, lying in the municipalities of El Prat de Llobregat, Viladecans, and Sant Boi, in Catalonia, Spain.
It is the second-largest and second-busiest airport in Spain, the busiest international airport of Catalonia (greatly surpassing Girona, Reus and Lleida), and the sixth busiest in Europe. In 2019, Barcelona Airport handled a record 52,686,314 passengers, up 5.0% from 2018. It is a hub for Level and Vueling, and a focus city for Air Europa, Iberia, EasyJet and Ryanair.
The Barcelona–Madrid air shuttle service, known as "Pont Aeri" (in Catalan) or "Puente Aéreo" (in Spanish), literally "Air Bridge", was the world's busiest route until 2008 with the highest number of flight operations (971 per week) in 2007.[8] The schedule has been reduced since February 2008, when a Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line was opened, covering the distance in 2 hours 30 minutes, and quickly became popular.[9]
The airport was renamed by the central Government of Spain to its current name on 21 December 2018 in honour of the first Catalan president under the current Spanish Constitution, Josep Tarradellas - a move widely criticised by the Generalitat de Catalunya and separatists due to non-consultation.[10]
- ^ a b "BOE.es – Documento BOE-A-2019-2943". www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 April 2019.
Modificar la denominación oficial del aeropuerto de Barcelona-El Prat, que en adelante pasa a denominarse «Aeropuerto Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat».
- ^ "Tráfico de pasajeros, operaciones y carga en los aeropuertos españoles" (PDF) (in Spanish). AENA. 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ "Spanish AIP (AENA)". Archived from the original on 7 March 2012.
- ^ "Presentación – Aeropuerto de Barcelona-El Prat – Aena.es". aena.es.
- ^ "Barcelona-El Prat Airport – Official website – Aena.es". www.aena.es. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ Aena (ed.). "Aeropuerto de Barcelona-El Prat". Archived from the original on 21 November 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ^ Eurocontrol basic Archived 17 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Eurocontrol.int. Retrieved on 4 October 2011.
- ^ "Air passenger transport in Europe in 2007". eurostat.eu. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "Why the train in Spain is more popular than the plane". elpais.com. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
- ^ "Barcelona-El Prat airport to be renamed Josep Tarradellas". 21 December 2018.