Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport handled nearly 5.8 million passengers in April as Spain’s largest airport continued reporting strong growth across passenger traffic, aircraft operations and cargo activity.

The airport recorded 5,776,833 passengers during the month, representing a 3.3% increase compared with April 2025.

International Traffic Continues To Lead Growth

Of the total passengers recorded in April, 5,768,865 travelled on commercial flights.

International routes accounted for the majority of traffic, with 4,356,039 passengers travelling on overseas flights, up 3.2% year-on-year.

Domestic traffic also increased, reaching 1,412,826 passengers, representing growth of 3.4% compared with the same month last year.

Aircraft Operations Increase Seven Percent

Madrid-Barajas handled 37,586 aircraft movements during April, a 7% increase compared with April 2025.

Of the total commercial operations recorded, 26,442 were international flights while 11,080 were domestic services.

International aircraft movements increased by 6.9% during the month, while domestic operations rose by 7.5%.

Airport Maintains Cargo Leadership

Cargo traffic at Madrid-Barajas also continued growing, with more than 65,851 tonnes of freight handled during April.

The figure represented a 0.4% increase compared with the same month last year.

The airport accounted for 58.3% of all air cargo handled across the wider Aena airport network during the month.

Strong Results Continue Through 2026

Between January and April 2026, Madrid-Barajas handled 21,966,267 passengers, representing growth of 4% compared with the same period in 2025.

Aircraft operations during the first four months of the year reached 142,200 movements, up 4.6% year-on-year.

Cargo volumes during the same period totalled 260,802 tonnes, an increase of 1.6%.

Aena Network Continues Expanding

Across the wider Aena Group airport network, passenger traffic reached 33.5 million travellers in April 2026, representing overall growth of 3.6%.

Aena said traffic growth during the first part of the year benefited partly from travellers switching from rail to air transport following the January train accident in Spain.

Spain’s airport network as a whole handled more than 28.2 million passengers during April while aircraft operations and cargo traffic also continued to rise.