Madrid-Barajas Airport was opened in 1928 and has IATA and ICAO codes as MAD and LEMD. There were more than 52 million passengers in 2007 and this airport is operated by AENA. This is located 13km from central Madrid, on its northeast side. There are 4 terminals and some 483,000 flights used this airport in 2007.
The metro line that serves Barajas also extends to the airport; this is one of the better ways of accessing the airport. A Cercanías link between terminal 4 and Chamartín station when completed in 2009 would also connect the Atocha AVE high-speed train stations. In 2006, a bomb went off in a building attached to terminal 4. This explosion was responsible for the death of two people sleeping in their cars; module D of the car park was reduced to dust.
In August 2008, Spanair flight was involved in an accident that resulted in the death of at least 154 people. Brussels Airlines, Royal Jordanian, Vueling Airlines, and Air Europa are some of the scheduled airlines at this airport.

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