BCN — Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport
- IATA code
- BCN
- ICAO code
- LEBL
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 57,383,969
- 2025 · +4.5% on the year before
- Nonstop routes
- 170
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC+1 / UTC+2
- Europe/Madrid
- Elevation
- 4 m
- 13 ft
- Runways
- 3
- Longest 3,353 m
Jan–Mar 2026: 12,269,362 passengers, +4.1% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).
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About BCN
Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport is a large airport serving Barcelona, Spain. It opened in 1916 and is run by Aena. 57,383,969 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 170 nonstop routes from BCN.
Wikidata (CC0) · Eurostat. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from BCN
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| BCN → PMI | 202 km | 2,323,085 |
| BCN → MAD | 484 km | 2,036,488 |
| BCN → FCO | 850 km | 1,706,636 |
| BCN → AMS | 1,241 km | 1,559,616 |
| BCN → LGW | 1,109 km | 1,353,516 |
| BCN → LIS | 996 km | 1,305,408 |
| BCN → CDG | 858 km | 1,291,815 |
| BCN → MXP | 722 km | 1,279,578 |
| BCN → IBZ | 276 km | 1,259,182 |
| BCN → ORY | 826 km | 1,129,008 |
| BCN → SVQ | 810 km | 1,113,832 |
| BCN → AGP | 766 km | 1,012,387 |
| BCN → LHR | 1,147 km | 981,945 |
| BCN → MAH | 241 km | 930,794 |
| BCN → BRU | 1,083 km | 881,225 |
| BCN → MUC | 1,096 km | 820,280 |
| BCN → FRA | 1,093 km | 808,807 |
| BCN → VIE | 1,372 km | 745,546 |
| BCN → ZRH | 856 km | 729,601 |
| BCN → DUB | 1,486 km | 713,060 |
| BCN → OPO | 901 km | 703,710 |
| BCN → BIO | 468 km | 694,463 |
| BCN → TFN | 2,195 km | 627,934 |
| BCN → BER | 1,504 km | 618,727 |
| BCN → DOH | 4,869 km | 590,053 |
| BCN → ALC | 404 km | 582,616 |
| BCN → MAN | 1,379 km | 543,841 |
| BCN → VCE | 954 km | 540,106 |
| BCN → GVA | 638 km | 539,963 |
| BCN → CPH | 1,770 km | 530,439 |
| BCN → LPA | 2,175 km | 524,780 |
| BCN → IST | 2,224 km | 524,218 |
| BCN → JFK | 6,166 km | 519,797 |
| BCN → STN | 1,185 km | 509,761 |
| BCN → BUD | 1,525 km | 482,297 |
| BCN → GRX | 681 km | 472,024 |
| BCN → BLQ | 833 km | 462,133 |
| BCN → DXB | 5,185 km | 450,775 |
| BCN → ATH | 1,909 km | 445,594 |
| BCN → SCQ | 885 km | 444,926 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Airlines at BCN on flights to and from the US
- AA American Airlines · 2,850 flights
- UA United Air Lines · 2,144 flights
- DL Delta Air Lines · 1,803 flights
- LL LEVEL · 1,687 flights
- IB Iberia Air Lines Of Spain · 904 flights
- B6 JetBlue Airways · 211 flights
Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources
Airports within 150 km
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| REU | Reus Airport | 78 km |
| GRO | Girona-Costa Brava Airport | 88 km |
| LEU | Pirineus - la Seu d'Urgel Airport | 128 km |
| ILD | Lleida-Alguaire Airport | 137 km |
Distance from BCN to the major hubs
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| BCN → LHR | 1,147 km | 981,945 |
| BCN → DXB | 5,185 km | 450,775 |
| BCN → CDG | 858 km | 1,291,815 |
| BCN → FRA | 1,093 km | 808,807 |
| BCN → IST | 2,224 km | 524,218 |
| BCN → AMS | 1,241 km | 1,559,616 |
| BCN → JFK | 6,166 km | 519,797 |
| BCN → ATL | 7,377 km | — |
| BCN → LAX | 9,696 km | — |
| BCN → SIN | 10,906 km | — |
| BCN → HND | 10,468 km | — |
| BCN → DOH | 4,869 km | 590,053 |
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06L/24R | 3,353 m | 60 m | Asphalt |
| 06R/24L | 2,660 m | 60 m | Asphalt |
| 02/20 | 2,530 m | 45 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain · 41.2971, 2.0785
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