Madrid-Barajas handles 6.3 million passengers in September
Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport closed September with 6,313,660 passengers, up 6.6 percent year on year, while commercial aircraft movements rose 8.6 percent, according to airport figures.
Madrid-Barajas Airport recorded 6,313,660 passengers in September, a 6.6 percent increase over the same month of 2025. Almost all of that traffic was commercial aviation, at 6,302,057 travellers.
International passengers reached 4,783,938, up 6.0 percent, while domestic passengers totalled 1,518,119, an 8.6 percent rise. The airport said both segments contributed to the growth.
Aircraft movements for the month came to 39,773, 8.6 percent more than a year earlier. Of those, 39,708 were commercial flights. International operations accounted for 28,335 take-offs and landings, up 8.2 percent, and domestic operations 11,373, up 9.3 percent.
Air cargo moved in the opposite direction, with the source reporting a monthly contraction in freight traffic. The figures cover Spain's largest air hub for the ninth month of the year.
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- aviacionaldia.comEl Aeropuerto de Madrid-Barajas supera los 6,3 millones de pasajeros en septiembre y consolida su crecimiento operativo