BCN
Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport
Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (IATA: BCN, ICAO: LEBL) is a large airport in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It opened in 1916. It has 3 runways; the longest is 3,353 m (11,000 ft). It is operated by Aena. In 2025 it handled 57.4 million passengers.
Timeline
2 events · 1916–20041916
OpenedJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport opens.
28 NOV 2004
DisasterKLM Flight 1673.No deaths
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap06L/24R066° / 246° · LIT
LENGTH3,353 m11,000 ftWIDTH60 m196 ftSURFACEAsphalt
06R/24L066° / 246° · LIT
LENGTH2,660 m8,727 ftWIDTH60 m196 ftSURFACEAsphalt
02/20019° / 199° · LIT
LENGTH2,530 m8,300 ftWIDTH45 m147 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2014–202537.4M
39.4M
43.7M
46.8M
49.6M
51.7M
12.4M
18.5M
41.5M
49.8M
54.9M
57.4M
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Routes
234 destinations · 71 countriesYear-round188
PMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Ryanair, Air Europa, Vueling202 km126 miMAHMenorca AirportSpain · Ryanair, Vueling241 km150 miIBZIbiza AirportSpain · Ryanair, Vueling276 km171 miVLCValencia AirportSpain · Iberia, Vueling296 km184 miPNAPamplona AirportSpain · Iberia348 km216 miMRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · Vueling351 km218 miRJLLogroño-Agoncillo AirportSpain · Vueling387 km240 miEASSan Sebastián AirportSpain · Vueling392 km244 miALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Vueling404 km251 miVITVitoria AirportSpain · Volotea434 km270 miBODBordeaux–Mérignac AirportFrance · Volotea, Vueling453 km281 miBIOBilbao AirportSpain · Vueling467 km290 miRMURegion of Murcia International AirportSpain · Volotea476 km296 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Iberia, Air Europa483 km300 miNCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · easyJet, Vueling496 km308 miLIGLimoges AirportFrance · Volotea513 km319 miALGHouari Boumediene AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie, Vueling521 km324 miSDRSeve Ballesteros-Santander AirportSpain · Vueling539 km335 miLYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · easyJet, Vueling549 km341 miVLLValladolid AirportSpain · Vueling579 km360 miLEIAlmería AirportSpain · Vueling626 km389 miTRNTurin AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air, Vueling626 km389 miCAGCagliari Elmas AirportItaly · Vueling634 km394 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · easyJet, Vueling637 km396 miGOAGenoa Cristoforo Colombo AirportItaly · Vueling651 km405 miLENLeón AirportSpain · Iberia655 km407 miORNOran Es-Sénia (Ahmed Ben Bella) International AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie673 km418 miGRXF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén AirportSpain · Vueling680 km423 miODBCórdoba AirportSpain · Vueling707 km439 miOVDAsturias AirportSpain · Volotea, Vueling712 km442 miNTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · Volotea, Vueling714 km444 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Ryanair, easyJet, Singapore Airlines +2721 km448 miLINMilano Linate AirportItaly · easyJet742 km461 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Ryanair, Vueling766 km476 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Ryanair784 km487 miFLRFlorence Airport, PeretolaItaly · Vueling797 km495 miMLNMelilla AirportSpain · Iberia800 km497 miBJZBadajoz AirportSpain · Iberia802 km498 miSVQSeville AirportSpain · Ryanair, Vueling809 km503 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · easyJet, Vueling823 km511 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Transavia, Vueling827 km514 miNDRNador Al Aaroui International AirportMorocco · Ryanair, Air Arabia, Vueling831 km516 miBLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · Vueling831 km516 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · ITA Airways, Ryanair, Wizz Air +1848 km527 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Vueling856 km532 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France, Vueling858 km533 miTUNTunis Carthage International AirportTunisia · Nouvelair, Tunisair859 km534 miXRYJerez AirportSpain · Vueling866 km538 miPEGPerugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International AirportItaly · Ryanair882 km548 miSCQSantiago-Rosalía de Castro AirportSpain · Vueling883 km549 miLCGA Coruña AirportSpain · Vueling888 km552 miVGOVigo AirportSpain · Vueling893 km555 miOPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · Ryanair, Vueling899 km559 miTTUSania Ramel AirportMorocco · Royal Air Maroc903 km561 miBVABeauvais-Tillé airportFrance · Ryanair907 km564 miSXBStrasbourg AirportFrance · easyJet, Volotea, Vueling916 km569 miTNGTangier Ibn Battuta AirportMorocco · Ryanair, Air Arabia, Vueling931 km578 miBESBrest Bretagne airportFrance · Volotea945 km587 miVCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air, Vueling952 km592 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Ryanair, Luxair980 km609 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · easyJet, TAP Air Portugal, Vueling994 km618 miSTRStuttgart AirportGermany · Eurowings, Vueling995 km618 miPMOFalcone–Borsellino AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air, Vueling1,003 km623 miNAPNaples International AirportItaly · Ryanair, easyJet, Vueling1,024 km636 miFEZFes Saïss International AirportMorocco · Ryanair, Air Arabia1,028 km639 miCRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Ryanair1,035 km643 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Brussels Airlines, Ryanair, Vueling1,084 km674 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Condor Flugdienst, Lufthansa1,093 km679 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Lufthansa City Airlines, Vueling, Lufthansa1,095 km680 miSOUSouthampton AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,105 km687 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet, Vueling1,109 km689 miRBARabat-Salé AirportMorocco · Ryanair, Air Arabia1,118 km695 miSZGSalzburg AirportAustria · Eurowings1,126 km700 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Eurowings, Ryanair1,133 km704 miLJULjubljana Jože Pučnik AirportSlovenia · Vueling1,133 km704 miSENLondon Southend AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,147 km713 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · Vueling, British Airways1,148 km713 miNUENuremberg AirportGermany · Vueling1,150 km715 miEINEindhoven AirportNetherlands · Transavia1,157 km719 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings, Vueling1,167 km725 miBRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair, easyJet1,180 km733 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,186 km737 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair, easyJet, Wizz Air1,191 km740 miCTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Vueling1,193 km741 miRTMRotterdam The Hague AirportNetherlands · Transavia1,199 km745 miREGReggio Calabria AirportItaly · Ryanair1,214 km754 miCMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Air Arabia, Royal Air Maroc1,227 km762 miBRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · Vueling1,227 km762 miZAGZagreb Franjo Tuđman International AirportCroatia · Croatia Airlines1,229 km764 miMLAMalta International AirportMalta · Ryanair, Vueling1,236 km768 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM, Transavia, Vueling1,241 km771 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair, easyJet1,274 km792 miDBVDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković AirportCroatia · Vueling1,344 km835 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Eurowings, Ryanair, Smartwings +11,358 km844 miHAJHannover AirportGermany · Vueling1,368 km850 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Ryanair, Vueling, Austrian Airlines1,370 km851 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair, easyJet +11,379 km857 miLPLLiverpool John Lennon AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair, easyJet1,388 km862 miRAKMarrakesh Menara AirportMorocco · Ryanair, Vueling1,405 km873 miOZZOuarzazate International AirportMorocco · Ryanair1,405 km873 miBTSM. R. Štefánik AirportSlovakia · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,415 km879 miORKCork International AirportIreland · Ryanair1,421 km883 miLBALeeds Bradford AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, easyJet1,425 km885 miTGDPodgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci AirbaseMontenegro · Wizz Air1,425 km885 miTIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · Wizz Air, Vueling1,470 km913 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Ryanair, Vueling, Aer Lingus1,486 km923 miHAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Eurowings, Vueling1,493 km928 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Ryanair, easyJet, Vueling1,502 km933 miESUEssaouira-Mogador AirportMorocco · Vueling1,521 km945 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,522 km946 miBEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · Wizz Air, Air Serbia1,528 km949 miNCLNewcastle International AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,553 km965 miWROCopernicus Wrocław AirportPoland · Wizz Air1,572 km977 miSKPSkopje International AirportNorth Macedonia · Wizz Air1,623 km1,008 miTSRTimișoara Traian Vuia International AirportRomania · Wizz Air1,626 km1,010 miKTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · Wizz Air1,659 km1,031 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair, easyJet +11,677 km1,042 miKRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Ryanair, LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air1,680 km1,044 miBLLBillund AirportDenmark · Vueling1,686 km1,048 miGLAGlasgow AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,688 km1,049 miSKGThessaloniki Macedonia International AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines1,754 km1,090 miSOFSofia AirportBulgaria · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,766 km1,097 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Ryanair, Scandinavian Airlines, Vueling1,769 km1,099 miCRACraiova International AirportRomania · Wizz Air1,805 km1,122 miCLJAvram Iancu Cluj International AirportRomania · Wizz Air1,825 km1,134 miRDOWarsaw Radom AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines1,839 km1,143 miWMIWarsaw Modlin AirportPoland · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,869 km1,161 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air1,870 km1,162 miGDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · Wizz Air1,891 km1,175 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece), Aegean Airlines, Vueling1,905 km1,184 miGHVBrașov-Ghimbav International AirportRomania · Wizz Air1,946 km1,209 miACECésar Manrique-Lanzarote AirportSpain · Vueling1,974 km1,227 miBBUBucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International AirportRomania · Wizz Air1,982 km1,232 miOTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · FlyOne, Wizz Air, HiSky1,982 km1,232 miFUEFuerteventura AirportSpain · Vueling2,032 km1,263 miVARVarna AirportBulgaria · Wizz Air2,121 km1,318 miIASIaşi International AirportRomania · Wizz Air2,126 km1,321 miADBAdnan Menderes International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines2,161 km1,343 miLPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · Vueling2,174 km1,351 miOSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Vueling2,190 km1,361 miTFNTenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna AirportSpain · Vueling2,195 km1,364 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines, Vueling2,218 km1,378 miRMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · Wizz Air, SkyUp2,221 km1,380 miVNOVilnius International AirportLithuania · Ryanair, Wizz Air2,258 km1,403 miSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines2,273 km1,412 miSPCLa Palma AirportSpain · Vueling2,282 km1,418 miARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Ryanair, Scandinavian Airlines, Vueling2,315 km1,438 miRIXRiga International AirportLatvia · Ryanair, AirBaltic2,337 km1,452 miPDLJoão Paulo II AirportPortugal · Azores Airlines2,405 km1,494 miTLLLennart Meri Tallinn AirportEstonia · Ryanair, AirBaltic2,555 km1,588 miESBEsenboğa International AirportTürkiye · AJet2,595 km1,612 miHELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Finnair2,628 km1,633 miLCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · Wizz Air2,835 km1,762 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · EgyptAir, Vueling2,906 km1,806 miKEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · Icelandair2,981 km1,852 miTLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Tus Airways, EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Bluebird Airways +13,082 km1,915 miAMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Royal Jordanian3,189 km1,982 miKUTDavid the Builder Kutaisi International AirportGeorgia · Wizz Air3,322 km2,064 miDSSBlaise Diagne International AirportSenegal · Vueling3,489 km2,168 miBJLBanjul International AirportGambia · Vueling3,600 km2,237 miGYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · Azerbaijan Airlines3,981 km2,474 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia4,091 km2,542 miKWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · Kuwait Airways4,322 km2,686 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways4,862 km3,021 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways5,167 km3,211 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates5,176 km3,216 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · Level5,858 km3,640 miYULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Air Canada, Air Transat5,912 km3,674 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, Level6,150 km3,821 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines6,177 km3,838 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · American Airlines6,300 km3,915 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines6,516 km4,049 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines7,360 km4,573 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · Level, American Airlines7,545 km4,688 miBOGEl Dorado International AirportColombia · Avianca8,513 km5,290 miGRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil8,764 km5,446 miPEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Air China8,813 km5,476 miXPLPalmerola International AirportHonduras · Evelop Airlines8,934 km5,551 miSALEl Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y GaldámezEl Salvador · Evelop Airlines9,119 km5,666 miMEXMexico City Benito Juárez International AirportMexico · Emirates9,481 km5,891 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Asiana Airlines, Trinity Airways9,594 km5,961 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Level9,674 km6,011 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines, Air China9,864 km6,129 miLIMJorge Chávez International AirportPeru · Level10,006 km6,217 miSZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · Shenzhen Airlines10,024 km6,229 miEZEEzeiza International Airport - Ministro PistariniArgentina · Level10,481 km6,513 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · Singapore Airlines10,899 km6,772 miSCLComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportChile · Level11,150 km6,928 miSeasonal65
MRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · Volotea351 km218 miAHOAlghero-Fertilia AirportItaly · Ryanair527 km327 miOLBOlbia Costa Smeralda AirportItaly · Volotea, Vueling625 km388 miLEIAlmería AirportSpain · Iberia626 km389 miORNOran Es-Sénia (Ahmed Ben Bella) International AirportAlgeria · Vueling673 km418 miOUDOujda Angads AirportMorocco · Ryanair804 km500 miRNSRennes-Saint-Jacques AirportFrance · easyJet811 km504 miNDRNador Al Aaroui International AirportMorocco · Royal Air Maroc831 km516 miVRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · Volotea845 km525 miTUNTunis Carthage International AirportTunisia · Vueling859 km534 miRMIFederico Fellini International AirportItaly · Vueling912 km567 miSXBStrasbourg AirportFrance · Iberia916 km569 miTNGTangier Ibn Battuta AirportMorocco · Royal Air Maroc931 km578 miAOIMarche AirportItaly · Volotea960 km597 miFAOFaro - Gago Coutinho International AirportPortugal · Ryanair, Vueling988 km614 miFEZFes Saïss International AirportMorocco · Vueling1,028 km639 miLILLille AirportFrance · Volotea1,034 km642 miHHNFrankfurt-Hahn AirportGermany · Ryanair1,042 km647 miTRSTrieste AirportItaly · Ryanair1,045 km649 miZADZadar AirportCroatia · Ryanair1,127 km700 miLCYLondon City AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways1,146 km712 miSPUSplit Saint Jerome AirportCroatia · Vueling1,192 km741 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Vueling1,274 km792 miEMAEast Midlands AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,308 km813 miTIVTivat AirportMontenegro · Vueling1,382 km859 miAGAAl Massira AirportMorocco · Vueling1,598 km993 miBFSBelfast International AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,606 km998 miPIKGlasgow Prestwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,652 km1,027 miSOFSofia AirportBulgaria · Bulgaria Air1,766 km1,097 miABZAberdeen International AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,795 km1,115 miGDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · Ryanair1,891 km1,175 miFNCCristiano Ronaldo International AirportPortugal · Iberia1,922 km1,194 miJMKMykonos Island National AirportGreece · Vueling2,039 km1,267 miBCMBacău George Enescu International AirportRomania · Dan Air2,063 km1,282 miJTRSantorini International AirportGreece · Vueling2,091 km1,299 miADBAdnan Menderes International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress2,161 km1,343 miLPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · Ryanair2,174 km1,351 miOSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Scandinavian Airlines2,190 km1,361 miRMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · FlyOne2,221 km1,380 miFAEVágar AirportFaroe Islands · Atlantic Airways2,392 km1,486 miHELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Vueling2,628 km1,633 miLCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · Cyprus Airways2,835 km1,762 miKEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · Vueling2,981 km1,852 miBEYBeirut Rafic Hariri International AirportLebanon · Middle East Airlines - Air Liban3,039 km1,888 miRVNRovaniemi AirportFinland · Vueling3,166 km1,967 miTOSTromsø AirportNorway · Vueling3,303 km2,052 miLXRLuxor International AirportEgypt · EgyptAir3,303 km2,052 miEVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · FlyOne3,533 km2,195 miSIDAmílcar Cabral International AirportCape Verde · Vueling3,630 km2,256 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia4,475 km2,781 miYHZHalifax / Stanfield International AirportCanada · WestJet5,194 km3,227 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines5,858 km3,640 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · American Airlines6,150 km3,821 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Air Canada6,418 km3,988 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Airlines6,997 km4,348 miPUJPunta Cana International AirportDominican Republic · Evelop Airlines7,044 km4,377 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, American Airlines7,094 km4,408 miYYCCalgary International AirportCanada · WestJet8,024 km4,986 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Airlines8,342 km5,183 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · Evelop Airlines8,399 km5,219 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines8,730 km5,425 miVVIViru Viru International AirportBolivia · Boliviana de Aviación9,369 km5,822 miMEXMexico City Benito Juárez International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico9,481 km5,891 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Level9,586 km5,956 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Cathay Pacific10,058 km6,250 miMost destinationsVueling 101Ryanair 60Wizz Air 31easyJet 24Volotea 13Iberia 9
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BCN. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport” (revision of 25 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
5 channelsAPPAPP119.100
ATISATIS118.650
CLDCLNC DEL121.800
GNDGND121.650
TWRTWR118.100