Barcelona International Airport
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Barcelona International Airport

Barcelona airport ranks second in Spain in terms of passenger traffic and during the period 1996-2001 experienced the second largest growth in Europe for this kind of traffic. In 2003 its growth was amongst the highest in Spain, with the number of passengers up on 2002 by 6.6%.

Since Barcelona played host to the Olympics Games, passenger traffic has more than doubled, rising from 10 million in 1992 to more than 22 million in 2003.

Today Barcelona is the air hub with the most connections in the Mediterranean area, with daily services to Bergamo, Bologna, Bordeaux, Florence, Lyon, Marseilles, Milan, Naples, Nice, Palermo, Pisa, Rome, Turin, Venice and Verona. Some 2.9 million passengers currently use Barcelona as an air connection platform, representing 14% of the total figure. The local and airport authorities have expressed their commitment to strengthening the airport's status as a hub with three bidirectional windows and a target figure of 30% for connecting flights. Barcelona has the necessary natural conditions to do so: it is located outside the most congested air traffic zone (Central Europe), is accessible from all directions and does not overlap with any other hub in a radius of 600 kilometres.

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Airport Facts

Barcelona International Airport sometimes known as El Prat is an airport in Barcelona, Spain located 10 km away at El Prat de Llobregat. The airport has the IATA Airport Code BCN and ICAO Airport Code LEBL.

It is accessible by Renfe commuter train and by Aerobus bus from the Station Aeroport in Barcelona's centre.

Barcelona International Airport is Spain's second largest airport after Madrid Barajas International Airport. It is the largest airport on the country's Mediterranean coast, and it is a hub for Spanair as well as a low cost carrier: Vueling Airlines and it is a focus city for Air Europa, Air Madrid and Iberia Airlines. El Prat is the main airport for the city of Barcelona. Its domestic flights are mostly operated by Iberia and Spanair. The airport also serves many European destinations. The airport underwent a major development in preparation for the 1992 Summer Olympics with the construction of a new terminal (designed by Ricardo Bofill).

Since then, significant increases in passenger numbers have necesitated the need for further expansion including a new terminal building (also designed by Ricardo Bofill) and control tower. An additional runway is being built. A train station is also to be built nearby (connecting to the Spanish AVE network and Barcelona Metro). Once these developments are complete, the airport will be capable of handling 40 million passengers annually (compare to 24.4 million passengers in 2004).