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Airport Barcelona El Prat BCN
Barcelona Airport, officially called Barcelona–El Prat Josep Tarradellas Airport, is also known as El Prat Airport. It is Spain’s second largest airport, momentarily taking up place 9 in Europe. It is about 12 km (7 miles) south of Barcelona’s city centre near El Prat de Llobregat on the Mediterranean coast. The airport was renamed Barcelona–El Prat Josep Tarradellas Airport in February 2019.The distance from the airport to the centre of El Prat de Llobregat is 15 km, which is about 9 miles. Cheap flights to Barcelona are operated by many low-cost airlines such as Easyjet and Ryanair from major European cities such as Berlin, London and Leeds Bradford.
There are two terminals at Barcelona airport: terminal 1 is the newest terminal and was opened in 2009, terminal 2 has been increasingly used by low-cost airlines in recent years. The top two airlines using Barcelona airport in 2010 were Vueling Airlines and Easyjet with Ryanair also expanding its network in 2012. Besides charter, scheduled, seasonal and low-cost flights, the airport is also used by a number of cargo airlines.
- URL: Official website
- Parking: Yes, paid short stay and long stay car parks.
- Nearby cities: L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (7 km), Barcelona (13 km), Nou Barris (18 km), Santa Coloma de Gramenet (20 km), Badalona (22 km), Sabadell (28 km), Mataró (41 km), Tarragona (72 km)
- Directions by car: C31; C246
- Stations: Line 1, 10 (RENFE)
Location
Car: Barcelona-El Prat Airport is best reached via the motorway (Autovia C-246 via Castelldefels). From the city centre it may also be reached via the bypass in Barcelona.
Bus: The Aerobús (A1) links the Plaça de Catalunya and the Plaça Espanya with the bus stops at Terminals A, B and C. Route 105 runs to El Prat station and route 106 goes to Plaza de Espana.
Train: The airport railway station is called El Prat (Terminal 2) and is on the R2 line (from Terminal 1take a bus). The new RENFE route 10 runs via the stations Sants, Passeig de Gracia from the station França to the airport (the trains run every 30 minutes between the airport and Barcelona city centre). All trains stop at the stations Sants-Estaçio, Plaça Catalunya, Arc de Triomf and Clot-Aragó, which are all linked to the underground network.
Taxis: taxi ranks can be found at terminal 1 in the arrivals zone and at terminal 2.
Car hire: Major international, national and local car hire companies are represented at Barcelona airport, most desks are to be found in Terminal 1, floor 1.