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Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)

Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD, LEMD) serves Madrid, Spain. Flights leaving MAD left an average of 17.2 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 63rd least delayed of 88 busy European airports. 68.7 million passengers used it in the twelve months to March 2026, most often flying to or from Palma de Mallorca.

Delays at MAD

Average departure delay per flight: 17.2 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in July (21.3 min) and lightest in March (12.3 min).

Average departure delay per flight from MAD, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
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MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 202519.5 min18,492
September 202518.4 min17,670
October 202517.3 min18,890
November 202516.7 min17,421
December 202516.0 min17,984
January 202617.7 min16,801
February 202618.5 min16,191
March 202612.3 min18,469
April 202613.3 min18,676
May 202616.2 min19,410
June 202618.5 min19,334
July 202621.3 min20,151

Air traffic flow restrictions held 0.8% of arrivals at MAD for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of weather (62% of those delay minutes).

Departure delay counts every cause, from the airline to air traffic control, and is measured against the scheduled time. Source: EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, summarised by TripStow. EUROCONTROL does not endorse TripStow.

Passengers at MAD

68,691,451 passengers used MAD in the twelve months to March 2026, on 408,893 commercial flights.

Passengers by month at MAD, arrivals and departures together.
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MonthPassengersFlights
April 20255,585,87033,089
May 20255,724,47834,377
June 20255,817,46934,162
July 20256,158,46535,685
August 20256,233,06735,253
September 20255,911,33434,504
October 20256,021,61635,666
November 20255,481,28533,107
December 20255,619,86534,529
January 20265,360,39932,672
February 20265,058,78430,750
March 20265,718,81935,099

Eurostat publishes airport figures a few months behind. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.

Busiest routes from MAD

  1. Palma De Mallorca (PMI)2,206,891 passengers
  2. Barcelona (BCN)2,036,488 passengers
  3. Rome (FCO)1,979,946 passengers
  4. Gran Canaria (LPA)1,970,045 passengers
  5. Lisbon (LIS)1,905,986 passengers
  6. Tenerife Norte (TFN)1,785,863 passengers
  7. Paris-Orly (ORY)1,585,160 passengers
  8. London Heathrow (LHR)1,550,044 passengers
  9. Bogota (BOG)1,546,093 passengers
  10. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)1,229,639 passengers

Passengers in 2024, both directions together. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at Madrid (MAD)?
Flights leaving MAD left an average of 17.2 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 63rd least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at MAD?
July 2026, when flights left an average of 21.3 minutes late; the lightest month was March 2026 (12.3 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at MAD?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At MAD in the last year the biggest cause was weather (62% of those minutes), then air traffic control (18%).

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