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Madrid Barajas Airport to Madrid

3 ways to get from Madrid Barajas Airport to Madrid

Madrid Barajas Airportterminal kerbsideMadridany address
Bus
0h 30 published
From
from €5 by bus
Distance
14.8 km by road
Operators
EMT Madrid · Metro de Madrid · Renfe Cercanías
  • Transfer ~0h 20 est. drive
  • Bus 0h 30
  • Metro time not published
Madrid Barajas AirportMadrid
  • Transfer~0h 20 est.
    terminal kerbsideany address
  • Bus0h 30
    T1, T2 and T4Atocha station, via Cibeles
  • Metro—
    Aeropuerto T1-T2-T3 and Aeropuerto T4Nuevos Ministerios, Atocha and Chamartín
Drawn from the connection data on this page — not an illustration.

Which one to take

You need a journey time you can plan around
Bus
the only option here with a published time — 0h 30
You land outside the hours the timetable covers
Transfer
after the last metro at 02:00 — door to door, no interchange

Journey times, operators and connections for the routes we cover. You book with the operator; we show you who runs it and how long it takes.

Options by mode

Journey times and carriers on this route.

Transfer~0h 20 est. drive
Madrid Barajas Airportterminal kerbsideMadridany address

door to door

Private road transfer — availability and price depend on the provider; this is not an offer

Before you land

The parts people get wrong. Each one links to where we checked it.

  • Hours

    The Airport Express runs 24 hours a day, every day of the year — every 15 to 20 minutes from 06:00 to 23:30, and every 35 minutes overnight. It is the only public transport into Madrid when the metro is shut.

    emtmadrid.es · checked 2026-09-07

  • Fixed fare

    The metro fare to or from the airport is not the ordinary zone A fare. A €3 airport supplement is charged on top, and anyone holding a zone A single, a Metrobús ten-trip pass or a combined single has to pay it to get on or off at either airport station.

    aena.es · checked 2026-09-07

  • Easy to get wrong

    The two rail options do not serve the same terminals. Metro line 8 has a station at T1-T2-T3 and another at T4; the Cercanías C-1 stops at T4 and nowhere else, so from T1, T2 or T3 it means taking the inter-terminal shuttle first.

    aena.es · checked 2026-09-07

  • Easy to get wrong

    The metro single ticket and the airport supplement are valid only on the day they are bought, and "the day" ends when the service does rather than at midnight. Buying them the night before does not work — the barriers reject them.

    metromadrid.es · checked 2026-09-07

  • Easy to get wrong

    The journey time depends on which terminal you board at: 30 minutes from T1, 35 from T2 and 40 from T4, all to Atocha.

    emtmadrid.es · checked 2026-09-07

  • Tickets

    The flat €5 fare is paid to the driver in cash, by bank card or by phone, with no surcharge — but the driver will not change a note larger than €20.

    emtmadrid.es · checked 2026-09-07

  • Tickets

    The Cercanías ticket is valid for one journey within two hours of being issued, and the train is free for passengers holding an AVE ticket that connects with a flight.

    aena.es · checked 2026-09-07

  • Easy to get wrong

    A Tourist Ticket covering zone T is not valid on this bus, even though it covers the metro to the airport including the supplement.

    metromadrid.es · checked 2026-09-07

  • Tickets

    The Tourist Ticket is the one exception to the metro supplement — it covers the airport without paying it. It is not valid on the Airport Express bus, which is a separate product.

    metromadrid.es · checked 2026-09-07