{"id":182259,"date":"2025-12-12T15:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T15:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/?p=182259"},"modified":"2025-12-12T20:51:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T20:51:04","slug":"madrid-barajas-airport-handled-nearly-5-5-million-passengers-in-november-a-3-9-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2025\/12\/madrid-barajas-airport-handled-nearly-5-5-million-passengers-in-november-a-3-9-increase.html","title":{"rendered":"Madrid-Barajas Airport handled nearly 5.5 million passengers in November, a 3.9% increase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Adolfo Su\u00e1rez Madrid-Barajas Airport <\/strong>closed November with <strong>5,494,827<\/strong> passengers, an increase of 3.9% compared to the same month in 2024. This is the best figure on record for a November and confirms the upward trend in traffic at this facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of this total, 5,482,404 travelers used commercial flights. International routes accounted for 4,206,105 passengers, an increase of 7.8%, while domestic routes reached 1,276,299, a result reflecting a 7.5% decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aircraft movements and performance by flight type<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In November, 35,209 flights were operated, a 3% growth compared to 2024. Of these operations, 35,132 were commercial. International services totaled 25,278 movements, representing a 7.5% increase, while domestic services accounted for 9,854, with a 6.9% decrease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Air cargo on the rise with the best historical result<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The airport managed 79,077 tons of cargo during November. This volume represents a 10.7% rise compared to the same month the previous year and becomes the best historical result for that period. Furthermore, this activity represented 59.4% of the air cargo handled across the entire Aena network in the penultimate month of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2025\/12\/aena-drives-largest-airport-financing-in-brazil-with-key-investment-to-modernize-11-terminals.html\">Aena Drives Largest Airport Financing in Brazil with Key Investment to Modernize 11 Terminals<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A consolidated annual balance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With only one month remaining to close the year, Madrid-Barajas has accumulated 62,542,414 passengers between January and November, equivalent to a 3% advance compared to the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of operations also shows a positive trend. The airport accumulated 393,972 movements in these eleven months, an increase of 2.4% compared to the equivalent period the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cargo activity maintains the same trend. So far this year, 763,882 tons have been transported, a figure reflecting a 9.6% growth when compared to 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The traffic and cargo results consolidate Adolfo Su\u00e1rez Madrid-Barajas as a key node for connectivity and air transport, with new highs that reinforce its role within the Aena network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-9e302684     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"417\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/alta-maps-out-roadmap-to-net-zero-challenges-and-opportunities-for-aviation-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Avion-Emisiones.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Avion-Emisiones.webp 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Avion-Emisiones-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Avion-Emisiones-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Avion-Emisiones-380x190.webp 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/alta-maps-out-roadmap-to-net-zero-challenges-and-opportunities-for-aviation-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">ALTA Maps Out Roadmap to Net Zero: Challenges and Opportunities for Aviation in Latin America and the Caribbean<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/alta-maps-out-roadmap-to-net-zero-challenges-and-opportunities-for-aviation-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/air-traffic-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-grows-6-6-in-february.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Pasajeros-de-avion.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Pasajeros-de-avion.jpg 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Pasajeros-de-avion-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Pasajeros-de-avion-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Pasajeros-de-avion-380x190.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/air-traffic-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-grows-6-6-in-february.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Air Traffic in Latin America and the Caribbean Grows 6.6% in February<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/air-traffic-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-grows-6-6-in-february.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/latam-airlines-to-become-south-americas-first-to-offer-lie-flat-seats-on-airbus-a321xlr.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Latam-Asientos-_Lie-Flat_-en-el-Airbus-A321XLR.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Latam-Asientos-_Lie-Flat_-en-el-Airbus-A321XLR.webp 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Latam-Asientos-_Lie-Flat_-en-el-Airbus-A321XLR-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Latam-Asientos-_Lie-Flat_-en-el-Airbus-A321XLR-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Latam-Asientos-_Lie-Flat_-en-el-Airbus-A321XLR-380x190.webp 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/latam-airlines-to-become-south-americas-first-to-offer-lie-flat-seats-on-airbus-a321xlr.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">LATAM Airlines to Become South America&#8217;s First to Offer &#8220;Lie-Flat&#8221; Seats on Airbus A321XLR<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/latam-airlines-to-become-south-americas-first-to-offer-lie-flat-seats-on-airbus-a321xlr.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/jetsmart-launches-all-you-can-fly-annual-membership-for-unlimited-flights-across-south-america.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/JetSmart-All-You-Can-Fly.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/JetSmart-All-You-Can-Fly.webp 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/JetSmart-All-You-Can-Fly-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/JetSmart-All-You-Can-Fly-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/JetSmart-All-You-Can-Fly-380x190.webp 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/jetsmart-launches-all-you-can-fly-annual-membership-for-unlimited-flights-across-south-america.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">JetSmart Launches &#8220;All You Can Fly&#8221;: Annual Membership for Unlimited Flights Across South America<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/jetsmart-launches-all-you-can-fly-annual-membership-for-unlimited-flights-across-south-america.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adolfo Su\u00e1rez Madrid-Barajas Airport closed November with 5,494,827 passengers, an increase of 3.9% compared to the same month&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":4312,"featured_media":99978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[189],"tags":[195,269,292],"class_list":{"0":"post-182259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-airports","8":"tag-airport","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-spain"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas.jpg",800,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas-300x150.jpg",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas-768x384.jpg",768,384,true],"large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas.jpg",800,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas.jpg",800,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas.jpg",800,400,false],"pk-small":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas-80x80.jpg",80,80,true],"pk-thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"csco-small":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas-80x80.jpg",80,80,true],"csco-intermediate":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"csco-thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas-380x220.jpg",380,220,true],"csco-thumbnail-alternative":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas-300x180.jpg",300,180,true],"csco-thumbnail-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas-380x190.jpg",380,190,true],"csco-medium":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-medium-alternative":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas-560x336.jpg",560,336,true],"csco-medium-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-large-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-extra-large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas.jpg",800,400,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Dergam Mousa","author_link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/author\/dmousa"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Adolfo Su\u00e1rez Madrid-Barajas Airport closed November with 5,494,827 passengers, an increase of 3.9% compared to the same month&hellip;","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4312"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182259"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182265,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182259\/revisions\/182265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}