Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas
A Journey Through Time
1931 — 2014
1930s
1931
Aeropuerto de Barajas opened in 1931 as a modest grass airfield on the outskirts of Madrid. Its first international route was a service to Lisbon operated by LAPE.
2000s
2006
Terminal 4, designed by Richard Rogers and Antonio Lamela, opened in February 2006. Its undulating bamboo-clad roof and rainbow-coloured support columns made it one of Europe's most beautiful terminals.
2010s
2014
The airport was renamed Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas in 2014 in honour of Spain's first democratically elected prime minister after the Franco dictatorship.
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