How punctual is Madrid-Barajas Airport?
Based on 28 days of actual departures against their scheduled times.
36%
Left within 15 minutes
30
Average delay (minutes)
By terminal
30
Terminal 4 — 7331 departures
33
Terminal 1 — 1920 departures
Best and worst hours to fly out
Flights scheduled in the early hours leave close to time. Delay builds up through the day as aircraft fall behind, then resets overnight.
Leaves closest to schedule
Average delay by scheduled departure hour
- 14:00 AM8 min
- 25:00 AM11 min
- 32:00 AM12 min
- 41:00 AM13 min
- 56:00 AM13 min
Runs latest
Average delay by scheduled departure hour
- 12:00 PM48 min
- 23:00 PM45 min
- 35:00 PM42 min
- 44:00 PM41 min
- 51:00 PM40 min
Airlines
Most flights
By number of departures
- 1Iberia3,723
- 2Ryanair751
- 3Vueling638
- 4Air Europa569
- 5Turkish Airlines424
Most punctual
Lowest average delay
- 1British Airways25 min
- 2Emirates25 min
- 3Delta26 min
- 4Iberia28 min
- 5Lufthansa29 min
Runs latest
Highest average delay
- 1easyJet38 min
- 2ITA Airways37 min
- 3Ryanair36 min
- 4Avianca35 min
- 5Aerolíneas Argentinas35 min
Destinations
Departures by hour
The heaviest hour is 7:00 AM, with 775 departures over the period. Bar height is how many flights leave; colour is how late they run.
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Day by day
Each bar is one day. Height is the number of departures; colour is the average delay that day.
26/7
9/8
23/8
Under 15 min
15–30 min
30–45 min
45–70 min
Over 70 min
By day of week
1
Friday
1328 departures · 31 min
2
Monday
1327 departures · 32 min
3
Wednesday
1321 departures · 30 min
4
Tuesday
1320 departures · 30 min
5
Thursday
1319 departures · 29 min
6
Sunday
1319 departures · 31 min
7
Saturday
1317 departures · 31 min
Measured
Unlike the crowding estimate, these are real recorded departure times, not a model.