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Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat (BCN)

Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport handled 4,586,411 passengers in March 2026, up 5.5% on a year earlier, according to Eurostat.

Flights (arrivals + departures) over time

The most recent periods20 periods
PeriodFlights (arrivals + departures) 2025Flights (arrivals + departures) 2026Change vs last year
January24,59124,532▼ 0.2%
February24,41824,486▲ 0.3%
March28,41429,255▲ 3.0%
April30,84032,064▲ 4.0%
May33,13934,740▲ 4.8%
June32,70534,290▲ 4.8%
July33,66235,893▲ 6.6%
August33,29834,777▲ 4.4%
September32,412––
October32,807–in progress
November26,760––
December27,785––
Year to date (Jan–Aug)241,067250,037▲ 3.7%

Passengers over time

Full count · domestic + international
The most recent periods15 periods
PeriodPassengers 2025Passengers 2026Change vs last year
January3,686,1493,795,230▲ 3.0%
February3,748,9983,887,721▲ 3.7%
March4,348,3224,586,411▲ 5.5%
April4,894,348––
May5,166,497––
June5,288,306––
July5,532,446––
August5,666,901––
September5,273,046––
October5,234,109–in progress
November4,246,218––
December4,298,629––
Year to date (Jan–Mar)11,783,46912,269,362▲ 4.1%

Tonnes of cargo over time

Full count · domestic + international
The most recent periods15 periods
PeriodTonnes of cargo 2025Tonnes of cargo 2026Change vs last year
January13,44215,624▲ 16.2%
February14,39217,789▲ 23.6%
March16,39316,131▼ 1.6%
April15,768––
May17,448––
June16,177––
July18,959––
August16,232––
September17,487––
October19,167–in progress
November18,386––
December17,471––
Year to date (Jan–Mar)44,22649,544▲ 12.0%

Domestic / International

Domestic / International — passengers

Full count · domestic + international

Domestic

The most recent periods15 periods
PeriodPassengers 2025Passengers 2026Change vs last year
January990,604971,397▼ 1.9%
February997,124977,541▼ 2.0%
March1,145,8561,177,643▲ 2.8%
April1,171,725––
May1,266,558––
June1,291,907––
July1,321,737––
August1,292,131––
September1,247,108––
October1,263,029–in progress
November1,070,238––
December1,068,312––
Year to date (Jan–Mar)3,133,5843,126,581▼ 0.2%

International

The most recent periods15 periods
PeriodPassengers 2025Passengers 2026Change vs last year
January2,695,5452,823,833▲ 4.8%
February2,751,8742,910,180▲ 5.8%
March3,202,4663,408,768▲ 6.4%
April3,722,623––
May3,899,939––
June3,996,399––
July4,210,709––
August4,374,770––
September4,025,938––
October3,971,080–in progress
November3,175,980––
December3,230,317––
Year to date (Jan–Mar)8,649,8859,142,781▲ 5.7%

Domestic / International — tonnes of cargo

Full count · domestic + international

Domestic

The most recent periods15 periods
PeriodTonnes of cargo 2025Tonnes of cargo 2026Change vs last year
January469375▼ 20.0%
February479452▼ 5.6%
March468444▼ 5.0%
April461––
May558––
June483––
July655––
August393––
September485––
October592–in progress
November512––
December486––
Year to date (Jan–Mar)1,4161,272▼ 10.2%

International

The most recent periods15 periods
PeriodTonnes of cargo 2025Tonnes of cargo 2026Change vs last year
January12,97315,249▲ 17.5%
February13,91217,337▲ 24.6%
March15,92515,687▼ 1.5%
April15,307––
May16,890––
June15,694––
July18,305––
August15,839––
September17,002––
October18,574–in progress
November17,874––
December16,985––
Year to date (Jan–Mar)42,81048,273▲ 12.8%

Seasonality · flights (arrivals + departures) by month

Year JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024 23,612 23,585 27,014 29,814 31,604 31,360 32,770 32,119 31,690 31,514 26,037 26,873
2025 24,591 24,418 28,414 30,840 33,139 32,705 33,662 33,298 32,412 32,807 26,760 27,785
2026 24,532 24,486 29,255 32,064 34,740 34,290 35,893 34,777
Series depth 26 years from 2000

Our own count, day by day

We counted 14,497 departures and arrivals at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport over the last 13 complete days, from the airport's own public flight board.

Our own count · not official · not comparable with the figure above

Group the daily count

Add up the days into longer periods. The daily figures themselves do not change.

The most recent periods13 periods
13 of 13
PeriodFlights counted7-day total
Aug 31, 20261,1747,856
Aug 30, 20261,0987,745
Aug 29, 20261,0797,755
Aug 28, 20261,1667,756
Aug 27, 20261,1317,788
Aug 26, 20261,1047,750
Aug 25, 20261,1047,745
Aug 24, 20261,063
Aug 23, 20261,108
Aug 22, 20261,080
Aug 21, 20261,198
Aug 20, 20261,093
Aug 19, 20261,099

Busiest destinations

Flights recorded between Jan 1, 2024 and Dec 31, 2024, counted from flight records published by Eurostat. Not a current timetable.

Environment

Airport Carbon Accreditation

Level 4 Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport holds Airport Carbon Accreditation Level 4 (status checked October 2026), according to the programme's public list.

A certification of how the airport operator manages its own carbon emissions (levels 1–5, "+" = with offsetting). It is not a measure of how much the airport or its flights emit.

Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACI)

Aircraft noise exposure

Counts only residents OUTSIDE large urban areas ("agglomerations"). People inside a city who hear the same airport are reported in the city's own noise map and are included in the national total, not here.

0 people living outside large urban areas around Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport were exposed to aircraft noise of 55 dB Lden or more, and 0 to 50 dB or more at night, according to the European Environment Agency (Environmental Noise Directive, 2022 reporting round).

Day–evening–night (Lden)
Noise levelPeople exposed
55–59 dB0
60–64 dB0
65–69 dB0
70–74 dB0
75 dB or more0
Night (Lnight)
Noise levelPeople exposed
50–54 dB0
55–59 dB0
60–64 dB0
65–69 dB0
70 dB or more0

Arrivals and departures used for the noise map: 344,558 a year.

EEA — Environmental Noise Directive data (CC BY 4.0)

Partial records from Brazil's ANAC Brazil's ANAC records only the part of Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport's traffic that touches its own network. These are not Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport's busiest destinations or its overall on-time rate.

Flight timing & delays

Historical departures, grouped by the scheduled local time at the departure airport. These are recorded outcomes, not a forecast for your flight.

Flights touching Brazil reported to ANAC · partial coverage

Source: Brazil's ANAC · Oct 14, 2024 → Jul 31, 2026

Lowest average delay13:00–14:0012.5min · 258 recorded · 256 measured
Recorded flights451Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport

Departure hour

On-time departures Partial coverage: only flights touching the source country

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Average departure delay Partial coverage: only flights touching the source country

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Recorded flights Partial coverage: only flights touching the source country

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Departure hourOn-time departuresAverage departure delayWith departure timeRecorded flights
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12:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—176177
13:0077.7%12.5 min256258
14:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—22
15:00No observations———
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22:00No observations———
23:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—1414

Day of week

Recorded flights Partial coverage: only flights touching the source country

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No bucket in this view has 200 measured departures yet. Flight counts are shown; on-time and delay charts become available when the sample is large enough.

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Day of weekOn-time departuresAverage departure delayWith departure timeRecorded flights
MondayFewer than 200 measured departures—5555
TuesdayFewer than 200 measured departures—3939
WednesdayFewer than 200 measured departures—8990
ThursdayFewer than 200 measured departures—7272
FridayFewer than 200 measured departures—6365
SaturdayFewer than 200 measured departures—6161
SundayFewer than 200 measured departures—6969

Month of year

Months combine the same calendar month across the years shown; this is a seasonal pattern, not a monthly time series.

Recorded flights Partial coverage: only flights touching the source country

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No bucket in this view has 200 measured departures yet. Flight counts are shown; on-time and delay charts become available when the sample is large enough.

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Month of yearOn-time departuresAverage departure delayWith departure timeRecorded flights
JanFewer than 200 measured departures—3636
FebFewer than 200 measured departures—3232
MarFewer than 200 measured departures—3536
AprFewer than 200 measured departures—4040
MayFewer than 200 measured departures—4344
JunFewer than 200 measured departures—4646
JulFewer than 200 measured departures—5656
AugFewer than 200 measured departures—2727
SepFewer than 200 measured departures—2525
OctFewer than 200 measured departures—3536
NovFewer than 200 measured departures—3434
DecFewer than 200 measured departures—3939

Delay and on-time rates need at least 200 measured departures per bucket. Smaller samples remain visible in the flight-count chart. An empty slot means no observations, not zero flights.

Recorded outcomes

  • On time 78.7% 355
  • Delayed >15 min 20.6% 93
  • Cancelled 0.7% 3
  • Missing departure time 0.0% 0

All recorded flights with a known scheduled local time, counted once. Missing actual times are shown separately.

On time means departing no more than 15 minutes after schedule. Cancelled flights and flights missing departure times are excluded from the on-time rate and average delay.

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