The Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport has a total of 5,284 flights scheduled between this Wednesday, October 11 and Sunday, October 15, in this first long weekend after the summer, which represents 8.6% more than in the same period of five days last year, as Aena sources have informed Europa Press.
In this way, during the El Pilar long weekend, from Wednesday to Sunday, the number of flights scheduled by the airlines operating at the Madrid airport will exceed those registered in 2022 (4,864) by 420 and will double those registered in 2019. last year prior to the Covid pandemic without movement limitations.
Specifically, the 5,284 planned for these five days of long weekend are 56.6% more than those registered in 2019 (3,374), although on this occasion with two days less (from Friday to Sunday), according to the information provided by Aena.
The busiest day will be Sunday, with 1,091 scheduled flights, followed by Friday, with 1,089 scheduled operations, and this Wednesday, the start of the bridge, with 1,082.
For their part, on Thursday, El Pilar day, the airlines operating from Barajas have 1,042 flights planned and on Saturday the 14th, the day with the least traffic, they have 980 operations scheduled.
In this way, the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport will be the one with the highest number of operations for this first holiday weekend after the summer in Spain. Next is El Prat airport, with 4,517 movements planned for these five days; that of Palma de Mallorca, with a total of 4,017 operations; and those of Málaga-Costa del Sol and Gran Canaria, with flights 2,425 and 1,743, respectively.
Across the country as a whole, Aena’s airport network plans to operate a total of 30,156 flights between Wednesday and Sunday. This operation is 6.75% higher than that of the same period in 2022, which had 28,012 flights in five days. With respect to 2019, it cannot be compared, since this year there were three days to enjoy this bridge, with 18,150 movements.
Thus, this Sunday will be the day with the highest number of scheduled operations, with a total of 6,254 flights planned, followed by Saturday, when 6,083 operations are planned, and Friday, when 6,041 movements will be carried out. The calmest day will be today, October 11, when 5,881 flights will be made.
Flight scheduling is subject to changes that may occur in the operations of the different airlines depending on the different situations that arise.
