Name: Madrid Barajas International Airport
IATA code: MAD
Madrid Barajas International Airport is the main international airport serving the city of Madrid and the largest airport in Spain. It handled 52.12 million passengers in 2007, which made it the 4th busiest airport in Europe and the 10th busiest in the world overall that year. London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Frankfurt were the only European airports to record higher passengers numbers during the same period. The airport is situated at the crossroads of Europe, Africa and Latin America, and is a major steppingstone between European nations and countries across South and Central America. It is also a key gateway to the Iberian Peninsular, bringing leisure and business travellers here from across the globe. Madrid Barajas International Airport is served by the world's busiest air route, the Madrid-Barcelona air shuttle. During its peak in 2007, the service operated 971 flights a week between the two cities.