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Barcelona-El Prat Airport flight statistics (BCN)
Barcelona-El Prat handled 57,483,036 passengers and 360,786 aircraft movements in 2025, 4.4% and 3.7% more than in 2024. Day to day, the recorded flights show which hours are busiest, how many flights leave on time, how late the others run and which routes and countries have most flights, with T1 and T2 counted together.
Airline identity coverage: 5632 physical movements; 0 with verified marketing identity, 0 with verified operator identity, 4915 named by the legacy directory and 717 unconfirmed. Airline statistics use the marketing identity where verified. Unconfirmed movements remain included in airport totals.
Today’s flight statistics overview for Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)
Today (24 Oct 2026): 384 delayed among 911 flights with usable timing data. Unmeasured flights are excluded from the calculation.
Today: arrival and departure balance at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)
A comparison within the same recorded schedule.
At Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN), 499 arrivals represent 49.5% and 510 departures represent 50.5% of the 1009 recorded flights for today; departures exceed arrivals by 11.
Open arrivals and departures table
| Direction | Recorded flights | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Arrivals | 499 | 49.5% |
| Departures | 510 | 50.5% |
Measured performance
On-time and delay context
384 delayed among 911 flights with usable timing data; 23.5% meet the public on-time definition of 3 minutes early through 5 minutes late. Unmeasured flights are excluded.
Latest available dates
Recorded daily traffic at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)
A summary of the latest 7 dates actually on record. Missing dates are not filled and trends are not extrapolated.
Recorded daily traffic at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)
Airport-local period · number of flights
Showing the latest 7 recorded dates.
Open accessible daily traffic table
| Date | Arrivals | Departures | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Oct 2026 | 260 | 244 | 504 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 476 | 478 | 954 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 482 | 484 | 966 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 521 | 532 | 1053 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 526 | 537 | 1063 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 499 | 510 | 1009 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 52 | 78 | 130 |
Airlines appearing most often today at BCN
A count of the today schedule at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN) among flights with an identified airline.
At Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN), Vueling Airlines, Ryanair and Wizz Air together account for 556 flights: 55.1% of the 1009 flights included in the airline ranking for today. The remaining 453 flights in the ranking are spread across 71 other airlines. View complete airline list.
Open table for the five displayed airlines
| Airline | IATA | Flights | Share in ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vueling Airlines | VY | 387 | 38.4% |
| Ryanair | FR | 137 | 13.6% |
| Wizz Air | W6 | 32 | 3.2% |
| easyJet Europe | EC | 28 | 2.8% |
| Lufthansa Cargo | LH | 26 | 2.6% |
69 additional airlines appear in the complete list.
View complete airline list →Routes appearing most often today at BCN
A count of the today schedule at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN) by identified origin or destination airport.
At Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN), Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI), Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS) and Rome Fiumicino (FCO) together account for 100 flights: 9.9% of the 1009 flights included in the route ranking for today. The remaining 909 flights in the ranking are spread across 159 other routes. View Busiest Routes.
Open table for the five displayed routes
| Route | IATA | Flights | Share in ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI) | PMI | 36 | 3.6% |
| Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS) | LIS | 33 | 3.3% |
| Rome Fiumicino (FCO) | FCO | 31 | 3.1% |
| Milan Malpensa (MXP) | MXP | 27 | 2.7% |
| Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) | AMS | 25 | 2.5% |
157 additional routes appear in the complete distribution.
View Busiest Routes →Explore the statistics
These six task paths turn the Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN) summary into a specific next step: current flights by direction, performance only where times are measurable, linkable entities and dates that are actually on record.
Arrivals
Find a flight arriving at BCN and check its latest recorded time and status.
Departures
Find a flight leaving BCN and check its latest recorded time and status.
Delays & on-time
Review results calculated only when a usable actual time is available.
Airlines
Explore airlines that can be identified reliably in the schedule.
Routes
Compare identified origins and destinations in the available record.
Archive
Choose a month and open only dates contained in the available record.
Dates available
From the overview to the flight archive
The Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN) record currently contains 7 dates from 19 Oct 2026 through 25 Oct 2026. Only present dates can be opened; an absent date does not mean the airport did not operate that day.
Within those dates, the highest recorded total is 1063 flights on 23 Oct 2026 and the lowest is 130 on 25 Oct 2026. This comparison describes only recorded data; a partial date can affect the endpoints. It is not a seasonal ranking or a forecast.
The Barcelona record is still short
The Barcelona-El Prat statistics count recorded flights: every physical arrival and departure once, however many codeshare numbers it carries, on Barcelona local time and for both terminals together. On time means from 3 minutes early to 5 minutes late; cancellations are counted separately. The yearly totals for 2025 were 57,483,036 passengers and 360,786 aircraft movements.
Practical information
Airport
Passengers, 2025
Aircraft movements, 2025
Cargo, 2025
Terminals covered
Unit
On time
Clock
What the Barcelona statistics count
The source is the same flight data that fills the arrivals and departures boards. A plane landing at or taking off from El Prat makes one record, so a flight sold under three airline codes still counts once. Arrivals and departures both go in, every day and hour runs on Barcelona local time (the Europe/Madrid zone), and the unit is the flight: passengers and seats are not counted.
What on time and delayed mean is set out on the on-time performance page, and the flight data methodology explains how the record is collected.
2025 in numbers: 57.5 million passengers
In 2025 El Prat handled 57,483,036 passengers, up 4.4% on 2024, with 360,786 aircraft movements, up 3.7%, and 200,770 tonnes of cargo. Spread over the year, that is roughly 157,000 passengers and 990 take-offs and landings a day.
The recorded flights on this site serve a different purpose: comparing hours, weekdays, airlines and routes. For the year as a whole, use the totals above.
Aena, which runs El Prat, publishes the official traffic statistics for its airports.
T1, T2 and the airlines behind the numbers
Every chart covers the whole airport, with no split between the two terminals 4 km apart. Most of the flights belong to T1, open since 2009 and home to Vueling, Iberia, LEVEL and most long-haul and full-service airlines; in T2, the T2B section mainly serves Ryanair and Transavia and T2C mainly easyJet. Aena assigns airlines to terminals and moves them now and then, so the terminal of one flight is a question for its boarding pass, not for these figures (which airline uses which terminal).
Which statistics page answers your question
| You want to know | Go to | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| When El Prat is busiest today | Daily traffic | Arrivals and departures per local hour |
| Whether flights leave on time | On-time performance | Share of flights early, on time or late, plus an airline table |
| How late the late ones are | Delays | Delayed share, average delay, airlines, routes, weekday and hour |
| Whether last week was busier | Weekly comparison | The last two complete weeks side by side |
| Seasonal and long-run patterns | Historical statistics | Months, weekdays and hours once 180 dates exist |
| The routes with most flights | Busiest routes | Airport pairs ranked over recent complete days |
| A route with only a few flights | More routes | The full route directory |
| Where you can fly | Destinations, Countries | Airports and countries with recorded flights |
| One particular day | Flight archive | Every recorded date in full |
What the figures leave out
A busy hour is a count of flights, not of people in the security queue at T1 Floor 3 or at the T2B and T2C checkpoints. Past punctuality says nothing certain about tomorrow's flight, and delays, gate changes and rebooking are your airline's decisions.
How the figures are built
Methodology and freshness
Figures start from recorded schedules and use the airport’s local time. When several flight numbers refer to the same operated service, it is counted once. On-time performance uses only flights with an available actual time, and an uncertain airline or route is excluded from rankings rather than guessed.
- Coverage
- 19 Oct 2026 – 25 Oct 2026
- Dates
- 7
- Flights counted today
- 1009
- Schedule source
- Recorded flight schedules for BCN
The recorded coverage is short: no seasonal or annual trend is inferred. Official Aena figures appear separately with their own source.
Questions about Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN) flight data
How many passengers used Barcelona airport in 2025?
57,483,036, an increase of 4.4% on 2024.
How many flights does Barcelona-El Prat handle a day?
About 990 take-offs and landings on average, from the 360,786 aircraft movements of 2025.
Are these the official airport statistics?
No. They count the flights recorded on this site. Aena, the airport operator, publishes the official traffic statistics.
How much cargo goes through El Prat?
200,770 tonnes in 2025.
Which terminal handles most flights?
T1. It opened in 2009 and serves Vueling, Iberia, LEVEL and most long-haul airlines.
Can I see T1 and T2 separately?
No. Every chart counts both terminals together; your flight's terminal is on the board and on your boarding pass.
Does a codeshare flight count twice?
No. One physical flight is one record, whatever the number of airline codes.
When is a flight on time?
When it lands or takes off no more than 3 minutes ahead of schedule and no more than 5 minutes behind it.
Why do some charts have no figure yet?
The Barcelona record is short. The route ranking needs 14 complete days, the weekly comparison two complete weeks and the long-term patterns 180 dates; punctuality and delays start as small samples.
Do the statistics tell me how early to get to the airport?
No. They count flights, not queues. Aena's minimum is 45 minutes before departure, and your airline's deadline may be earlier.
Travel tips
- For a figure covering the whole of 2025, quote the 57,483,036 passengers, not a sum of recorded flights.
- Before setting two airlines against each other, read how many measured flights each one has.
- Use the departures board for your own flight; these pages describe the airport as a whole.