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Barcelona-El Prat historical flight statistics (BCN)
Barcelona-El Prat's flight record needs at least 180 valid dates before it can show patterns by month, weekday and time of day; in the meantime, use the flight archive and the weekly comparison. The airport is far older than the record: flying at El Prat began in 1918, and in 2025 it handled 57,483,036 passengers.
Insufficient coverage
A publishable historical series is not available yet
This snapshot retains 7 dates. Monthly, weekday and time-of-day modules require at least 180 valid dates before they are shown.
Months and patterns are not extrapolated from a short sample. The archive and weekly comparison show only periods that are actually on record.
Patterns wait for 180 dates
The historical charts for Barcelona-El Prat group the recorded flights by month, by weekday and by hour, and they switch on at 180 valid dates. The record keeps at most the latest 1,095 days (three years), starting from when collection began. For a yearly figure, 2025 closed with 57,483,036 passengers and 360,786 aircraft movements.
Practical information
Patterns appear after
Records kept
Meanwhile
Traffic, 2025
Flying at El Prat since
T1
Oldest section in use
What the Barcelona record keeps
Collection for Barcelona started recently, and from that day each date is stored with its arrivals and departures on Barcelona local time. The store holds at most the latest 1,095 days, about three years, so the oldest dates drop out once that limit is reached. Charts by month, weekday and time of day need 180 valid dates. If a flight, an airline or a route is later corrected, the past days it touches can be recalculated.
El Prat from 1918 to 2025
| Year | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 1918 | Flying begins at El Prat |
| 1968 | The building now called T2B comes into use; it is the oldest section of T2 still working |
| 2009 | T1, designed by Ricardo Bofill, opens and takes over most flights |
| 2025 | 57,483,036 passengers (+4.4%), 360,786 aircraft movements (+3.7%), 200,770 tonnes of cargo |
| Planned | A satellite terminal for T1 and a new rail link, with no settled scope or date |
The older Terminals A, B and C became the three sections of today's T2; more on the buildings and runways in the airport guide.
Reading long-term patterns at El Prat
Once the monthly chart fills in, compare a month with the same month of another year rather than with its neighbour, because airline timetables change through the year. The patterns describe the airport as a whole, both terminals included.
Travel tips
- Read the number of recorded dates before trusting a monthly bar.
- Leave out a month that is only partly recorded when you compare months.
- For last week's change, go to the weekly comparison rather than the monthly chart.