Josep Tarradellas-Barcelona-El Prat Airport Guide (LEBL)

[Othman_Asli]

Hello and welcome to this guide about Barcelona airport and the airport operations. As we get closer to the next update, Barcelona will be one of the new airports to have 3D. So if you want to see a sneak peak of the airport keep reading 👀. Personally I work at the airport and that is why I have created this thread to teach people who want to fly and know the operation of the airport.

Airport summary

Barcelona Airport, officially known as Barcelona-El Prat Airport, is one of the most important airports in Spain and serves as a gateway to the city of Barcelona and its surrounding areas. Located approximately 15 kilometers southwest of the city center, it is a bustling hub for air travel in the Catalonia region. The airport has two terminals: Terminal 1 (T1) and Terminal 2 (T2). Terminal 1, which opened in 2009, is the newer and larger terminal, handling the majority of international flights. Terminal 2, divided into three sections (T2A, T2B, and T2C), primarily serves low-cost airlines and regional flights. Barcelona Airport offers a wide range of domestic and international flights, connecting travelers to destinations across Europe and beyond. It serves as a major hub for airlines such as Vueling, Ryanair, and Iberia, offering a diverse selection of routes and destinations.

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Airlines and Terminals

TERMINALS T2A, T2B AND T2C

Barcelona T2 is divided into three interconnected areas known as T2A, T2B and T2C.

⚠ Only easyJet and easyJet Switzerland operate in T2C. ⚠

⚠ T2A only is used for flights from and to Non-Schengen destination. ⚠

Airlines Operators of Terminal 2:

Ryanair and Ryanair group	EasyJet	Wizz Air	Norwegian
Eurowings	Transavia	Aer lingus	WestJet
Air Transat	Air Malta	Air Senegal	Azores Airlines
Air serbia	Luxair	Bluebird Airways	Icelandair
PLAY	Volotea	Air Baltic	Jet2com
Azerbaijan Airlines	Pegasus Airlines	Air Cairo	Air arabia

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Barcelona Airport Terminal 1 , or also known as T1 , handles both Schengen and non-Schengen flights and is the busiest terminal since it operates the vast majority of flights.

Airlines Operators of Terminal 1:

Vueling	Iberia	Level	British airways	Air Europa	American Airlines
Delta	United	Air France	Turkish Airlines	Swiss	Lufthansa
Emirates	Qatar Airways	Etihad Airways	El Al	Asiana Airlines	Korean Air
Aegean Airlines	ITA Airways	Royal air Maroc	KLM	Avianca	Saudia
TAP Air Portugal	TAP Express	LATAM Airlines	Air Algerie	Austrian Airlines	Brussels Airlines
Singapore Airlines	Air Canada	LOT	Tunisair	Egyptair
Arkia Israeli Airlines	SAS	Air china	Air Premia	Shenzhen Airlines	AeroMexico
Cubana de Aviación	Wamos Air	Kuwait Airways	Cathay Pacific	Croatia Airlines

CARGO TERMINAL

Airlines Operators of Cargo Terminal:

DHL	Swiftair	FedEx
ULS Airlines Cargo	Emirates Sky Cargo	Turkish Cargo
MNG Airlines	UPS	Amazon Air
West Atlantic	ASL Airlines

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CORPORATE AVIATION

No more details…

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Tower's Building's

Main tower

Ground Tower

Oldest Towers (Out of service)

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AIRPORT OPERATION

Ground

• Maximum aircraft type capacity for this airport is A388. The airport has 4 spots to accommodate this aircraft.

DEPARTURES RWY	LANDING RWY
06R	06L
24L	24R
20	02

🚫Runway 20 should not use for departures if the runway 24L is active.🚫

Preferential runways, Follow ATC instructions priority.

⚠Standard taxiway routes⚠

Taxi route to 24L departures

Taxi route to 06R departures

🚫All red mark are not allowed for Aircraft category F (B748 - A388)🚫

Ground charts from B787 flight deck

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⚠ Pushback Operation from Terminal 2 ⚠

Terminal 2 have closed stands with each other, in this way to avoid any aircraft collision the pushback maneuver from these stands are the following:

• All pushbacks from stands 122 - 100 will need to push outside on taxiway BRAVO (Taxiway close to the terminal). The correct facing is all to the East or west, It’s forbidden to push facing to the Sud!

Do not block taxiway gate entries make sure to push until passed the dashed line.

Pushback Video from stand 106:

VID 20220908 190901

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Start Locations

⚠ All start locations have their own gate stops like IRL, please follow instructions from stand guidance!

If you have this message on the stand guidance please go to another parking to avoid any parking conflicts between the incoming aircraft spawning in.

All parking size are located on this link!

LE_AD_2_LEBL_PDC_1_en.pdf

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Departure SIDS

Runway 06R

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Runway 20

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Runway 24L

• If you want all the personalized SIDs you must check this thread and you can download all from here! More updates coming soon…

LEBL.zip

Your RNP Library and Guide (SIDs)

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Approach STARs

All finals turns or transition must follow between 220kts - 180kts. Expect early final turn by ATC to be cleared for approach.

On high traffic times expect holdings points the following fixes / VORs:

RWY 24s	RWY 06s	RWY 02
RULOS	VIBIM	VIBIM
SLL	SLL	TOTKI
LESBA	VLA
CLE	RUBOT

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Thank you for reading this thread please if you have any questions let me know in the comments!

PD: All pictures that doesn’t have any link is take it by me.

[LuckyRc]

Absolutely amazing guide. Best I’ve seen yet.

[Alboma]

@Othman_Asli

Barcelona will be one of the new airports to have 3D

OH MY GOD I’ve been waiting for this moment for a veeery long time! Thanks for the guide!

[Yukiros_31]

Same for me, extremely well made, wanna fly there sometimes later

[Basilisk]

Cant wait to fly to LEBL! 😍

[Felipe_Grajera1]

My home airport. 😍

IRL Runway 02 is only used for night landings.

[BP-Aviation]

What terminals would Cathay and Croatia Airlines park at? Struggling to find them on the terminal airline lists.

[Othman_Asli]

Terminal 1, just added now thanks

[BP-Aviation]

Ah okay, thank you so much for clarification!

[Mathurin_Garcier]

Does it get any better? I doubt so.

Thanks @Othman_Asli for sharing this!

[Alboma]

It’s an amazing guide with a lot of detail, but I have a question. I am from Barcelona so I know the airport very well and I’ve never seen runway 20 being used, in which situation would it be used for departures?

[Yukiros_31]

I am not from barcelona but I have already seen it used for deps on FR24, I am surprised that someone local didn’t noticed it, I don’t know LEBL anyway so can’t answer your question sorry

[Alboma]

When did you see this? I watch it on FR24 almost daily and I’ve never seen it.

[Mathurin_Garcier]

20 is used VERY rarely, actually it was used 1 week ago after the TAP E190 incident which closed 24L/06R, it was also used back a while back for a reason I don’t know.

However, 20 is never used for arrivals, for obvious, noisy reasons

[Othman_Asli]

![IMG_3790|597x417](upload://6i6wnChzvh6PdEIM9kl6fB17f9f.png

That day was fun to work there……

[Mathurin_Garcier]

Trànsit Aeri de Catalunya

[Alboma]

Ohh yeah that makes sense, it’s used on exceptional situations. I don’t know how I didn’t see the TAP incident, I follow that twitter account 😅.

[ilijabgc]

It’s a very good topic, and nice work for the airport!

[Felipe_Grajera1]

As I said before, runway 02 is only used for night landings. The case they comment on of the embraer taking off from runway 20 was an exceptional case. The 24L/07R runway for takeoffs and the 24R/07L runway for landings. In fact, currently the Catalan government wants to expand the airport with a new runway but it is having conflicts with other organizations because the airport is surrounded by a protected natural area.

[Mort]

Wow! Thanks for posting this! I flew into Barcelona yesterday from Paris, and didn’t taxi in to the gate as I should have. Guilty as charged.