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Q: How do I get from Barcelona to El Prat airport?

Aerobús A1 and A2: €7.75 for one traveler, 35 min, boarding at Plaça de Catalunya, calling at Carrer Sepúlveda and Plaça Espanya.

City to airport · One way · All prices are totals for 1 adult · All service hours

2 ways to the airport

Recommended

The cheapest way to the airport. The Rodalies R2 Nord is 15 minutes quicker for €3.75 more, which is not worth it at this party size.

Aerobús A1 and A2

A1A2 · UTE Servicio Aerobús, Monbus group

35 min rideEvery 10 minRuns all night

Plaça de CatalunyaA1: Terminal 1

Non-stop24-hour serviceLuggage space

€7.75total for 1 adult€7.75 eachBuy ticket3 places to buy

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Plaça de Catalunya, calling at Carrer Sepúlveda and Plaça Espanya

The operator's current fares are EUR 7.75 single and EUR 13.30 return (an older page still shows EUR 7.45/12.85 — expect the higher price). The return is valid 90 days. Children under four travel free; single-parent and large-family discounts are sold only by staff, and there is no group ticket. No TMB ticket is valid on the Aerobús.

Luggage. A coach with luggage racks; the single covers one person and their luggage.

Price for every party size · Fare source

Regional

Rodalies R2 Nord

R2 Nord · Renfe, for Rodalies de Catalunya

20–27 min rideEvery 30 min05:13–23:09

Barcelona SantsThe Rodalies station under Terminal 2

€11.50total for 1 adult€11.50 eachBuy ticketOn Renfe, for Rodalies de Catalunya

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Barcelona Sants, from the Rodalies platforms — or board 5 minutes earlier at Passeig de Gràcia

Renfe does not publish a single-journey fare, though one exists and is cheaper. Instead use TMB's integrated tickets, valid here but refused at the airport metro: the shareable T-familiar, EUR 11.50 for eight rides, or the T-casual, EUR 13.00 for ten. One T-familiar covers a group of up to eight; leftover rides work on city metro and buses for 30 days, except at the two airport metro stations.

Luggage. A commuter train with space at the carriage ends; no limit is published.

Hours. Every 30 minutes, identical every day of the week, arriving the airport 17 minutes after Sants.

Price for every party size · Fare source

Fares are the same ticket ridden the other way; the boarding points, hours and, where a ride differs by direction, the ride time are read for this direction. Also runs to the airport, boarding point and hours in town not recorded yet: Pre-booked private transfer. Every way from Barcelona El Prat airport into Barcelona

How do I get from Barcelona to El Prat airport?

For one traveler the Aerobús A1 and A2 is the way we recommend: €7.75 in total, 35 min, boarding at Plaça de Catalunya. It runs at any hour.

First departures

Earliest at the airport first

Aerobús A1 and A2

Any hour.

Rodalies R2 Nord

First 05:13 from Barcelona Sants, at the airport by about 05:33.

Arrival times add the recorded ride time to the first departure; no walking or waiting is added.

Early flight?

The metro is first away, from 05:00; the R2 Nord train follows at 05:13 from Sants. Nothing public runs earlier. The Aerobús and the T-4 taxi fare both run right through the night, so a flight before 05:00 still has a way in.

Before you leave for Barcelona El Prat Airport

From the centre to each way out

Early flights

Tickets

Buy a T-casual or T-familiar at any TMB station, not only the airport's, for the train or bus 46. For the L9 Sud metro, buy the Airport Ticket in advance through the TMB app or online — the same ticket the airport gate itself sells.

Questions

Where does the Aerobús A1 and A2 leave from in Barcelona?

Plaça de Catalunya, calling at Carrer Sepúlveda and Plaça Espanya.

My flight is early. What runs before the first train?

Arriving instead? Every way from Barcelona El Prat airport into Barcelona