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

3 ways to the airport

Recommended

Direct, unlike the Metro to Sol, lines 8, 10 and 1, for €0.50 more.

Expres Aeropuerto

203 · EMT Madrid
30–40 min rideEvery 15 minRuns all night
Estación de AtochaStops outside Terminals 1
24-hour service
€5total for 1 adult€5 eachBuy ticketOn EMT Madrid
Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Estación de Atocha, the transport interchange, by day; Cibeles instead from 23:55 to 05:35

A flat EUR 5.00 to or from any of its stops, set by the Comunidad de Madrid for 2026. It is the one city bus a season pass does NOT cover — the Abono Transporte is valid on everything "excepto en el Bus Expres Aeropuerto".

Luggage. A city bus with a luggage area; it fills up on a busy arrival.

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Metro

Metro to Sol, lines 8, 10 and 1

L8L10L1 · Metro de Madrid
24–29 min rideEvery 8 min06:05–01:33
Puerta del SolMetro stations Aeropuerto T1-T2-T3 or Aeropuerto T4
2 changesLuggage space
€4.50total for 1 adult€4.50 eachBuy ticketOn Metro de Madrid
Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Puerta del Sol, on line 1 towards Tribunal

EUR 1.50 Zona A single plus the EUR 3.00 airport supplement: EUR 4.50 from T1-T2-T3, EUR 4.70 from T4. One ticket, taken when you exit at Sol — Madrid Metro prices a ride by how many stations it covers in total, so changing lines twice costs no more than staying on one. A first ride also needs the EUR 2.50 Tarjeta Multi card.

Luggage. An ordinary metro carriage; no racks, no hold.

Hours. Daily, including public holidays — bounded by line 8's own hours, since it is the last of the three trains boarded on the way in.

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Taxi

Taxi, fixed airport fare

Taxi · Madrid taxis, regulated by the Ayuntamiento
25–50 min rideTraffic dependentRuns all night
Any address inside the M-30The taxi drop-off at your terminal
24-hour servicePer vehicleFixed fareLuggage space
€33total for 1 adult€33 eachView details
Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Any address inside the M-30

EUR 33.00 per ride, day or night, every day of the year, between the airport and anywhere inside the M-30, with no supplement of any kind. Taxis are capped at nine seats including the driver, so one car may legally carry eight passengers at this fare.

Luggage. Included. The fare admits no extras of any kind.

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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 Madrid airport into Madrid

How do I get from Madrid city centre to Madrid airport?

For one traveler the Expres Aeropuerto is the way we recommend: €5 in total, 30–40 min, boarding at Estación de Atocha. It runs at any hour.

First departures

Earliest at the airport first
Expres Aeropuerto

Any hour.

Taxi

Any hour.

Metro to Sol

First 06:05 from Puerta del Sol, at the airport by about 06:29.

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

Early flight?

There is no early-morning gap: the Expres Aeropuerto and the fixed-fare taxi both run right through the night. A 06:00 flight means the slower, half-hourly night bus from Cibeles rather than the daytime one from Atocha.

Before you leave for Madrid Airport

From the centre to each way out
Early flights

There is no early-morning gap: the Expres Aeropuerto and the fixed-fare taxi both run right through the night. A 06:00 flight means the slower, half-hourly night bus from Cibeles rather than the daytime one from Atocha.

Where the bus leaves from

The Expres Aeropuerto boards at the Estación de Atocha transport interchange by day; after 23:55 the stop moves to Cibeles instead, the same switch as the airport-bound side.

Tickets

Buy an ordinary Cercanías single for the C1 in town; no airport supplement applies boarding there. On the metro the EUR 3.00 airport supplement is charged when you exit at an airport station, not when you board, so a plain Zona A ticket bought in town is not enough on its own.

Taxis to the airport

The same EUR 33.00 fixed fare applies leaving the city as arriving: the ordinance sets it for a ride "with origin or destination at the airport and destination or origin inside the M-30", in either direction, 24 hours a day.

Questions

What does a taxi to Madrid airport cost from the centre?

The same EUR 33.00 fixed fare applies leaving the city as arriving: the ordinance sets it for a ride "with origin or destination at the airport and destination or origin inside the M-30", in either direction, 24 hours a day.

Where does the Expres Aeropuerto leave from in Madrid?

Estación de Atocha, the transport interchange, by day; Cibeles instead from 23:55 to 05:35.

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

There is no early-morning gap: the Expres Aeropuerto and the fixed-fare taxi both run right through the night. A 06:00 flight means the slower, half-hourly night bus from Cibeles rather than the daytime one from Atocha.

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