Barcelona Airport and its catchment area

Barcelona

Barcelona, capital of southern Europe

Barcelona is one of the most important metropolises in Spain with more than 4 million inhabitants. Situated in the north-east of the Iberian Peninsula on the Mediterranean coast, it is the financial, cultural and administrative capital of Catalonia.

Population:

• Barcelona: 1.605.602 habitants
• Metropolitan Area: 4.841.365 habitants
• Catalonia: 6.813.319 habitants

Barcelona is an open and cosmopolitan city with a population of 15.6% resident foreigners of diverse nationalities.

Barcelona Airport's catchment area covers a first zone of 5.5 million inhabitants within an hour's drive from the city centre and a second catchment area of more than 11.5 million additional people if we extend the radius to half an hour's flight or three hours drive. Therefore, we can say that the airport's catchment area is comprised by more than 17 million inhabitants.

The airport is located at only 3 km from Barcelona’s seaport, one of the most important ones in the Mediterranean when it comes to container traffic, and the Mediterranean leader of cruise traffic. It is also located next to the Consorci de la Zona Franca (Zona Franca Consortium), one of the most important logistics and industrial free zones in Spain.

Catalonia within Spain

Catalonia is one of the economic driving forces of Spain. It represents 18.4% of the Spanish GDP and 26.5% of exports, mostly in high technology.