MADLEMD
April 27, 20261,033 flights746,268 ADS-B points
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About the data

Flights reconstructed from ADS-B — the position signal modern aircraft broadcast to air traffic. Coverage is strongest across North America and Europe, thinner over oceans, polar regions, and parts of Asia and Africa.

Long-haul flights whose paths cross sparsely-covered areas may appear with an unknown origin or destination — the receiver network loses sight of them mid-ocean. We mark those unknown rather than guess. Every flight is still counted in the totals; the route-by-route breakdown filters to flights with identified endpoints.

ADS-B flight data captured at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD/LEMD) on April 27, 2026, the 95th anniversary of the airport's opening, recorded 1,033 total movements across 454 unique aircraft, with 553 departures and 480 arrivals logged throughout the full 24-hour period in CEST. Traffic ran continuously from 00:00 to 23:59, averaging 43 flights per hour. The busiest hour was 16:00, which produced 80 movements (59 departures, 21 arrivals), the heaviest departure imbalance of any hour in the day. A quieter stretch ran from 02:00 to 05:00, with hourly totals dropping as low as 1 before recovering sharply through the morning. An additional 34 ground operations were recorded, and 182 flights were filtered for incomplete trajectories. Barcelona (BCN) led all routes with 35 combined movements (19 arrivals, 16 departures), followed by Palma de Mallorca (PMI) at 31 and Rome Fiumicino (FCO) at 26. Lisbon (LIS), Paris-Orly (ORY), London Heathrow (LHR), and Ibiza (IBZ) each logged between 23 and 25 movements. Approach and departure directions both concentrated heavily toward ENE and NNE, each accounting for over 80 movements in both flow directions. Aircraft registrations spanned 32 countries, with 240 of 454 unique aircraft carrying country code XX, followed by Italy (25), the United States (24), and Croatia (23). Altitude data covered 746,268 ADS-B position points. The most frequent cruise band was 37,000–38,000 ft (37,780 points), with a secondary concentration around 36,000–37,000 ft (35,415 points). The recorded maximum altitude was 45,825 ft, reached by Czech-registered aircraft OK-ELD on an arrival from Épinal Mirecourt Airport. The average groundspeed across all flights was 304 knots, with a maximum of 558 knots. Total distance across all legs reached 654,621 nautical miles, at an average leg distance of 633.7 nm and average duration of 105.9 minutes.

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Summary

Total Flights

1,033

Arrivals

480

Departures

553

Unique Aircraft

454

Peak Hour Flights

80

Avg / Hour

43

Notable Flights

Shortest

11 NM3 min

To TOJMadrid–Torrejón Airport / Torrejón Air Base

CC-BGD

Longest

2186 NM290 min

B-306N

Highest

45,825 ft704 NM

From EPLÉpinal Mirecourt Airport

OK-ELD

Most Active

8flights

3452C7

Time Highlights

Times in CEST

Busiest Hour

4 PM

80 flights · 21 arr / 59 dep

Quietest Hour

2 AM

1 flight · 0 arr / 1 dep

Peak Frequency

45 sec

between flights at peak

Performance

Max Altitude

45,825ft

Avg Altitude

19,707ft

Max Groundspeed

558kts

Avg Groundspeed

304kts

Total Distance

654,622NM

Avg Leg Distance

634NM

Avg Leg Duration

106min

Traffic Flow

Arrivals
Departures
N35 · 40NE139 · 147E125 · 134SE27 · 30S11 · 22SW61 · 65W51 · 58NW31 · 57

Routes

Arriving from

BCN
Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport19
PMI
Palma de Mallorca Airport14
FCO
Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport13
IBZ
Ibiza Airport13
ORY
Paris-Orly Airport12
LHR
London Heathrow Airport12
LIS
Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport10
AMS
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol9
BRU
Brussels Airport9
FRA
Frankfurt Airport8
AGP
Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport7
MUC
Munich Airport7
NCE
Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport7
ZRH
Zürich Airport6
OPO
Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport6
TNG
Tangier Ibn Battuta Airport6
MXP
Milan Malpensa International Airport6
GCHG
Insular Hospital Helipad6
CDG
Charles de Gaulle International Airport5
GVA
Geneva Cointrin International Airport5

Departing to

PMI
Palma de Mallorca Airport17
BCN
Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport16
LIS
Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport15
FCO
Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport13
ORY
Paris-Orly Airport12
LHR
London Heathrow Airport11
IBZ
Ibiza Airport10
AMS
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol10
BRU
Brussels Airport9
AGP
Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport8
ZRH
Zürich Airport8
CDG
Charles de Gaulle International Airport8
MUC
Munich Airport7
OPO
Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport7
GVA
Geneva Cointrin International Airport7
BIO
Bilbao Airport7
FRA
Frankfurt Airport6
BLQ
Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport6
VGO
Vigo Airport6
NCE
Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport5

Aircraft by Registration Country

Unknown240
Italy25
United States24
Croatia23
Portugal19
Germany19
United Kingdom18
France9
Netherlands7
China6

Aircraft

454 unique aircraft

3452C7ADS-B hex code — tail number not resolved
8 flights
345583ADS-B hex code — tail number not resolved
7 flights
34448DADS-B hex code — tail number not resolved
7 flights
4D223BADS-B hex code — tail number not resolved
7 flights
347501ADS-B hex code — tail number not resolved
7 flights
343141ADS-B hex code — tail number not resolved
6 flights
4CAA57ADS-B hex code — tail number not resolved
6 flights
342091ADS-B hex code — tail number not resolved
6 flights
4CA647ADS-B hex code — tail number not resolved
6 flights
344481ADS-B hex code — tail number not resolved
6 flights
345698ADS-B hex code — tail number not resolved
6 flights
345615ADS-B hex code — tail number not resolved
6 flights
345597ADS-B hex code — tail number not resolved
6 flights
342104ADS-B hex code — tail number not resolved
6 flights
4D21EDADS-B hex code — tail number not resolved
6 flights
4CADC4ADS-B hex code — tail number not resolved
6 flights
34604BADS-B hex code — tail number not resolved
6 flights
345687ADS-B hex code — tail number not resolved
6 flights
344648ADS-B hex code — tail number not resolved
6 flights
4CA704ADS-B hex code — tail number not resolved
5 flights

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