Barcelona Airport Barcelona International El Prat. Official name Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat. In Spanish 'Aeropuerto de Barcelona'. Barcelona El Prat airport is the main barcelona airport and closest to the Barcelona city center.
Barcelona airport is on the coast and is 20 km / 12.4 miles south of the city center of Barcelona.
Barcelona airport is located 25 minutes by car from Barcelona city center and from Barcelona cruise ships.
In 2018 Barcelona airport was renamed to Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat airport. It is often called 'Aeropuerto El Prat' because of its location in the area called El Prat de Llobregat (the word 'prat' means 'meadow' in the Catalan language.)
Barcelona El Prat airport is the closest airport to the Barcelona city centre. The airport is on the coast and is 20 km / 12.4 miles south of the city center of Barcelona.