Barcelona Airport Barcelona International El Prat (also El Prat/Josep Tarradellas). In Spanish 'Aeropuerto de Barcelona'. Barcelona El Prat airport is the main barcelona airport and closest to the Barcelona city center.
The airport is on the coast and is 20 km / 12.4 miles south of the city centre of Barcelona.
Barcelona airport is located 25 minutes by car from Barcelona city center and from Barcelona cruise ships.
In 2018 the Spanish government agreed to rename Barcelona airport to Josep Tarradellasairport at a cabinet meeting on 21 December 2018.
It is often called 'Aeropuerto El Prat' because of its location in the area called El Prat de Llobregat.
(Prat means 'meadow' in 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.