Spain
Barcelona
A Mediterranean city dotted with Gaudí's architecture. Beneath the grid of the Eixample, the metro runs everywhere.
Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)
Updated on August 5, 2026
How to ride
- 1Decide on your ticket before you set offOnly a few tickets work at the airport metro stations; turn up with an ordinary integrated one and you cannot leave the station.
- 2By metro, board L9 Sud at T1 or T2Follow the L9 Sud signs from arrivals, buy the Airport ticket at a machine, and validate it at the gate.
- 3Board the Aerobús - A1 at T1, A2 at T2It leaves from the stop outside arrivals around the clock; buy from the staff at the stop, a machine, or on the bus itself.
- 4By train, board at the T2 stationThe R2 Nord station sits on level 0 of T2; between the terminals you take the free shuttle bus.
- 5Take bus 46 to Plaça EspanyaIt is an ordinary TMB bus, so your integrated fare works; you can also tap a bank card on the on-board reader.
- 6Queue at the official taxi rankJoin the queue at the rank opposite arrivals, and ignore anyone who approaches you offering a ride.
Fares
Single fares5
Passes & multi-ride3
Card itself1
Estimates use exchange rates as of November 3, 2026
Payment
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IC card 
App tickets 
Paper tickets 
Cash Quick facts
Fares
Hola Barcelona Travel CardMetro, TMB bus, NitBus, tram, and FGC and Rodalies within zone 1
Daily fare capThere is no daily cap - unlimited travel means buying a T-dia up front
Transfer discounts（Limited）Integrated fares allow 75 minutes and 3 transfers; the Airport ticket does not
Facilities
Lifts (step-free)（Limited）Every Aerobús is a step-free vehicle with luggage racks inside, and the free inter-terminal shuttle runs 24 hours, calling at T1 levels 0 and 3, T2 B and T2 C.
Suitcases & luggageThe Aerobús has luggage racks inside, plus space for prams and bikes
Free Wi-Fi（Limited）Free Wi-Fi on every Aerobús - the access key is given out during the ride - and there is a USB socket at each seat.
Rules
Fare evasion fine（Banned）No valid ticket means a minimum charge, set by each operator
Apps & info
Journey planner app (Google Maps)Fine for planning airport-to-hotel routes; it sells no tickets, so buy at a machine or the stop
English signageSigns at the airport and on the metro are in Catalan, Spanish and English
Service info / card balance app (TMB App)Tops up fares onto a T-mobilitat card; holding the Airport ticket on a phone is not live yet
Operating hoursMetro L9 Sud runs 05:00-24:00 Monday to Thursday and on midweek public holidays, 05:00-02:00 on Fridays and the nights before public holidays, right through Saturday night into Sunday, and until midnight on Sundays (the closing time is when the last train leaves each end of the line). Trains serve the two airport stations every 7 minutes and reach the city centre in 32. The Aerobús runs 24 hours a day all year, but the two lines keep different intervals leaving the airport: A1 from T1 every 10 minutes 05:35-07:15 and 22:30-01:05, every 5 minutes 07:15-22:30 and every 20 minutes 01:05-05:35; A2 from T2 every 10 minutes 05:35-23:00 and every 20 minutes 23:00-05:35. The free inter-terminal shuttle also runs 24 hours - every 7 minutes 05:00-08:00 and 20:00-24:00, every 5 minutes 08:00-20:00, every 10 minutes 24:00-05:00 - taking 10 minutes T1 to T2 and 14 the other way.
Heads-up
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Only the black-and-yellow taxis are official
The only official taxis are the black-and-yellow ones. Don't follow anyone who approaches you in the arrivals hall - join the queue at the rank opposite arrivals. At T2 there is a rank outside each of T2A, T2B and T2C.
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Aerobús combined tickets are vouchers to swap in the city
Buy an Aerobús combined ticket - with a metro ticket or a travel card - on their site and what you get is a voucher, not the ticket itself. You swap it at a metro vending machine in the city; the machines at the T1 and T2 airport stations will not do it.
Timetable
Editor Naotaka