Barcelona International Airport (BCN / LEBL)
#26 of the 50 busiest airports in the world (2025)
Barcelona International Airport (BCN / LEBL) in Barcelona, Spain has turned up in 26 catches on Skydex. They were caught by 6 spotters. These are catches made by players, not airport movements: an aircraft appears here when somebody caught it and the flight it was operating had a published origin and destination.
Skydex receivers picked up 5,598 airline flights bound for Barcelona International Airport and 5,013 airline flights out of it over the last 30 days, on 31 days. Each airline flight number counts once a day, matched to its published route when our network hears it. These are not airport movements: we only hear what flies within range of our antennas.
- ICAO
- LEBL
- IATA
- BCN
- City
- Barcelona
- Country
- Spain
- Position
- 41.297, 2.078
- Catches
- 26
- Spotters
- 6
- arriving, 30 days
- 5598
- departing, 30 days
- 5013
- days heard
- 31
About the airport
Barcelona International Airport serves Barcelona. It sits 12 ft (4 m) above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest is 11,000 ft (3,353 m).
Airport facts: OurAirports (public domain)
Pilots who visit
Nobody has visited Barcelona International Airport in the simulator yet.
A visit counts after two minutes of flight within 4 km of the field and less than 500 m above it, once per UTC day. Distinct days raise your tier here: Regular after 3, Local after 7, Resident after 15, Home base after 30.
Captain
No captain yet. The first pilot to visit on three different days takes the seat.
The captain is the pilot with the highest visit tier at this airport. On a tie the seat stays with whoever reached that tier first.
Race for captain
This airport has no captain yet. Visits on 3 different days make you captain.
Nobody is chasing the seat yet.
One visit counts per UTC day. Tier II holds a seat, and on a tie it stays with whoever got there first.
Where those flights also go
- London (LHR) — 9 catches
- Hamburg (HAM) — 5 catches
- Napoli (NAP) — 1 catch
- Casablanca (CMN) — 1 catch
- Vienna (VIE) — 1 catch
- Leipzig (LEJ) — 1 catch
- Edinburgh (EDI) — 1 catch
- Amsterdam (AMS) — 1 catch
- London (STN) — 1 catch
- London (LTN) — 1 catch
- Boston (BOS) — 1 catch
- New York (JFK) — 1 catch
Aircraft types caught here
- Airbus A320neo — 5 catches
- Airbus A321neo — 5 catches
- Airbus A320 — 5 catches
- Airbus A319 — 3 catches
- Boeing 737-800 — 3 catches
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 — 2 catches
- Boeing 757-200 — 1 catch
- Boeing 777-200 — 1 catch
- Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner — 1 catch
Airlines
- British Airways — 8 catches
- Vueling — 4 catches
- Ryanair — 3 catches
- Eurowings — 3 catches
- American Airlines — 2 catches
- Royal Air Maroc — 1 catch
- European Air Transport — 1 catch
- KLM — 1 catch
- Easyjet Airline Company Limited — 1 catch
- JetBlue — 1 catch
Top spotters through this airport
- @lcameron — 13 catches
- @ess — 8 catches
- @antonia-ventura-valvede — 2 catches
- @0krypt — 1 catch
- @leehall — 1 catch
- @nordic-voxel — 1 catch
Recent catches
- BAW473D — Airbus A320neo · British Airways · by lcameron · 2026-11-10
- BAW480N — Airbus A319 · British Airways · by lcameron · 2026-11-10
- VLG7YE — Airbus A321neo · Vueling · by antonia-ventura-valvede · 2026-10-31
- RAM965Y — Boeing 737-800 · Royal Air Maroc · by antonia-ventura-valvede · 2026-10-31
- BAW487E — Airbus A320 · British Airways · by leehall · 2026-10-28
- RYR11SZ — Boeing 737-800 · Ryanair · by 0krypt · 2026-10-28
- BAW483Z — Airbus A320neo · British Airways · by lcameron · 2026-10-19
- BCS47H — Boeing 757-200 · European Air Transport · by ess · 2026-10-15
- RYR6912 — Boeing 737 MAX 8 · Ryanair · by ess · 2026-10-15
- KLM69C — Airbus A321neo · KLM · by nordic-voxel · 2026-10-14
- BAW485G — Airbus A320 · British Airways · by lcameron · 2026-10-10
- BAW481B — Airbus A321neo · British Airways · by lcameron · 2026-10-09
- VLG1826 — Airbus A320 · Vueling · by ess · 2026-10-09
- VLG6650 — Airbus A320neo · Vueling · by lcameron · 2026-10-05
- BAW485G — Airbus A321neo · British Airways · by lcameron · 2026-10-04
- BAW473D — Airbus A320neo · British Airways · by lcameron · 2026-10-02
- VLG99GC — Airbus A320 · Vueling · by ess · 2026-09-30
- EWG49X — Airbus A319 · Eurowings · by ess · 2026-09-25
- RYR55CW — Boeing 737-800 · Ryanair · by lcameron · 2026-09-19
- EZY43TZ — Airbus A319 · Easyjet Airline Company Limited · by lcameron · 2026-09-19
- JBU346 — Airbus A321neo · JetBlue · by lcameron · 2026-09-07
- AAL67 — Boeing 777-200 · American Airlines · by lcameron · 2026-09-07
- AAL743 — Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner · American Airlines · by lcameron · 2026-09-07
- EWG61W — Airbus A320 · Eurowings · by ess · 2026-08-19
Questions
How many flights to and from Barcelona International Airport does Skydex hear?
Over the last 30 days: 5,598 airline flights arriving and 5,013 airline flights departing, heard on 31 days. The busiest day was October 14, 2026, with 625 airline flights.
When did Skydex first hear a flight to or from Barcelona International Airport?
On October 8, 2026. Our record of destinations starts on October 8, 2026, so nothing earlier is kept.
Is this the departure board of Barcelona International Airport?
No. We count airline flight numbers our volunteer receivers hear in the air, once a day each, and match them to their published route. Flights out of range, private and military aircraft are not in it.
Have players caught flights through Barcelona International Airport?
Yes: 26 catches by 6 spotters so far.
How high is Barcelona International Airport above sea level?
12 ft (4 m), according to OurAirports.
How long is the longest runway at Barcelona International Airport?
11,000 ft (3,353 m), the longest of its 3 runways.
Can I fly over Barcelona International Airport in Skydex?
Yes. Fly here opens the flight simulator over the airport, with the real aircraft our receivers hear in the sky around it.
How do I visit Barcelona International Airport in Skydex?
A visit counts after two minutes of flight within 4 km of the field and less than 500 m above it, once per UTC day. Distinct days raise your tier here: Regular after 3, Local after 7, Resident after 15, Home base after 30. Nobody has visited Barcelona International Airport in the simulator yet.