Madrid-Torrejón
Airport
About Madrid-Torrejón
Madrid, the Spanish capital, is a vibrant, atmospheric
city, short on famous monuments but rich in cultural sights. Pride
of place belongs to the city’s three superb art museums.
The Prado has one of the most remarkable art collections in the
world, with works by major Spanish and European masters from the
Renaissance onwards.
Madrid's Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
is devoted to 20th-century Spanish art with representative works
by Miró, Dalí, Juan Gris, and above all by the Cubists,
including Picasso. The famous work on show is his masterpiece
from the Civil War period, Guernica. The Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
is one of the most important private collections of western painting
in the world, with more than 800 paintings from the Italian Renaissance
to the 20th-century avant garde.
About Madrid-Torrejón Airport
Madrid-Torrejón airport is 22 km from the
centre of the capital. It is an air station that was opened to
civil traffic under an agreement reached on 23 December 1996 between
the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Public Works.
Civil aircraft operations are authorised at Torrejón when
they meet the requirements for operating in IFR (instrument flight)
and have a maximum take-off weight of between 2,000 and 50,000
kg. This is the technical alternate airport for Madrid-Barajas
for duly authorised civil aircraft.
Torrejón is dedicated to executive and private aviation;
it is the most important Spanish aerodrome for air-taxi traffic.
During 2005, it handled 19,229 passengers and 13,054 flight operations.
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