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The M-40 is the second highway belt of Madrid and was built between 1989 and 1996. [1] It has a total length of 63.3 km (39.3 mi), looping around Madrid and its suburb Pozuelo de Alarcón at a mean distance of 10.1 km (6.3 mi) to the Puerta del Sol.
Christmas travel latest: Traffic chaos as M40 shuts due to crash and airport delays after flights grounded Simon Calder,Tara Cobham and Andy Gregory December 24, 2024 at 5:38 AM
In terms of longer-distance transport, Madrid is the central node of the system of autovías and of the high-speed rail network , which has brought major cities such as Seville and Barcelona within 2.5 hours travel time. [1]: 72–75 Madrid is also home to the Madrid-Barajas Airport, the fourth largest airport in Europe.
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (IATA: MAD, ICAO: LEMD) is the main international airport serving Madrid, the capital city of Spain. At 3,050 ha (7,500 acres; 30.5 km 2 ) in area, it is the second-largest airport in Europe by physical size behind Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport .
Rank Airport IATA Location Total passengers Annual change Rank change 1: Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas: MAD: Madrid: 24,135,039: 41.0%: 2: Barcelona–El Prat Josep Tarradellas
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (IATA: CDG, ICAO: LFPG), also known as Roissy Airport, is the primary international airport serving Paris, the capital city of France.The airport was opened in 1974, and is located in Roissy-en-France, 23 km (14 mi) northeast of Paris and is named for World War II leader and French President Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970), whose initials form its IATA airport code.
In 1977, 583 people were killed on an airport runway on the Canary Island of Tenerife after a KLM Boeing 747 attempted to take off. There was heavy fog and the Boeing crashed into a Pan Am 747 ...
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