Delays of up to 1 hour in both arrivals and departures
The Civil Guard detected their presence before 6:00 p.m. on Monday, August 29
Drones are becoming a very serious problem for Spanish airports; It is not the first time that an aerodrome has had to close its traffic for several hours due to the presence of these unauthorized devices flying over its airspace, and a good example is the chaos that was experienced yesterday at the Madrid-Barajas airport. The Civil Guard detected shortly before 6:00 p.m. several unauthorized drones inside the enclosureand air traffic had to be paralyzed until after 7:00 p.m.
Aenathrough your official account Twitterexplained that “due to the presence of drones at the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airportdiversions and delays are occurring. Civil Guard, ENAIRE and Aena work together to restore operations“.
Shortly after the publication of the tweet, around 6:33 p.m., incoming flights had been restricted, with seven diversions to other airports. Several outbound flights were also delayed, although official figures are unknown.
There are many people who have been affected by this setback, and on social networks they continue to ask for explanations from Aena.