The Museo del Aire (Aviation Museum) at Madrid-Cuatro Vientos Airport is one of the largest and most comprehensive aviation museums in Europe. It showcases the rich history of aviation, both in Spain and globally. Over 200 aircraft are on display, along with engines, uniforms, and historical documents.
Museo de Aeronáutica y Astronáutica
Cuatro Vientos Air Base
Autovía A-5, kilómetro 10,800
28024 Madrid
https://ejercitodelaire.defensa.gob.es/EA/museodelaire/index.html
+34 91 509 16 90
Fax: +34 91 710 68 47
Tuesday – Sunday 10:00 – 14:00
Closed January 1, December 10, December 25 and August 1 – 31
Admission fee
Gift shop
The Museo de Aeronáutica y Astronáutica is located just outside the city limits and some distance from the nearest Metro station. The easiest way to get there is probably to take Metro or a local train(Cercanias) to the Aluche station on Metro line #5 and take a taxi straight to the museum gate. Taxi ride is 5-10min and 10-15€
Otherwise, take the Metro/Cercanias to Station Quatro Vientos on line#10.The museum is 1.500m or so further along the highway, it might be possible to walk, but I strongly recommend taking a bus in direction Alcorcon or Mostoles for one stop to where you can see a water tower marked Museo del Aire on the other side of the road and you have a bridge for crossing the highway. When you have made it to the military bases gate, the sentries want to borrow your passport and register you on a list, they then return your passport and point further down the way towards the KC-97L.
Aircraft collection
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Aerospatiale SA.330L Puma Aerotecnica AC-12 Aerotecnica AC-14 Aisa I-IIB Desentelado Aisa I-IIB Desentelado Aisa I-115 Garrapata Aisa I-115 Garrapata Aisa /Focke Wulf Kranich II Agusta-Bell AB.47-J3 B11 Agusta-Bell AB.47G.2 Agusta-Bell AB.47G-3 Agusta-Bell AB.206A1 Jet Ranger Agusta-Bell AB.207 Avioneta Miles Hawk Major Avro 504K Beech 95.B55 Beech F33A Bonanza Beech T-34A Mentor Bell UH-1H Iroquois Bell UH-1H Iroquois Bell UH-1H Iroquois Bell OH-13H Sioux Bell OH-13H Sioux Bell OH-13H Sioux Boeing 707-351C Boeing KC-97L Stratotanker Boeing/Stearman N2S-5 Kaydet Bristol Fighter F.2B Bücker Bu1311E Jungmann Bücker Bu1311E Jungmann Bücker Bu133C Jungmeister Canadair CL-215 CANT Z 506 Casa 101EB Aviojet Casa 101EB Aviojet CASA 127 Casa 2111H Casa 352L Casa 352L Casa C.207 Azor Casa C.207A Azor Casa C-2111-E Casa C.212-10 Aviocar Casa C.212-100 Aviocar Casa C.212-200 Aviocar Casa C.212-200 Aviocar Casa H.A.220 Super Saeta Casa Breguet XIX SB CuatrosVientos Casa-Breguet XIX GR Casa-Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter Casa-Northrop SRF-5A Freedom Fighter Casa-Northrop SF-5A Freedom Fighter (nose) Caudron C-272 Caudron G-3 Cessna L-19 Bird Dog Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina Dassault Falcon 20E Dassault Mirage IIIEE Dassault Mirage F-1BM Dassault Mirage F-1EDA Dassault Mirage F-1EDA Dassault Mirage F-1M de Havilland D.H.4 de Havilland D.H.60 G.3 Moth Major de Havilland D.H.82A Tiger Moth de Havilland D.H.87B Hornet Moth de Havilland D.H.89 Dragon Rapide de Havilland C-7A Caribou Dornier Do 24T-3 Dornier Do 27 Dornier Do 27 Dornier Do 27B-5 Dornier Do 27 (fuselage) Dornier Do28A-1 Dornier WAL Plus Ultra Douglas C-47B Dakota Douglas C-54A Skymaster Douglas DC-4 Skymaster (nose) Farman 402 Fiat CR-32 (HA-132L) Fieseler Fi 156C2 Storch Fokker C.III Fokker Dr.1 (replica) Grumman HU-16B Albatross Grunau Baby Heinkel He111E3 Pedro Hirht Hi-27 Akrostar Mk.2 Hispano Aviación HA.1112 K.1.L Hispano Aviación HA.1112 M.1L Buchón Hispano Aviación H.A.200 R-1 Saeta Hispano Aviación H.A.220 Super Saeta Hispano Aviación H.A.220 Super Saeta Hispano-Suiza H.S.34 Hughes H.269C Osage Inta-Aisa HM-1B Huarte Mendicoa Junkers Ju 52/3m Klemm Eagle-2 Klemm L-25 Kranich II glider La Cierva C-6B (replica) La Cierva C-19MK-4P La Cierva C-30MZA Lockheed C-130H Hercules Lockheed F-104G Starfighter Lockheed P-3A Orion Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star MBB Bolkow Bo105LOH MBB Bolkow Bo105LOH MBB 223A-1 Flamingo McDonnell Douglas RF-4C Phantom II McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17F Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21SPS Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-23ML Mil Mi-2 Nieuport IV-G Morane-Saulnier 181 Morane-Saulnier G Artal Morane-Saulnier MS.230 Morane-Saulnier MS-733 Alcyon North American B-25N Mitchell North American F-86F Sabre North American F-86F Sabre North Amercan SNJ4 Texan North Amercan SNJ5 Texan North Amercan Harvard T-6G Piper PA-23-250E Aztec Piper PA-24-260 Comanche Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche Polikarpov I-15 Chato (replica) Polikarpov I-16 (replica) Rutan Long-EZ Saab AJS37 Viggen Saab J32E Lansen Schleicher 205 KA.6 CR Schleicher Schulgleiter SG-38 Stampe-Vertongen SV-4C Stinson 108-3 Voyager Stinson 108-3 Voyager Sud-Aviation SA318C Alouette III Sud-Aviation SA319B Alouette III Sukhoi Su-22M4 Swallow glider Tifon Solarwings Transavia PL-12T-320 Airtruck Velero LO-100 Vilanova-Acedo Vogt Lo-100 Zwergeiber Weihe Westland Whirlwind Srs.2 Zlin 326 Zlin Z-526-A |
The Museo de Aeronáutica y Astronáutica facilities extend over a surface of more than 66,938 m2 (720,510 sq ft), including outdoor displays, about 200 aircraft and seven hangars. There are mainly planes and helicopters, many of which have previously served in the Spanish Air Force. Visitors will also find hundreds of miniature aircraft models, engines, weapons, uniforms, vehicles, mock-ups and many other aviation related objects. Aircraft on display include a Vilanova Acedo, Spanish version of the Blériot XI built in 1911, the Jesús del Gran Poder, a special version of the Breguet 19 used on the transatlantic flight to Asia and America between 1928 and 1929, a few aircraft of the Spanish Republican Air Force, as well as the famous de Havilland Dragon Rapide used by Francisco Franco from the Canary Islands to Tétouan at the start of the military rebellion which began the Spanish Civil War in 1936.
Outdoor exhibition area
The Spanish versions of the Heinkel He 111 and the Junkers Ju 52, fighters as McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II or Mirage F-1, one Canadair Cl-215, Aerospatiale AS-330 Puma or even a MiG-17.
Hangar expositions
- Hangar 1: Beginnings of the history of aviation in Spain, aviation during the Rif War, Spanish aviation in the pioneer era and aircraft during Spanish Civil War.
- Hangar 2: Engines, simulators, aeronautical equipment and uniforms.
- Hangar 3: Training planes, fighters of the Spanish war, post-war fighters, gliders and a collection of propellers and engines.
- Hangar 4: Helicopters and autogyros with, among others, two La Cierva, or the Aerotécnica AC-12 and AC-14, and collection of flight instruments.
- Hangar 5: Spanish Air Force aircraft, like the General Franco‘s de Havilland Dragon Rapide, two versions of the local jet Hispano HA-200.
- Hangar 6: Dedicated mainly to restoration.
- Hangar 7: A collection of more than 100 models on a 1:10 scale.
