Madrid's T4S at Barajas is the Terminal 4 Satellite: a separate building from T4 that you reach on an automated train (the APM) in just a few minutes. It sits airside, in international departures, past both security and passport control. If your flight leaves from T4S or you connect through it, GettSleep is inside that same terminal so you can rest between flights.
What the T4S (Terminal 4 Satellite) is
Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD), run by Aena, uses T4 as its main hub for Iberia, the oneworld alliance and many long-haul flights. The Terminal 4 Satellite in Madrid is its annex: it isn't attached to T4 but separated by the runway, and it handles much of the international and non-Schengen boarding.
The key thing for wayfinding: the T4S is airside only. There's no street-level departures hall and no arrivals hall you can enter from outside. You reach it from T4, after clearing every control, with your boarding pass in hand.
How to get to the T4S from T4
The trip between T4 and T4S is on an automated shuttle train (the APM, Automated People Mover) that runs under the runway. It's free, built into the airport route and takes only a few minutes.
- Check in and drop your bags at T4 as usual.
- Clear security.
- Clear passport control if your flight is international, outside Schengen.
- Follow the signs to the T4S boarding gates and board the APM train.
- Step off and you're already inside Terminal 4 Satellite, in the boarding area.
You don't need to exit or pass any control again: the APM drops you right where your gates are.
Where GettSleep is inside the T4S
GettSleep is a Sleep Lounge inside the T4S itself, in the boarding area. It's built for travelers on a long layover, an early-morning departure, or anyone with hours to spare who'd rather lie down in private than hunt for a bench.
Like all of the T4S, it's airside: you reach it only after passport control, with a boarding pass. It isn't the hotel-style stay in the arrivals hall, nor a landside room before security — it's real rest inside the transit zone, next to your gates. It's the only private airside capsule rest in the T4S.
To pin it down before you fly, the GettSleep T4S page shows the exact location and hourly availability.
Formats and hourly prices
You book it by the hour, in blocks from 3 h, with longer blocks available. The pod capsules are single-occupancy (one guest); the Cabin Suite formats are roomier. If you're traveling as a family, the honest setup is booking adjacent single pods, with a parent next to the child.
- Upper Pod — from €45 / 3 h
- Lower Pod — from €50 / 3 h
- Upper Cabin Pod — from €54 / 3 h
- Lower Cabin Pod — from €59 / 3 h
- Upper Cabin Suite — from €65 / 3 h
- Accessible Cabin Suite — from €71 / 3 h (adapted, step-free)
Each capsule has a comfortable bed, adjustable A/C, a blanket, a reading light, a lockable compartment for your carry-on, a mirror and a charging shelf for your devices. There are also showers with a clean towel and toiletries (soap, shampoo and conditioner), a coworking area with high-speed Wi-Fi and universal power outlets, and a Coffee Corner with coffee.
FAQ
Is the T4S before or after passport control?
After. The T4S is an airside boarding area: you reach it from T4 once you've cleared security and passport control, with a boarding pass. There's no access from the street or from arrivals.
How do you get from T4 to T4S?
On the automated APM train, which runs under the runway and takes a few minutes. It's free and part of the route to the T4S boarding gates.
Can I sleep overnight at GettSleep?
Yes. You book by the hour in blocks from 3 h, and longer blocks are available for overnight layovers. The capsule has a bed, a blanket and a reading light so you can genuinely rest.
Is it a hotel?
It's a Sleep Lounge inside the terminal, not a licensed hotel. It works as a hotel-style stay within the boarding area, but by the hour and airside.
Passing through the T4S and want to rest between flights? Book your capsule at GettSleep T4S directly on gettypass.com. And if you're still planning the layover, read our guide to sleeping at Madrid-Barajas airport.