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BOG Bogotá ⇄ MAD Madrid

El Dorado International Airport (Colombia) and Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (Spain): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance8,031 km4,990 mi4,336 nautical miles
BOG → MAD9 h 40 minestimated block time
MAD → BOG10 h 45 minestimated block time
Clock change+6 hMadrid vs Bogotá, today
Great-circle route from Bogotá (BOG) to Madrid (MAD)BOGBogotáMADMadrid
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

BOG → MAD

9 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 49° (NE).

Leave Bogotá Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Madrid Sun 8 Nov, 01:40 local +1 day.

MAD → BOG

10 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 261° (W).

Leave Madrid Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Bogotá Sat 7 Nov, 14:45 local.

BOG-bound flights are the slower direction by about 65 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance8,031 km · 4,990 mi · 4,336 nmi
Initial heading49° (NE) from BOG; 261° (W) from MAD
Farthest from the equator40.5°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip40% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

BOGAmerica/Bogota — UTC−5 now; UTC−5 all year (no daylight saving time)
MADEurope/Madrid — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceMadrid is 6 hours ahead of Bogotá today; +6 h in January and +7 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying BOG → MAD. Your body clock has to move 6 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 6 days to fully adjust. Shifting earlier (as here) is usually the harder direction; morning daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

BOG El Dorado International AirportBogotá, Colombia · longest runway 12,467 ft3,800 m MAD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportMadrid, Spain · longest runway 14,271 ft4,350 m

More routes from BOG and MAD

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Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).