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EZE Buenos Aires ⇄ MAD Madrid

Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini (Argentina) and Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (Spain): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance10,087 km6,267 mi5,446 nautical miles
EZE → MAD12 h 10 minestimated block time
MAD → EZE12 h 50 minestimated block time
Clock change+4 hMadrid vs Buenos Aires, today
Great-circle route from Buenos Aires (EZE) to Madrid (MAD)EZEBuenos AiresMADMadrid
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

EZE → MAD

12 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 39° (NE).

Leave Buenos Aires Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Madrid Sun 8 Nov, 02:10 local +1 day.

MAD → EZE

12 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 222° (SW).

Leave Madrid Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Buenos Aires Sat 7 Nov, 18:50 local.

EZE-bound flights are the slower direction by about 40 minutes in our estimate: the route runs partly 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 distance10,087 km · 6,267 mi · 5,446 nmi
Initial heading39° (NE) from EZE; 222° (SW) from MAD
Farthest from the equator40.5°N
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip50% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

EZEAmerica/Argentina/Buenos_Aires — UTC−3 now; UTC−3 all year (no daylight saving time)
MADEurope/Madrid — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceMadrid is 4 hours ahead of Buenos Aires today; +4 h in January and +5 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying EZE → MAD. Your body clock has to move 4 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 4 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

EZE Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro PistariniBuenos Aires, Argentina · longest runway 10,827 ft3,300 m MAD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportMadrid, Spain · longest runway 14,271 ft4,350 m

More routes from EZE and MAD

SCLEZE Santiago – Buenos Aires 1,138 km707 mi · 2 h 15 min GRUEZE São Paulo – Buenos Aires 1,723 km1,070 mi · 3 h 10 min MIAEZE Miami – Buenos Aires 7,119 km4,424 mi · 9 h AKLEZE Auckland – Buenos Aires 10,312 km6,408 mi · 12 h EZEFCO Buenos Aires – Rome 11,156 km6,932 mi · 13 h 20 min MADBCN Madrid – Barcelona 483 km300 mi · 1 h 35 min CDGMAD Paris – Madrid 1,062 km660 mi · 2 h 20 min AMSMAD Amsterdam – Madrid 1,459 km906 mi · 2 h 45 min MIAMAD Miami – Madrid 7,106 km4,415 mi · 8 h 25 min GRUMAD São Paulo – Madrid 8,378 km5,206 mi · 10 h 20 min SCLMAD Santiago – Madrid 10,719 km6,661 mi · 12 h 50 min

Routes of a similar length

ORDHND Chicago – Tokyo 10,124 km6,291 mi · 13 h 15 min LAXPEK Los Angeles – Beijing 10,037 km6,237 mi · 13 h 20 min YVRHKG Vancouver – Hong Kong 10,269 km6,381 mi · 13 h 30 min FRASIN Frankfurt – Singapore 10,280 km6,388 mi · 12 h 05 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

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