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LHR London ⇄ MAD Madrid

London Heathrow Airport (United Kingdom) and Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (Spain): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,244 km773 mi672 nautical miles
LHR → MAD2 h 30 minestimated block time
MAD → LHR2 h 25 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 hMadrid vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LHR) to Madrid (MAD)LHRLondonMADMadrid
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

LHR → MAD

2 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 192° (SSW).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Madrid Sat 7 Nov, 13:30 local.

MAD → LHR

2 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 10° (N).

Leave Madrid Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 11:25 local.

The two directions differ by 3 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,244 km · 773 mi · 672 nmi
Initial heading192° (SSW) from LHR; 10° (N) from MAD
Farthest from the equator51.5°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip6% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

LHREurope/London — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
MADEurope/Madrid — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceMadrid is 1 hour ahead of London today.

Jet lag, flying LHR → MAD. Your body clock has to move 1 hour earlier, like an eastward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

LHR London Heathrow AirportLondon, United Kingdom · longest runway 12,799 ft3,901 m MAD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportMadrid, Spain · longest runway 14,271 ft4,350 m

More routes from LHR and MAD

LHRMAN London – Manchester 243 km151 mi · 1 h 20 min LHROSL London – Oslo 1,206 km749 mi · 2 h 20 min AMMLHR Amman – London 3,683 km2,288 mi · 5 h 35 min LHRDEL London – Delhi 6,731 km4,183 mi · 8 h 05 min LHRSEZ London – Mahé 8,176 km5,080 mi · 10 h LHRSYD London – Sydney 17,021 km10,576 mi · 19 h 30 min MADBCN Madrid – Barcelona 483 km300 mi · 1 h 35 min CDGMAD Paris – Madrid 1,062 km660 mi · 2 h 20 min MADLPA Madrid – Gran Canaria 1,766 km1,097 mi · 3 h 10 min MADCUN Madrid – Cancún 7,960 km4,946 mi · 11 h MEXMAD Mexico City – Madrid 9,065 km5,633 mi · 10 h 30 min SCLMAD Santiago – Madrid 10,719 km6,661 mi · 12 h 50 min

Routes of a similar length

AMSBCN Amsterdam – Barcelona 1,241 km771 mi · 2 h 30 min FRAPMI Frankfurt – Palma de Mallorca 1,251 km777 mi · 2 h 30 min PVGHKG Shanghai – Hong Kong 1,255 km780 mi · 2 h 35 min IAHMEX Houston – Mexico City 1,232 km765 mi · 2 h 30 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).