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LIM Lima ⇄ MAD Madrid

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

Distance9,526 km5,919 mi5,144 nautical miles
LIM → MAD11 h 25 minestimated block time
MAD → LIM12 h 20 minestimated block time
Clock change+6 hMadrid vs Lima, today
Great-circle route from Lima (LIM) to Madrid (MAD)LIMLimaMADMadrid
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

LIM → MAD

11 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 47° (NE).

Leave Lima Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Madrid Sun 8 Nov, 03:25 local +1 day.

MAD → LIM

12 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 250° (WSW).

Leave Madrid Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Lima Sat 7 Nov, 16:20 local.

LIM-bound flights are the slower direction by about 55 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 distance9,526 km · 5,919 mi · 5,144 nmi
Initial heading47° (NE) from LIM; 250° (WSW) from MAD
Farthest from the equator40.5°N
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip48% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

LIMAmerica/Lima — 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 Lima 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 LIM → 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

LIM Jorge Chávez International AirportLima, Peru · longest runway 11,506 ft3,507 m MAD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportMadrid, Spain · longest runway 14,271 ft4,350 m

More routes from LIM and MAD

BOGLIM Bogotá – Lima 1,888 km1,173 mi · 3 h 10 min LIMSCL Lima – Santiago 2,462 km1,530 mi · 3 h 50 min GRULIM São Paulo – Lima 3,475 km2,159 mi · 5 h 10 min MIALIM Miami – Lima 4,219 km2,622 mi · 5 h 50 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

SFOPEK San Francisco – Beijing 9,494 km5,899 mi · 12 h 40 min LHRBKK London – Bangkok 9,578 km5,951 mi · 11 h 15 min CDGHKG Paris – Hong Kong 9,590 km5,959 mi · 11 h 10 min LHRHND London – Tokyo 9,592 km5,960 mi · 11 h 35 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).