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MAD Madrid ⇄ BCN Barcelona

Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (Spain) and Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (Spain): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance483 km300 mi261 nautical miles
MAD → BCN1 h 35 minestimated block time
BCN → MAD1 h 40 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hBarcelona vs Madrid, today
Great-circle route from Madrid (MAD) to Barcelona (BCN)MADMadridBCNBarcelona
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

MAD → BCN

1 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 78° (ENE).

Leave Madrid Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Barcelona Sat 7 Nov, 11:35 local.

BCN → MAD

1 h 40 min

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

Leave Barcelona Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Madrid Sat 7 Nov, 11:40 local.

The two directions differ by 7 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance483 km · 300 mi · 261 nmi
Initial heading78° (ENE) from MAD; 261° (W) from BCN
Farthest from the equator41.3°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip2% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

MADEurope/Madrid — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
BCNEurope/Madrid — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceBarcelona is on the same clock as Madrid today.

Jet lag, flying MAD → BCN. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

MAD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportMadrid, Spain · longest runway 14,271 ft4,350 m BCN Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportBarcelona, Spain · longest runway 11,000 ft3,353 m

More routes from MAD and BCN

MADLIS Madrid – Lisbon 513 km319 mi · 1 h 40 min LHRMAD London – Madrid 1,244 km773 mi · 2 h 30 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 BCNPMI Barcelona – Palma de Mallorca 202 km125 mi · 1 h 15 min BCNFCO Barcelona – Rome 848 km527 mi · 1 h 55 min CDGBCN Paris – Barcelona 858 km533 mi · 2 h LHRBCN London – Barcelona 1,148 km713 mi · 2 h 20 min AMSBCN Amsterdam – Barcelona 1,241 km771 mi · 2 h 30 min JFKBCN New York – Barcelona 6,150 km3,822 mi · 7 h 25 min

Routes of a similar length

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