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MAD Madrid ⇄ FCO Rome

Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (Spain) and Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (Italy): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,331 km827 mi719 nautical miles
MAD → FCO2 h 25 minestimated block time
FCO → MAD2 h 45 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hRome vs Madrid, today
Great-circle route from Madrid (MAD) to Rome (FCO)MADMadridFCORome
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 → FCO

2 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 79° (ENE).

Leave Madrid Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Rome Sat 7 Nov, 12:25 local.

FCO → MAD

2 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 269° (W).

Leave Rome Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Madrid Sat 7 Nov, 12:45 local.

MAD-bound flights are the slower direction by about 20 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 distance1,331 km · 827 mi · 719 nmi
Initial heading79° (ENE) from MAD; 269° (W) from FCO
Farthest from the equator41.8°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip7% 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
FCOEurope/Rome — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceRome is on the same clock as Madrid today.

Jet lag, flying MAD → FCO. 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 FCO Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportRome, Italy · longest runway 12,801 ft3,902 m

More routes from MAD and FCO

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 FCOLIN Rome – Milan 470 km292 mi · 1 h 35 min BCNFCO Barcelona – Rome 848 km527 mi · 1 h 55 min FCOATH Rome – Athens 1,085 km674 mi · 2 h 10 min AMSFCO Amsterdam – Rome 1,297 km806 mi · 2 h 30 min LHRFCO London – Rome 1,444 km897 mi · 2 h 35 min EZEFCO Buenos Aires – Rome 11,156 km6,932 mi · 13 h 20 min

Routes of a similar length

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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).