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MAD Madrid ⇄ TFN Tenerife

Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (Spain) and Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (Spain): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,772 km1,101 mi957 nautical miles
MAD → TFN3 h 10 minestimated block time
TFN → MAD2 h 55 minestimated block time
Clock change−1 hTenerife vs Madrid, today
Great-circle route from Madrid (MAD) to Tenerife (TFN)MADMadridTFNTenerife
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 → TFN

3 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 225° (SW).

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

TFN → MAD

2 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 38° (NE).

Leave Tenerife Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Madrid Sat 7 Nov, 13:55 local.

TFN-bound flights are the slower direction by about 15 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 distance1,772 km · 1,101 mi · 957 nmi
Initial heading225° (SW) from MAD; 38° (NE) from TFN
Farthest from the equator40.5°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip9% 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
TFNAtlantic/Canary — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
DifferenceTenerife is 1 hour behind Madrid today.

Jet lag, flying MAD → TFN. Your body clock has to move 1 hour later, like a westward 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

MAD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportMadrid, Spain · longest runway 14,271 ft4,350 m TFN Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna AirportTenerife, Spain · longest runway 10,404 ft3,171 m

More routes from MAD and TFN

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 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

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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).