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MIA Miami ⇄ MAD Madrid

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

Distance7,106 km4,415 mi3,837 nautical miles
MIA → MAD8 h 25 minestimated block time
MAD → MIA10 hestimated block time
Clock change+5 hMadrid vs Miami, today
Great-circle route from Miami (MIA) to Madrid (MAD)MIAMiamiMADMadrid
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

MIA → MAD

8 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 56° (NE).

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

MAD → MIA

10 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 283° (WNW).

Leave Madrid Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Miami Sat 7 Nov, 14:00 local.

MIA-bound flights are the slower direction by about 95 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 distance7,106 km · 4,415 mi · 3,837 nmi
Initial heading56° (NE) from MIA; 283° (WNW) from MAD
Farthest from the equator42.1°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip36% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

MIAAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
MADEurope/Madrid — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceMadrid is 5 hours ahead of Miami today.

Jet lag, flying MIA → MAD. Your body clock has to move 5 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 5 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

MIA Miami International AirportMiami, United States · longest runway 13,016 ft3,967 m MAD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportMadrid, Spain · longest runway 14,271 ft4,350 m

More routes from MIA and MAD

MIACUN Miami – Cancún 855 km531 mi · 2 h 05 min JFKMIA New York – Miami 1,757 km1,092 mi · 3 h 05 min MIAPTY Miami – Panama City 1,862 km1,157 mi · 3 h 10 min LAXMIA Los Angeles – Miami 3,763 km2,338 mi · 5 h MIASCL Miami – Santiago 6,658 km4,137 mi · 8 h 35 min MIACDG Miami – Paris 7,372 km4,580 mi · 8 h 45 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 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

HNLAKL Honolulu – Auckland 7,089 km4,405 mi · 9 h 15 min ATLAMS Atlanta – Amsterdam 7,066 km4,390 mi · 8 h 30 min ATLCDG Atlanta – Paris 7,056 km4,385 mi · 8 h 25 min YYCLHR Calgary – London 7,014 km4,358 mi · 8 h 40 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).