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SCL Santiago ⇄ MAD Madrid

Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (Chile) and Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (Spain): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance10,719 km6,661 mi5,788 nautical miles
SCL → MAD12 h 50 minestimated block time
MAD → SCL13 h 40 minestimated block time
Clock change+4 hMadrid vs Santiago, today
Great-circle route from Santiago (SCL) to Madrid (MAD)SCLSantiagoMADMadrid
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

SCL → MAD

12 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 45° (NE).

Leave Santiago Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Madrid Sun 8 Nov, 02:50 local +1 day.

MAD → SCL

13 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 231° (SW).

Leave Madrid Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Santiago Sat 7 Nov, 19:40 local.

SCL-bound flights are the slower direction by about 50 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 distance10,719 km · 6,661 mi · 5,788 nmi
Initial heading45° (NE) from SCL; 231° (SW) from MAD
Farthest from the equator40.5°N
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip54% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

SCLAmerica/Santiago — UTC−3 now; UTC−4 standard time, UTC−3 during daylight saving time
MADEurope/Madrid — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceMadrid is 4 hours ahead of Santiago today; +4 h in January and +6 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying SCL → MAD. Your body clock has to move 4 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 4 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

SCL Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago, Chile · longest runway 12,303 ft3,750 m MAD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportMadrid, Spain · longest runway 14,271 ft4,350 m

More routes from SCL and MAD

SCLEZE Santiago – Buenos Aires 1,138 km707 mi · 2 h 15 min LIMSCL Lima – Santiago 2,462 km1,530 mi · 3 h 50 min GRUSCL São Paulo – Santiago 2,615 km1,625 mi · 4 h 15 min MIASCL Miami – Santiago 6,658 km4,137 mi · 8 h 35 min SYDSCL Sydney – Santiago 11,340 km7,047 mi · 13 h 10 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 EZEMAD Buenos Aires – Madrid 10,087 km6,267 mi · 12 h 10 min

Routes of a similar length

CDGSIN Paris – Singapore 10,724 km6,664 mi · 12 h 30 min DOHJFK Doha – New York 10,770 km6,692 mi · 14 h 15 min JFKNRT New York – Tokyo 10,830 km6,729 mi · 13 h 50 min LHRKUL London – Kuala Lumpur 10,605 km6,590 mi · 12 h 25 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).