--- title: "Amsterdam to Barcelona (AMS → BCN): distance and flight time · Orbit" description: "Amsterdam to Barcelona is 1,241 km (771 mi) great circle, an estimated 2h 03m in the air. The route, what it flies over, and why the short way is not the straight line on a map." url: https://orbitflights.app/routes/ams-to-bcn --- AMS → BCN # Amsterdam to Barcelona: distance, flight time and the route it really takes Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat is 1,241 km of great circle — 771 mi — and an estimated 2h 03m in the air. Both ends are in Europe. **Great circle** 1,241 km 771 mi **Estimated in the air** 2h 03m block time **Furthest from equator** 52.3°N at 0% along **One lap of Earth** 3.1% of 40,075 km Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 238th longest. The Amsterdam to Barcelona route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe ## What the aircraft actually flies over From Amsterdam the path crosses Netherlands, then Belgium, then France, then Spain. The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 52.3°N, 0% of the way along. Holding a single compass bearing the whole way would cover almost exactly the same ground, so on this route the flat map and the globe agree. The heading barely moves: south out of Amsterdam, south into Barcelona. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass. One economy seat on it is about 184 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming. [AMS–BCN carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=AMS&to=BCN) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=AMS-BCN) From AMS ## Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Amsterdam, Netherlands · Europe 52.3°N, 4.8°E [AMS airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/ams) [Flights to Amsterdam →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/amsterdam) To BCN ## Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Barcelona, Spain · Europe 41.3°N, 2.1°E [BCN airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/bcn) [Flights to Barcelona →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/barcelona) ## Amsterdam to Barcelona, asked and answered **How far is Amsterdam to Barcelona?** Amsterdam to Barcelona (AMS to BCN) is 1,241 km, or 771 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports. **How long is the flight from Amsterdam to Barcelona?** About 2h 03m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing. **What route does a Amsterdam to Barcelona flight take?** The great circle passes over Netherlands, then Belgium, then France, then Spain. It reaches 52.3°N at its furthest from the equator. ## Where these numbers come from Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules. [Why the shortest path is a curve →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/great-circle-routes-explained) ## Flown this one? Orbit logs it in two taps and draws the arc on your own globe, along with every other flight you can remember. Free for your first 15. [Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit) ## Nearby routes [LHR → BCN London to Barcelona 1,148 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-bcn) [CDG → BCN Paris to Barcelona 858 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-bcn) [BCN → FCO Barcelona to Rome 848 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/bcn-to-fco) [BCN → OTP Barcelona to Bucharest 1,982 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/bcn-to-otp) [MAD → BCN Madrid to Barcelona 483 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mad-to-bcn) [LHR → AMS London to Amsterdam 370 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-ams) ## Further reading [How many miles do you have to fly around the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/how-many-miles-to-fly-around-the-world) [What is on the exact opposite side of the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/opposite-side-of-the-world) [What's actually worth counting in a flight log](https://orbitflights.app/blog/what-is-worth-counting-in-a-flight-log) --- Markdown copy of https://orbitflights.app/routes/ams-to-bcn for language models and agents. Site index: https://orbitflights.app/llms.txt