--- title: "London to Madrid (LHR → MAD): distance and flight time · Orbit" description: "London to Madrid is 1,244 km (773 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/lhr-to-mad --- LHR → MAD # London to Madrid: distance, flight time and the route it really takes London Heathrow to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas is 1,244 km of great circle — 773 mi — and an estimated 2h 03m in the air. Both ends are in Europe. **Great circle** 1,244 km 773 mi **Estimated in the air** 2h 03m block time **Furthest from equator** 51.5°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 237th longest. The London to Madrid route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe ## What the aircraft actually flies over From London the path crosses United Kingdom, then 152 km of open water, then France, then 376 km of open water, then Spain. The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 51.5°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 London, south into Madrid. 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. [LHR–MAD carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=LHR&to=MAD) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=LHR-MAD) From LHR ## London Heathrow London, United Kingdom · Europe 51.5°N, 0.5°W [LHR airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/lhr) [Flights to London →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/london) To MAD ## Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Madrid, Spain · Europe 40.5°N, 3.6°W [MAD airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/mad) [Flights to Madrid →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/madrid) ## London to Madrid, asked and answered **How far is London to Madrid?** London to Madrid (LHR to MAD) is 1,244 km, or 773 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports. **How long is the flight from London to Madrid?** 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 London to Madrid flight take?** The great circle passes over United Kingdom, then 152 km of open water, then France, then 376 km of open water, then Spain. It reaches 51.5°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 → VIE London to Vienna 1,275 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-vie) [LHR → OSL London to Oslo 1,206 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-osl) [LHR → BCN London to Barcelona 1,148 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-bcn) [LHR → PMI London to Palma 1,348 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-pmi) [LHR → PRG London to Prague 1,044 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-prg) [LHR → FCO London to Rome 1,444 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-fco) ## 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/lhr-to-mad for language models and agents. Site index: https://orbitflights.app/llms.txt