--- title: "Madrid to Barcelona (MAD → BCN): distance and flight time · Orbit" description: "Madrid to Barcelona is 483 km (300 mi) great circle, an estimated 1h 06m 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/mad-to-bcn --- MAD → BCN # Madrid to Barcelona: distance, flight time and the route it really takes Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas to Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat is 483 km of great circle — 300 mi — and an estimated 1h 06m in the air. Both ends are in Europe. **Great circle** 483 km 300 mi **Estimated in the air** 1h 06m block time **Furthest from equator** 41.3°N at 100% along **One lap of Earth** 1.2% of 40,075 km Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 283rd longest. The Madrid to Barcelona route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe ## What the aircraft actually flies over From Madrid the path crosses Spain. The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 41.3°N, 100% 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: east out of Madrid, east into Barcelona. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass. One economy seat on it is about 72 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming. [MAD–BCN carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=MAD&to=BCN) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=MAD-BCN) From 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) 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) ## Madrid to Barcelona, asked and answered **How far is Madrid to Barcelona?** Madrid to Barcelona (MAD to BCN) is 483 km, or 300 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports. **How long is the flight from Madrid to Barcelona?** About 1h 06m 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 Madrid to Barcelona flight take?** The great circle passes over Spain. It reaches 41.3°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 [BCN → FCO Barcelona to Rome 848 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/bcn-to-fco) [CDG → BCN Paris to Barcelona 858 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-bcn) [LHR → BCN London to Barcelona 1,148 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-bcn) [AMS → BCN Amsterdam to Barcelona 1,241 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/ams-to-bcn) [LHR → MAD London to Madrid 1,244 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-mad) [MAD → LPA Madrid to Gran Canaria 1,766 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mad-to-lpa) ## 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/mad-to-bcn for language models and agents. Site index: https://orbitflights.app/llms.txt