- Great circle
- 8,031 km
- 4,990 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 10h 29m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 40.5°N
- at 0% along
- One lap of Earth
- 20.0%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 80th longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Madrid the path crosses Spain, then Portugal, then 6,545 km of open water, then Venezuela, then Colombia.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 40.5°N, 0% of the way along.
Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 8,125 km. That is 94 km further, about 1% more, and roughly 7m of extra flying.
Leaving Madrid the aircraft points west (261°); it arrives into Bogotá heading south-west (229°). That is 32° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.
MAD
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas
Madrid, Spain · Europe
40.5°N, 3.6°W
Madrid to Bogotá, asked and answered
- How far is Madrid to Bogotá?
- Madrid to Bogotá (MAD to BOG) is 8,031 km, or 4,990 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Madrid to Bogotá?
- About 10h 29m 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 Bogotá flight take?
- The great circle passes over Spain, then Portugal, then 6,545 km of open water, then Venezuela, then Colombia. It reaches 40.5°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.
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