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title: "Madrid to Bogotá (MAD → BOG): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Madrid to Bogotá is 8,031 km (4,990 mi) great circle, an estimated 10h 29m 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-bog
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MAD → BOG

# Madrid to Bogotá: distance, flight time and the route it really takes

Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas to El Dorado is 8,031 km of great circle — 4,990 mi — and an estimated 10h 29m in the air. It crosses from Europe to South America.

**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](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 80th longest.

The Madrid to Bogotá route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe

## 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.

One economy seat on it is about 1.14 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

[MAD–BOG carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=MAD&to=BOG) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=MAD-BOG)

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

BOG

## El Dorado

Bogotá, Colombia · South America

4.7°N, 74.1°W

[BOG airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/bog)

## 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.

[Why the shortest path is a curve →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/great-circle-routes-explained)

## Flown this one?

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## Nearby routes

[MAD → GRU Madrid to São Paulo 8,378 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mad-to-gru) [MAD → MEX Madrid to Mexico City 9,065 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mad-to-mex) [MAD → EZE Madrid to Buenos Aires 10,087 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mad-to-eze) [MAD → JFK Madrid to New York 5,760 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mad-to-jfk) [MAD → DXB Madrid to Dubai 5,650 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mad-to-dxb) [MIA → BOG Miami to Bogotá 2,435 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mia-to-bog)

## 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)

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