- Great circle
- 5,650 km
- 3,511 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 7h 31m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 40.5°N
- at 4% along
- One lap of Earth
- 14.1%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 116th longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Madrid the path crosses Spain, then 664 km of open water, then Italy, then 523 km of open water, then Greece, then Syria, then Iraq, then Kuwait, then 819 km of open water.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 40.5°N, 4% of the way along.
Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 5,731 km. That is 81 km further, about 1% more, and roughly 6m of extra flying.
Leaving Madrid the aircraft points east (88°); it arrives into Dubai heading south-east (123°). That is 34° 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 Dubai, asked and answered
- How far is Madrid to Dubai?
- Madrid to Dubai (MAD to DXB) is 5,650 km, or 3,511 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Madrid to Dubai?
- About 7h 31m 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 Dubai flight take?
- The great circle passes over Spain, then 664 km of open water, then Italy, then 523 km of open water, then Greece, then Syria, then Iraq, then Kuwait, then 819 km of open water. 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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