- Great circle
- 10,087 km
- 6,267 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 13h 02m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 40.5°N
- at 0% along
- One lap of Earth
- 25.2%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 40th longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Madrid the path crosses Spain, then 5,598 km of open water, then Brazil, then Uruguay.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 40.5°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.
It arrives on almost the heading it left on — south-west at both ends. The two airports sit at nearly mirrored latitudes, so the arc climbs away from the equator and falls back to it by the same amount, and the compass ends up where it started.
MAD
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas
Madrid, Spain · Europe
40.5°N, 3.6°W
EZE
Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini
Buenos Aires, Argentina · South America
34.8°S, 58.5°W
Madrid to Buenos Aires, asked and answered
- How far is Madrid to Buenos Aires?
- Madrid to Buenos Aires (MAD to EZE) is 10,087 km, or 6,267 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Madrid to Buenos Aires?
- About 13h 02m 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 Buenos Aires flight take?
- The great circle passes over Spain, then 5,598 km of open water, then Brazil, then Uruguay. 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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