- Great circle
- 8,378 km
- 5,206 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 10h 55m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 40.5°N
- at 0% along
- One lap of Earth
- 20.9%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 74th longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Madrid the path crosses Spain, then 5,551 km of open water, then Brazil.
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.
Leaving Madrid the aircraft points south-west (220°); it arrives into São Paulo heading south-west (212°). That is 8° 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
GRU
São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro
São Paulo, Brazil · South America
23.4°S, 46.5°W
Madrid to São Paulo, asked and answered
- How far is Madrid to São Paulo?
- Madrid to São Paulo (MAD to GRU) is 8,378 km, or 5,206 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Madrid to São Paulo?
- About 10h 55m 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 São Paulo flight take?
- The great circle passes over Spain, then 5,551 km of open water, then Brazil. 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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