- Great circle
- 1,766 km
- 1,097 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 2h 42m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 40.5°N
- at 0% along
- One lap of Earth
- 4.4%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 207th longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Madrid the path crosses Spain, then 1,271 km of open water.
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 (221°); it arrives into Gran Canaria heading south-west (215°). That is 7° 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 Gran Canaria, asked and answered
- How far is Madrid to Gran Canaria?
- Madrid to Gran Canaria (MAD to LPA) is 1,766 km, or 1,097 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Madrid to Gran Canaria?
- About 2h 42m 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 Gran Canaria flight take?
- The great circle passes over Spain, then 1,271 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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