Great-circle route MAD → LHR. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
The flight time from Madrid to London is approximately 2h 08m nonstop. The distance is 774 miles (1,246 km). There are about 23 nonstop flights from Madrid to London per day.
That is a great-circle estimate, not a scheduled block time. An airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
| Route | Est. time | Distance | Frequency | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAD → LHR Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to London Heathrow Airport |
2h 08m | 774 mi | 84/wk | British Airways, Iberia Airlines |
| MAD → LGW Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to London Gatwick Airport |
2h 06m | 755 mi | 37/wk | Air Europa, Iberia Airlines, Iberia Express, easyJet |
| MAD → STN Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to London Stansted Airport |
2h 12m | 809 mi | 26/wk | Air Afrique, Ryanair |
| MAD → LTN Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to London Luton Airport |
2h 11m | 802 mi | 12/wk | Air Bagan, easyJet |
Frequencies come from our most recent schedule sample. Where a pairing shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
8 airlines fly nonstop from Madrid to London, including Air Afrique, Air Bagan, Air Europa, British Airways and 4 more.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A320 NEO, Airbus A320, Airbus A321 NEO, Airbus A350-900 and 4 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from Madrid to London is 774 miles, or 1,246 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 774 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,246 km |
| Nautical miles | 673 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 8 airlines fly it nonstop, with about 159 departures a week, across 4 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 08m in the air on the MAD–LHR nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 774-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
774 miles (1,246 km) great-circle between Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport and London Heathrow Airport.
Air Afrique, Air Bagan, Air Europa, British Airways, Iberia Airlines, Iberia Express, Ryanair, easyJet.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A320 NEO, Airbus A320, Airbus A321 NEO, Airbus A350-900. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
MAD to LHR, MAD to LGW, MAD to STN, MAD to LTN. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
