✈ AUH → MAD
7H 28M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
Flight from Abu Dhabi to Madrid
From Abu Dhabi International (AUH), UAE Middle East → Barajas (MAD), Spain Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Madrid → Abu Dhabi
How long is the flight from Abu Dhabi to Madrid?
A nonstop flight from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Madrid (MAD) takes about 7 hours 28 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 3,504 miles (5,639 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
7h 28m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
3,504 mi
5,639 km · great-circle
Avg speed
756 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Abu Dhabi timezone
UTC+4
Asia/Dubai
Madrid timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Madrid
Time difference
-2h
2 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~1.4d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Abu Dhabi
Nearest destinations
- Abu Dhabi → Dubai
- Abu Dhabi → Doha
- Abu Dhabi → Mumbai
- Abu Dhabi → Tel Aviv
- Abu Dhabi → Delhi
- Abu Dhabi → Cairo
- Abu Dhabi → Istanbul
- Abu Dhabi → Athens
- Abu Dhabi → Bucharest
- Abu Dhabi → Nairobi
Long-haul from Abu Dhabi
- Abu Dhabi → Santiago
- Abu Dhabi → Mexico City
- Abu Dhabi → Auckland
- Abu Dhabi → Buenos Aires
- Abu Dhabi → Los Angeles
- Abu Dhabi → Cancun
- Abu Dhabi → Las Vegas
- Abu Dhabi → San Francisco
- Abu Dhabi → Dallas
- Abu Dhabi → Miami
More flights to Europe
Flights to Madrid
Nearest origins
- Barcelona → Madrid
- Lisbon → Madrid
- Casablanca → Madrid
- Paris → Madrid
- Milan → Madrid
- Zurich → Madrid
- London → Madrid
- Brussels → Madrid
- Rome → Madrid
- Frankfurt → Madrid
Long-haul to Madrid
- Auckland → Madrid
- Sydney → Madrid
- Melbourne → Madrid
- Bali (Denpasar) → Madrid
- Manila → Madrid
- Singapore → Madrid
- Kuala Lumpur → Madrid
- Tokyo → Madrid
- Taipei → Madrid
- Santiago → Madrid