✈ ATL → MAD
9H 2M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
Flight from Atlanta to Madrid
From Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL), USA North America → Barajas (MAD), Spain Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Madrid → Atlanta
How long is the flight from Atlanta to Madrid?
A nonstop flight from Atlanta (ATL) to Madrid (MAD) takes about 9 hours 2 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,325 miles (6,960 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
9h 2m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,325 mi
6,960 km · great-circle
Avg speed
770 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Atlanta timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
Madrid timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Madrid
Time difference
+6h
6 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~6d
Eastward — worse
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 Atlanta
Nearest destinations
- Atlanta → Miami
- Atlanta → Chicago
- Atlanta → Dallas
- Atlanta → Toronto
- Atlanta → New York
- Atlanta → Cancun
- Atlanta → Boston
- Atlanta → Mexico City
- Atlanta → Las Vegas
- Atlanta → Los Angeles
Long-haul from Atlanta
- Atlanta → Bali (Denpasar)
- Atlanta → Singapore
- Atlanta → Kuala Lumpur
- Atlanta → Melbourne
- Atlanta → Sydney
- Atlanta → Bangkok
- Atlanta → Manila
- Atlanta → Mumbai
- Atlanta → Johannesburg
- Atlanta → Hong Kong
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