✈ JFK → MAD
7H 36M. NEW YORK TO MADRID. YOUR BACK WILL FILE A COMPLAINT.
Flight from New York to Madrid
From JFK (JFK), USA North America → Barajas (MAD), Spain Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Madrid → New York
How long is the flight from New York to Madrid?
A nonstop flight from New York (JFK) to Madrid (MAD) takes about 7 hours 36 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 3,579 miles (5,760 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
7h 36m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
3,579 mi
5,760 km · great-circle
Avg speed
757 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
New York 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 New York
Nearest destinations
- New York → Boston
- New York → Toronto
- New York → Chicago
- New York → Atlanta
- New York → Miami
- New York → Dallas
- New York → Cancun
- New York → Mexico City
- New York → Las Vegas
- New York → Seattle
Long-haul from New York
- New York → Melbourne
- New York → Bali (Denpasar)
- New York → Sydney
- New York → Singapore
- New York → Kuala Lumpur
- New York → Auckland
- New York → Bangkok
- New York → Manila
- New York → Hong Kong
- New York → Johannesburg
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