✈ YVR → MAD
10H 47M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from Vancouver to Madrid
From YVR (YVR), Canada North America → Barajas (MAD), Spain Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Madrid → Vancouver
How long is the flight from Vancouver to Madrid?
A nonstop flight from Vancouver (YVR) to Madrid (MAD) takes about 10 hours 47 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,234 miles (8,424 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
10h 47m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,234 mi
8,424 km · great-circle
Avg speed
782 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Vancouver timezone
UTC-7
America/Vancouver
Madrid timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Madrid
Time difference
+9h
9 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~9d
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.
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Nearest origins
- Barcelona → Madrid
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