Distance from Madrid to New York City
Flying the shortest possible route, New York City lies 5,768 km (3,584 miles, 3,114 nautical miles) from Madrid — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,768 km · 3,584 mi · 3,114 nmi
- Initial bearing Madrid → New York City
- 295° (WNW)
- Initial bearing New York City → Madrid
- 66° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 7 h 27 min
- Time zones
- Madrid UTC+01:00 · New York City UTC-05:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 282 min — the sun rises earlier in Madrid
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Madrid
- 40.4165, -3.7026
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:53 UTC / 17:06 UTC
- New York City
- 40.7143, -74.0060
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 11:35 UTC / 21:46 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.