Barcelona to Madrid flight
Flights from Barcelona to Madrid start at €56.78 and take 4h 14m at their fastest.
The Flights from Barcelona to Madrid starts at €56.78 and takes 4h 14m door to door, run by 5 operators over 519 km, with around 40 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 4h 14mDoor to door
- 1h 4mMoving
- €56.78From
- 127.7 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Iberia Express | €49.11 |
 Iberia Airlines | €50.88 |
 European Air Transport | €49.11 |
 Air Europa | €50.88 |
 Vueling Airlines | €49.70 |
The flight gets you into Madrid. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Madrid
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Barcelona to Madrid
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €26.5890 days
- €19.4360 days
- €18.8845 days
- €19.4330 days
- €26.5821 days
- €28.7814 days
- €33.737 days
- €32.633 days
- €46.931 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €18.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 149 percent. The most expensive point is €46.93, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €32.08Sun
- €27.68Mon
- €27.13Tue
- €29.33Wed
- €35.93Thu
- €32.63Fri
- €28.78Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Barcelona
- BCN
- GRO
- REU
Madrid
- MAD
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 519 km against 504 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Barcelona at 06:04 and the last at 20:17, across 40 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Flights against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 4h 10m | 3h 26m | 44m | €63.04 | 16.6 kg | 33 |
| Flight | 4h 14m | 1h 4m | 3h 10m | €56.78 | 127.7 kg | 40 |
| Coach | 7h 19m | 6h 35m | 44m | €27.13 | 13.6 kg | 44 |
Questions about Barcelona to Madrid
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Barcelona to Madrid take?
The Flight from Barcelona to Madrid takes 4h 14m door to door, of which 1h 4m is spent moving. The route runs 519 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Barcelona to Madrid cost?
The Flight from Barcelona to Madrid starts at €56.78 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €57.37. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Barcelona to Madrid?
5 operators run the Flight from Barcelona to Madrid: Iberia Express, Iberia Airlines, European Air Transport, Air Europa, Vueling Airlines. Between them they file around 40 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Barcelona to Madrid use?
The Flight from Barcelona to Madrid leaves from Barcelona BCN and arrives at Madrid MAD. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Flight the best way from Barcelona to Madrid?
Traveling from Barcelona to Madrid by Coach costs €27.13 and takes 7h 19m door to door, against 4h 14m by Flight. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Flight from Barcelona to Madrid?
Fares for the Flight from Barcelona to Madrid bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €18.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 149 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Barcelona to Madrid produce?
The Flight from Barcelona to Madrid produces about 127.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 519 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Barcelona to Madrid on September 12, 2026: 519 km of route against 504 km in a straight line, 40 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €56.78, and 4h 14m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
Madrid is large, and the road in from MAD can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
Getting from MAD into Madrid?
Settled in advance, so the ride into Madrid costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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