MODO AVIÓN

What you fly over between Buenos Aires (Ezeiza) and Madrid

The EZE–MAD flight covers 10,087 km, crosses 14 airspace regions and 10 time zones, and spends 56% of the way over water. See what is below you, leg by leg.

The planet seen from outside, with the EZE–MAD route drawn as a line between both airports
The route over the planet. On a flat map the short path looks curved; here it looks like what it is: a straight line on a sphere.

Summary

Estimated duration
12 h 06 min
Great-circle distance
10,087 km
In miles
6,267 mi · 5,446 NM
Initial bearing
39°
Over water
56% · 5,682 km
Longest stretch of water
5,615 km · Atlantic Ocean
Time difference
+5 h

Airspace regions crossed (14)

Each one is a separate control region: when the aircraft crosses the boundary, the centre talking to the pilot changes. Boundaries are approximate — they come from the VATSIM data set, not from the official ICAO chart.

  1. Baires TMA - Ezeiza
  2. Montevideo
  3. Curitiba (Completo) - Curitiba
  4. Brasilia (Completo) - Brasilia
  5. Recife (Completo) - Recife
  6. Atlantico (Completo) - Atlantico
  7. Dakar Oceanic
  8. Sal Oceanic
  9. Canarias Oceanic
  10. Canarias
  11. Agadir
  12. Lisboa
  13. Sevilla
  14. Madrid

Time zones crossed (10)

  1. America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
  2. America/Montevideo
  3. America/Sao_Paulo
  4. America/Bahia
  5. America/Recife
  6. America/Fortaleza
  7. Atlantic/Cape_Verde
  8. Atlantic/Canary
  9. Europe/Lisbon
  10. Europe/Madrid

Where it passes

Named oceans, seas, mountain ranges, deserts and islands under the track, in order.

  1. Pampas
  2. Río de la Plata
  3. Serra Geral
  4. Brazilian Highlands
  5. Grande Sertão Veredas National Park
  6. Brazilian Highlands
  7. Caatinga
  8. Borborema Plateau
  9. Caatinga
  10. Cape Verde
  11. Canary Islands
  12. Gran Canaria
  13. Canary Islands
  14. Iberian Peninsula
  15. Sierra Morena
  16. Iberian Peninsula

Peaks near the route

Within 120 km of the track. Highest first.

  • Teide — 3,718 m
  • Pico do Fogo — 2,829 m
  • Serra do Barbado — 2,033 m

And all of this, on board

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How this was calculated

The route is the great circle between both airports, split into 300 points. At each point a point-in-polygon test runs against 1,102 airspace regions, 418 time zones and 1,338 physical geography polygons. A real aircraft does not fly the exact great circle: it follows airways, avoids storms and rides the wind. This is the reference, not the flight plan.