Flights Madrid → Bucharest
MAD → OTP
How long is the flight from Madrid to Bucharest?
The flight from Madrid (MAD) to Bucharest (OTP) takes about 3h 30m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
Route overview
The flight route connects Madrid, whose airport opened in 1931, with Bucharest. Serving the highly trafficked Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport, which sees over seventeen million passengers annually, this route is a significant link between Spain and Romania, typically operated by aircraft such as Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 models.
The Madrid (MAD) → Bucharest (OTP) route is operated by Tarom, Wizz Air. Across 21 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 10.6/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Bucharest the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Madrid the average ATFM delay is 1.5 minutes.
Heading to Bucharest: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Madrid (MAD) to Bucharest (OTP) heads east for about 2,459 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 30m.
Departures from Madrid on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 48% of MAD-OTP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Madrid the average ATFM delay is 1.5 min (atfm); arriving into Bucharest it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 21 tracked MAD-OTP flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Frequently asked questions about MAD-OTP
The flight from Madrid (MAD) to Bucharest (OTP) takes about 3h 30m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
On the Madrid (MAD) -> Bucharest (OTP) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 21 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Madrid-Bucharest is 0.00% across 21 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Tarom, Wizz Air.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Bucharest, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
The Madrid-Bucharest route is about 2,459 km: for a cancellation (with less than 14 days' notice), a delay over 3 hours, or denied boarding, EU261 compensation is €400, barring extraordinary circumstances.
