Route · LIS → MAD
Flights from Lisbon to Madrid
Spanning just over 500 kilometres between the Iberian Peninsula's two great capitals, this short hop typically blocks out around an hour and five minutes, making it one of Europe's more compelling alternatives to the overnight train or the four-hour drive. The route is dominated by Iberia and TAP Air Portugal, both of whom operate it with narrow-body equipment — typically the Airbus A320 family — at high frequency throughout the day, while Aeromexico's presence reflects its codeshare ties with Iberia rather than independent metal. A practical note worth remembering: Lisbon's Humberto Delgado Airport operates on Western European Time (UTC+1 in summer), meaning Madrid is already one hour ahead, so an early-morning departure can feel deceptively tight on the clock. For fares, midweek flights in late January and February tend to offer the softest pricing, while Friday and Sunday evening services attract business travellers and price accordingly.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Lisbon (LIS) → Madrid (MAD). Use the year view… to spot the cheapest week to fly, the day-of-week patterns most travellers miss, and any shoulder-season dips worth shifting your trip around. Prices refresh every few hours, so what you see is what your booking page should look like a moment later — click any date to jump straight to the fare on Aviasales.
Airlines on this route
3 carriersThe 3 carriers we currently track on the Lisbon–Madrid route, from full-service flag carriers to low-cost competitors. Tap any airline for its full profile, baggage… rules, fleet context, and a live fare search pre-filtered to that carrier — useful if you're loyal to a frequent-flyer programme, want to compare onboard product on the same dates, or are weighing a cheaper one-stop against a pricier nonstop.
Flights from Lisbon to Madrid
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Lisbon to Madrid — the actual flight numbers, departure and arrival times your… booking page will pull from. Use it to plan around departure preferences (early morning vs late evening), see which carriers fly on which weekdays, or pick a connection that lets you sleep in your own bed before a long-haul leg. Click any row to load it directly in the search.
Airport guides
Quick links into the airport profiles at both ends of the route. Each guide covers terminal layout, the airlines that base hubs at LIS and… MAD, the other routes those airports serve, and the ground-transit options most travellers wish they'd read about before landing — the practical context you only really need to know once you've booked, but want to skim before you do.