Route · MAD → LIS
Flights from Madrid to Lisbon
The 512-kilometre hop between Madrid Barajas and Lisbon Humberto Delgado is one of Iberia's bread-and-butter short-haul rotations, with a typical block time of just over an hour — short enough that some passengers barely finish a coffee before descent. Iberia and TAP Air Portugal together dominate the route, operating it multiple times daily, typically on Airbus A320-family narrowbodies; TAP occasionally deploys smaller Embraer regional jets during off-peak slots. Aeroméxico and Air Moldova appear in tracking data primarily as codeshare or interline partners rather than independent metal operators on this corridor. One practical note worth flagging: Lisbon is one hour behind Madrid year-round, so an early departure from Barajas can actually land you in Lisbon at roughly the same local time you took off — useful for scheduling meetings. Fares tend to soften in January and February, while midweek departures on Tuesdays and Wednesdays often yield the most competitive availability across both carriers.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Madrid (MAD) → Lisbon (LIS). 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
4 carriersThe 4 carriers we currently track on the Madrid–Lisbon 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 Madrid to Lisbon
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Madrid to Lisbon — 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 MAD and… LIS, 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.