How long is the flight to Madeira?

Approximate flight times to Funchal (FNC) from the cities that fly there nonstop. Westbound legs to Madeira run a little longer than the return because of prevailing Atlantic winds.

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From mainland Portugal it's about 1h45 from Lisbon and 2h05 from Porto. From the UK and northern Europe, expect roughly 4 hours (London ~3h55, Frankfurt ~4h00, Amsterdam ~4h05). The only nonstop from the US, Newark, is about 7h30.
FromFlight time
Gran Canaria (LPA) ~1h45
Lisbon (LIS) 1h45
Tenerife (TFN) ~1h45
Faro (FAO) ~1h50
Fuerteventura (FUE) ~1h50
Lanzarote (ACE) ~1h55
Ponta Delgada (PDL) ~2h00
Terceira (TER) ~2h00
Porto (OPO) 2h05
Madrid (MAD) 2h45
Barcelona (BCN) 3h20
Bordeaux (BOD) 3h30
Bournemouth (BOH) 3h40
Shannon (SNN) 3h40
Dublin (DUB) 3h45
Lyon (LYS) 3h45
Marseille (MRS) 3h45
Nantes (NTE) 3h45
Bristol (BRS) 3h50
Nice (NCE) 3h50
London (LGW) 3h55
Belfast (BFS) 4h00
Birmingham (BHX) 4h00
Brussels (Charleroi) (CRL) 4h00
Brussels (BRU) 4h00
East Midlands (EMA) 4h00
Leeds (LBA) 4h00
Liverpool (LPL) 4h00
Luxembourg (LUX) 4h00
Manchester (MAN) 4h00
Milan (MXP) 4h00
Paris (BVA) 4h00
Basel (BSL) 4h05
Geneva (GVA) 4h05
Zurich (ZRH) 4h05
Amsterdam (AMS) 4h15
Edinburgh (EDI) 4h15
Frankfurt (FRA) 4h15
Glasgow (GLA) 4h15
Newcastle (NCL) 4h15
Cologne (CGN) 4h20
Düsseldorf (DUS) 4h20
Stuttgart (STR) 4h20
Leipzig (LEJ) 4h25
Munich (MUC) 4h25
Nuremberg (NUE) 4h25
Berlin (BER) 4h30
Hamburg (HAM) 4h30
Hannover (HAJ) 4h30
Vienna (VIE) 4h35
Prague (PRG) ~4h45
Copenhagen (CPH) ~4h50
Warsaw (WAW) ~5h05
Oslo (OSL) ~5h15
Stockholm (ARN) ~5h15
Katowice (KTW) ~5h20
Gdansk (GDN) ~5h30
Helsinki (HEL) ~5h45
Caracas (CCS) ~7h30–7h50
New York / Newark (EWR) ~7h30
Approximate scheduled block times; actual times vary ±20–30 min with winds.

Frequently asked questions

How long is the flight to Madeira from London?

About 3 hours 55 minutes from London to Funchal. The westbound leg to Madeira is usually a little slower than the return because of prevailing winds.

How long is the flight to Madeira from Lisbon?

About 1 hour 45 minutes from Lisbon — Madeira’s busiest and one of its shortest mainland routes.

What is the longest flight to Madeira?

Among scheduled nonstops, the longest are the transatlantic routes — Newark (~7h30) and, historically, Caracas (~7h30–7h50). Within Europe, Helsinki (~5h30) is the longest.