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Expert advice for your flight from Madrid to London

 
Snippets provided in this section are AI-generated based on a summarisation of KAYAK-commissioned articles. The articles are presented as-is, for general informational purposes only, and may not be up-to-date. The opinions contained in the articles are original to the author and reflect their authentic experience, which may vary significantly from the experience of others.
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Airports
MAD

For smooth departures at MAD, arrive early for long walks between terminals and consider using the moving walkways when available.

Read more about MADby Ramsey Qubein
LHR

For a quick commute from LHR to central London, the Heathrow Express takes about 15 minutes but is pricey. Consider the Elizabeth Line for a cheaper option.

Read more about LHRby Duncan Madden
LGW

Gatwick offers excellent rail connections to central London. The Gatwick Express is fast but pricey; Thameslink trains are cheaper and convenient.

Read more about LGWby Duncan Madden
Our travel experts
Ramsey Qubein

Ramsey Qubein

Expert on MAD

Ramsey Qubein

Ramsey Qubein

An avid traveler and aviation expert who has visited 173 countries, all 50 states and seven continents, Ramsey Qubein flies nearly 400,000 miles a year. As a North Carolina-based freelance journalist for publications including Conde Nast Traveler, Forbes, USA Today and Bloomberg among others, he explores the latest trends in aviation, hospitality, cruises and business.

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Duncan Madden

Duncan Madden

Expert on LHR and LGW

Duncan Madden

Duncan Madden

Duncan is a freelance travel writer, copywriter and book author in constant search of travel stories and the perpetual sensation of being on holiday. He’s never happier than when on a dusty trail in search of empty waves or ducking under the piste tape in search of snowbound solitude. British born, living in Germany, but happiest heading for the horizon. His first book, Found in Translation, explores the etymologies and stories of country names around the world and is out now.

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Low seasonMay
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 4% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (1% more expensive on average)

When to book flights from Madrid to London

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Madrid to London based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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  • How can I get to Madrid–Barajas Airport?

    Metro Line 8 from Nuevos Ministerios takes 15min to get from Madrid city to the Terminal 1, 2 and 3 building, before ending at Terminal 4. The C1 and C10 lines of the local train network connect to the train station of Terminal 4, taking approximately 11min from Chamartin. Via bus, EMT bus lines 200, Exprés-203, N27 Exprés, and 101 go into the city centre, while intercity bus lines 828, 827, 824, and 822 connect the airport with other towns.

  • Which London airport is the most convenient to land at?

    As London City Airport is the only airport within the city limits of London, it is easily the most convenient airport if your destination is the city centre and expense is no object. London buses and the Docklands Light Railway connect the airport to the London Underground and other parts of the city. Heathrow Airport is the runner-up thanks to direct access to the London Underground, along with the Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect trains, which reach Paddington Station in 15min and 30min respectively. 25 miles south of the city centre, Gatwick might be a good option if travelling on to south London or the south of England. Southend, to the east, and Luton and Stansted, both in the north, all take upwards of 40min to reach the city by train.

  • Are there on-site hotels at my arrival airport?

    Heathrow has three hotels inside the airport: Aerotel London Heathrow, Yotelair, and Plaza Premium Lounge & No. 1 Heathrow, plus three more accessible from the airport via covered walkways. Gatwick has two inside the airport, Bloc Gatwick and Yotelair, and three accessible via covered walkways. At London City Airport, the London City Airport Hotel is a 5min walk away from the airport. Stansted has two hotels connected via covered walkways. Southend offers the Holiday Inn Southend, a 1min walk away from the terminal.

  • What family services are available at the airports?

    All London airports have baby changing facilities and Madrid–Barajas has breastfeeding lounges in the boarding areas of Terminal 2 and Terminal 4, with changing tables, microwaves, cots, and play areas. Heathrow, Gatwick, London City Airport, Southend, and Madrid–Barajas have children’s play areas. Strollers can also be borrowed for free at Gatwick and Madrid–Barajas.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Madrid to London

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for C$ 163 or less one-way and C$ 170 or less round-trip.
  • Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD), or Madrid–Barajas Airport, is the main airport serving Madrid and the primary hub for Iberia and Air Europa.
  • London has a whopping six airports: Heathrow Airport (LHR), Gatwick Airport (LGW), London City Airport (LCY), London Stansted Airport (STN), London Southend Airport (SEN), and London Luton Airport (LTN). All of them have connections with Madrid–Barajas.
  • Madrid–Barajas has five terminals. Terminals 1, 2 and 3 are in the same building, while Terminal 4 and 4S are connected by train and bus. Budget airlines like easyJet, Ryanair, and Wizz Air check in at Terminal 1 and fly to Gatwick, Stansted, London Southend, or London Luton.
  • Madrid–Barajas has dedicated motorcycle parking areas at Terminals 1, 2, and 4, which are free of charge but unsupervised.
  • In need of pound sterling? Exact Change can be found at Baggage Reclaim in Terminal 1, and Global Exchange at Check-in in Terminal 4 or Boarding in Terminal 4S. They are open 24h.
  • If you have a late flight, keep in mind that London Southend and London City Airport do not allow overnight stays.

Prefer to fly direct from Madrid to London?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Madrid Barajas to London.
Find which airlines fly direct from Madrid Barajas Airport to London, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Madrid Barajas to London

Monday

Air Europa,British Airways,Iberia, +2 more

Air Europa,British Airways, +3 more

Tuesday

Air Europa,British Airways,Iberia, +2 more

Air Europa,British Airways, +3 more

Wednesday

Air Europa,British Airways,Iberia, +2 more

Air Europa,British Airways, +3 more

Thursday

Air Europa,British Airways,Iberia, +2 more

Air Europa,British Airways, +3 more

Friday

Air Europa,British Airways,Iberia, +2 more

Air Europa,British Airways, +3 more

Saturday

Air Europa,British Airways,Iberia, +2 more

Air Europa,British Airways, +3 more

Sunday

Air Europa,British Airways,Iberia, +2 more

Air Europa,British Airways, +3 more

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Direct returns

London to Madrid Barajas

Monday

Air Europa,British Airways,Iberia, +2 more

Air Europa,British Airways, +3 more

Tuesday

Air Europa,British Airways,Iberia, +2 more

Air Europa,British Airways, +3 more

Wednesday

Air Europa,British Airways,Iberia, +2 more

Air Europa,British Airways, +3 more

Thursday

Air Europa,British Airways,Iberia, +2 more

Air Europa,British Airways, +3 more

Friday

Air Europa,British Airways,Iberia, +2 more

Air Europa,British Airways, +3 more

Saturday

Air Europa,British Airways,Iberia, +2 more

Air Europa,British Airways, +3 more

Sunday

Air Europa,British Airways,Iberia, +2 more

Air Europa,British Airways, +3 more

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Reviews of the top airlines flying from Madrid to London

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Madrid to London. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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7.0
IberiaOverall score based on 2859 reviews
7.1Boarding
7.6Crew
6.6Entertainment
6.7Comfort
6.3Food
Airline reviews

Horrible almost missed my flight because my 1st flight was delayed. Airline crew is so unprofessional. The people on the plane do whatever they want kids running screaming. Will never fly this airline again Suitcases never arrived

2.0 MediocreJackie, Jul 2025MAD - MIA
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Horrible almost missed my flight because my 1st flight was delayed. Airline crew is so unprofessional. The people on the plane do whatever they want kids running screaming. Will never fly this airline again Suitcases never arrived

People point to America as the model of late stage capitalism. My friends, airlines in america at least give you WiFi, and they haven’t quite smashed people into cardboard tv dinner trays yet. Iberia has mastered the tv dinner seat and WiFi is 20 euros. Be serious yall.

Boarding was odd. Gates switched and had to take a bus to the plane. Luggage got lost. Still waiting on one bag. Flight itself was very nice!

Do Not Fly Iberia. Horrible experience. Iberia changes things at random -like the date of the flight and seat you have bought. After buying my flight, they contacted me and told me I had to return a day later. Then when I was boarding the flight, I discovered they had changed my window seat in a row away from the wing, to an aisle seat in front of the toilet! The worse seat on the plane. But it wasn’t just me- a family was scattered all over the plane. I was able to trade my seat because a father was separated from his son. Unfortunately the seat was the window seat directly over the wing, the loudest seat in the plane. I couldn’t sleep, even with noise cancelling earphones. Also, I ordered gluten free meal-which was tasteless and gave me cramps.

I have nothing but great things to say about the crew of the American Airlines flight from Madrid to Dallas. They were fantastic! I do, however, have some disregard for the flight attendant that was late in Dallas, causing us to further delay the boarding of our flight to Portland, and leading to the eventual cancellation of that flight. Because that crew-member was so late, we got caught-up in a weather-related ground stop, eventually causing our pilots to "time-out". So we couldn't get out of Dallas. We would have departed DFW on-time (and before the arrival of the thunderstorm) if not for the lateness of that crew member. The whole time the pilots couldn't tell us whether the flight would be cancelled, and that they couldn't get any information from the airline. By the time we knew the flight was cancelled, all of the flights for the following day were full. So, we didn't even get offered a viable option to get home. The American Airlines customer service desk at DFW was grossly under-staffed. And there were several people who waited in line for four-hours before being helped at that desk. We waited in line for almost 2-hours, until I was able to speak with a customer service agent on the phone (after being on-hold for over an hour). So, once we knew the information about how to get our bag in PDX, and that there weren't any options for flights the next day, we left the line & began searching for another way home. We eventually had to purchase a ticket home on a different airline, in order to get my wife to work on Monday. And we are pursuing a refund of that DFW-PDX leg of the journey. The good news is that the late flight attendant's hair was perfect. And she looked fantastic as she departed the airport & headed back home, while we all hunkered down to sleep in the terminal for the night.

They need to start flying on time. We lost 2 days of our time because they delayed flight both ways.

The flight delay in Dallas created a domino effect that impacted all of the connecting flights. It also increased the number of connections. I missed my flight from Casablanca to Marrakech because of the tight turnaround when landing in Casablanca. . CMN airport was understaffed. Only one person could help while other employees were just watching him. It was an extremely frustrating situation. People were crying and slamming their palms on the counter when speaking to the customer service provider, Allabough (man’s name?). Allabough couldn’t change my flight in the system. simultaneously, I was on the call with America. Airlines customer service rep named Solomon that said he couldn’t change it either. So, I took a ONYA voyages train to from Casablanca to Marrakech to get there on Friday June 26. This was unpredictable trip.

The flight was over two hours delayed. The aircraft was somewhat dated.

There's not enough leg room in economy class. The seats are very narrow as well.

Luggage arrived damaged and protective plastic was lost. I need customer service to contact me or the number for customer service. Thanks.

The table at my seat was dirty, the crew was nice, the boarding was swift. An average Ryanair experience but this time the plane was not properly cleaned between flights.

Good but both flights were delayed by nearly one hour making boarding tedious. We had to wait with no information

Unnecessarily delayed and remarkably inefficient boarding contributed to a significantly delayed departure. Seats/legroom astonishingly uncomfortable even by Ryanair standards (minimal legroom plus reinforced plastic seat backs ensure you get punched hard in the knees every time the person in front moves, and as a 6-foot passenger I had nowhere else to put my legs. Upon late arrival at the gate in Luton we were kept waiting another 20 minutes before being allowed off the plane. Both Easyjet and Wizzair are currently a better bet.

Awful as usual the air stewardess loved her own voice and would not stop talking on coms for 2hrs please please please shut up I can’t hear my headphones and don’t want to buy juty free

Big delay on run way not much explanation why, missed a important meeting in Dublin, maybe if they did nt persist measuring everyone bag over 2 cm we would have got off on time.

The lady at the boarding gate was so rude. She was challenging people being in priority and looking them up and down as if they weren’t dressed for first class. This was Ryan air priority. We all sit in the same seats. She loudly called out to embarrass a man who she believed had cheated and got in the priority line. He had a valid priority ticket and even worked for Ryanair. Also challenging visas insisting people download them until they proved on the government website it wasn’t required to print. The Ryanair employee who was challenged said she is always like this. She also pulled people from regular boarding as they were fashionably dressed and upgraded them to priority and changed their seats. That was comical. I think she felt she should be working for Emirates first class, although they would t have stood for her rude behaviour

On time boarding, on time departure and early arrival. As it should be. Yes, the comfort and benefits are very poor, but therefore the ticket is 6 times cheaper than with a flag carrier. So I am not complaining about it. You get what you pay for.

Boarding was fast and efficient. The crew was super friendly. Since it’s a budget airline and it’s a short flight, I can’t expect food or entertainment.

Boarding waiting outside in storm and rain is not OK

Flight details on public information screen were misleading and wrong.

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