Madrid MAD to Venice VCE flight with Air France

Madrid to Venice Flights: An Overview

While slowly sinking into the Adriatic, Venice remains one of the world's most iconic travel destinations, a place of classical beauty and romance with its canals, soaring church spires and gondolas. Direct flights from Madrid to Venice offer vacationers from Spain the opportunity to arrive at the Adriatic lagoon city in around two hours and 30 minutes. Daily direct flights are available with a choice of airlines, including a national carrier, with departure times in the morning, afternoon and evening. Frequent indirect connections with one change en route increase the daily flight options from the Spanish capital to Venice. 

Which airlines fly from Madrid to Venice?

Spanish national carrier Iberia offers daily direct flights from Madrid to Venice. Air Europa also has daily direct flights to the Italian city from Madrid, with some services operated in a codeshare with Italian national carrier Alitalia. Indirect flights from Madrid to Venice are provided by a choice of airlines, with routes including Alitalia connections via Rome Fiumicino, vueling budget airline flights via Barcelona, and TAP Portugal departures via Lisbon. 

How long is the flight from Madrid to Venice?

The fastest journey time for the 1417 kilometer route north east from Madrid to Venice is two hours and 25 minutes, achieved by some Iberia flights. Most direct flights on this route take five minutes longer to reach the Italian city.  Alitalia flights with a stop at Rome Fiumicino offer the quickest indirect connection from Madrid, taking a total journey time of four hours and 25 minutes to reach Venice.  Most other indirect services take more than five hours to complete the trip. 

How many flights are there from Madrid to Venice?

There are six daily direct flights in total from Madrid to Venice on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, with four direct flights on the other days.  The Air Europa schedule includes two flights to Venice daily from Sunday-Friday, with one direct flight on Saturdays. Departure times from Madrid include early morning, afternoon and late evening take-off options. There are also more than 20 daily indirect flights to Venice with one change in transit, using a variety of airlines and routes with departures from very early morning to mid evening. 

What are the departure and arrival airports for flights from Madrid to Venice?

Departure Airport: Madrid Barajas Airport is situated about 12 kilometers north east of central Madrid, with public transport links on express buses and trains on metro line eight and Cercanias local rail services C1 and C10, taking 30 minutes from downtown. The airport has long and short-stay parking lots, children's play areas, baggage storage facilities, tapas bars, restaurants, a Real Madrid FC soccer store, a pharmacy, business lounges, and free WiFi. 

Arrival Airport: Venice Marco Polo Airport is located on the mainland, eight kilometers north of the city, with transfers to the center available on local bus services and water buses, taking around 30 minutes. Facilities at the airport include car rental desks, designer shopping malls, pizzerias, international restaurants, coffee bars,  book stores, business lounges, and free WiFi.