Flying from Bogotá to Madrid?
Add a departure date and see which side gets the sun.
Flying from Bogotá to Madrid?
Add a departure date and see which side gets the sun.
Flying from Bogotá to Madrid?
Add a departure date and see which side gets the sun.
Bogotá → Madrid
A very long flight from Colombia to Spain. Madrid is 7 hours ahead. Don't forget to adjust your watch on arrival!
This route crosses the Tropic of Cancer, the northernmost latitude where the sun passes directly overhead.
The Athens of South America
Bogota sits on a high Andean plateau at over 2,600 meters (8,600 feet), ringed by mountains, with a climate that stays cool and mild year-round rather than tropical. The city has no metro yet; its first line is under construction, so the TransMilenio bus rapid transit system, along with taxis and rideshares, carries most trips, including to and from El Dorado Airport. The altitude can take a day or two to adjust to, especially for exertion. It's Colombia's political and economic center, with a large, well-preserved colonial core in La Candelaria.
Nearby airports
| 215 km / 134 mi |
Surrounding hubs
| 712 km / 442 mi | |
| 755 km / 469 mi | |
| 1,026 km / 638 mi |
The heart of Spain
Madrid sits high and dry on Spain's central plateau, a wide, grid-and-boulevard capital with no coast and a continental climate of hot summers and cold winters. It is one of Europe's more transit-friendly capitals: an extensive metro plus commuter rail covers the city and reaches the airport directly, and the historic core is easy to walk. Spanish life runs late, with dinner and the evening rhythm starting well after dark by other European standards. A car is rarely useful inside the city center.
Surrounding hubs
| 432 km / 268 mi | |
| 483 km / 300 mi | |
| 513 km / 319 mi |
Find out which side of the plane to sit on.
Pick your airports, set your departure time, and you're done.
We calculate the sun's position based on your flight path and departure time, then tell you which side of the plane gets direct sun and which stays shaded. No guessing, just math.
Enter your flight
Pick your departure and arrival airports and set your departure time at the departure airport. FlightSide estimates the duration and you can adjust it if you know the exact schedule.
We track the sun along your route
Your flight path is broken into hundreds of points. At each one we check where the sun is and which side of the plane it faces.
You get a recommendation
Which side of the plane to sit on, left or right, depending on whether you'd rather avoid the sun or enjoy it. The percentages and the map are there if you want to see why.
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Notes from the product.
Small updates, route observations, and clearer explanations for how the app keeps evolving.
Type less, wait less, wonder more
Airport search now understands metro codes and old city names, FlightSide loads noticeably faster, and a new Feeling lucky button chooses a flight for anyone without one in mind.
A closer look at the route, not just the seat
FlightSide now shows the two cities and key details about the flight alongside the seat recommendation: confirm you picked the right airports, read the time change off two clocks, and check the return leg.
It's all about the sun (after all)
Not all sunlight reaches the side windows. FlightSide now weighs the sun’s angle to the cabin and shows twilight along the route.