Route
What you fly over from Madrid to New York
Between Madrid and New York your aircraft touches 3 countries: it lands in two and flies over 1. This is the route computed as in your Passport: a great circle between the two airports and a 5 km corridor over the countries.
Countries in flying order
- 1SpainLanded
- 2PortugalFlown over
- 3United States of AmericaLandedMassachusetts · New York · Rhode Island
Estimated great-circle route with the usual corridor adjustment; the actual flight varies with wind and traffic. The return flight crosses the same countries in reverse.
What you see from the window
The coast of Galicia is the last of Europe. The Azores pass under the wing, often hidden by cloud, and then it is hours of Atlantic. Land returns over Massachusetts and Rhode Island; on the approach to JFK, Long Island and, depending on the runway, the whole of Manhattan across the river.
The usual aircraft
This route is usually flown by Airbus A330, Airbus A350, Boeing 777. At cruise the cabin is held at a pressure equivalent to about 6 000 ft (1 829 m) of altitude: that is why your ears pop on the way down.
Westbound takes longer: the polar jet stream blows from west to east at hundreds of kilometres per hour. The return to Madrid is usually an hour shorter than the way out.
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