Halfway between Madrid and Mexico City
The midpoint of the shortest route between Madrid and Mexico City is over the North Atlantic Ocean.
- Midpoint coordinates
- 40.354° N 58.102° W
- Great-circle distance
- 9,063km
- 5,631 mi
- Approx. flight time
- 11h 10min
- at 850 km/h, plus 30 min
- Initial heading
- 288°
- from Madrid, true north
- Nearest large city
- Halifax
- Canada · 655 km
- Shortest route (great circle)
- Straight line on a flat map
- True midpoint
- Where the flat map puts it
Flat-map illusion
Flat-map error
1,252km
On a Mercator map, the middle of the straight line between these cities is 1,252 km away from the true midpoint. The shortest route curves toward the pole.
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