Halfway between Madrid and New York
The midpoint of the shortest route between Madrid and New York is over the North Atlantic Ocean.
- Midpoint coordinates
- 46.316° N 38.768° W
- Great-circle distance
- 5,769km
- 3,584 mi
- Approx. flight time
- 7h 17min
- at 850 km/h, plus 30 min
- Initial heading
- 295°
- from Madrid, true north
- Nearest large city
- Sydney
- Canada · 1,643 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
639km
On a Mercator map, the middle of the straight line between these cities is 639 km away from the true midpoint. The shortest route curves toward the pole.
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