Cheap flights from New York to Madrid from $337

The month of October is, on average, the cheapest month to fly to Madrid from New York, with most prices found around $476. If you don’t want to visit Madrid in October, then you should wait until January to fly from New York, when ticket prices are also cheap, with an average price of $481.

The cheapest day to depart on your flight to Madrid is on a Wednesday when prices can be found for as low as $628. This is often the case because there is less demand to fly during this day of the week. Be sure to avoid booking your departure on a Saturday as prices are generally higher than usual. According to our data, the average ticket price to Madrid on Saturday is $736.

Flying to Madrid from New York in the afternoon is the least expensive time of day to depart. momondo users have found prices as low as $661 when looking at flights departing in the afternoon. Flights to Madrid are more costly in the evening, with an average ticket price of $665. Departure times in the evening fall within the peak daily travel times, which is why tickets can be more expensive.

Fly from New York John F Kennedy Intl to Madrid Barajas for the best New York - Madrid Barajas flight prices

You are more likely to see cheaper flights to Madrid from New York when booking weeks ahead of your departure date. In general, you can expect to find flights to Madrid for around $582 when searching weeks out. However, flight prices might be lower outside of this timeframe. For example, people recently found flights to Madrid from New York for as low as $532 on momondo.

You could potentially save up to 14% on your flight if you consider stops on a New York to Madrid flight.

As of May 2026, prices for New York to Madrid flights are approximately 6% cheaper when compared to flights at the same time last year.

United Airlines, Finnair, and KLM are the most popular carriers operating from New York to Madrid Barajas

Iberia, United Airlines and British Airways are the top three most popular airlines that fly to Madrid from New York according to our data. Iberia is the first choice among our users, with 47% of people opting to fly with this airline when traveling to Madrid. Keep in mind that there are 19 different airlines that fly to Madrid on a routine basis, so you have a few additional options to choose from.

Historically, on average around 18% of flights between New York and Madrid have experienced a delay on any given week. The average delay length over the past 12 months has been 179 minutes.

Generally, flights departing at night tend to experience fewer delays. Flights in the evening have, in the past, seen delays more frequently in comparison.

Saturday is statistically the day of the week which experiences the fewest number of delays on this flight route. Wednesday has historically seen more delays on average compared to the rest of the week.

According to our data, Air Europa have had the least number of delays on this route over the last 12 months; with about 11% of their flights experiencing any sort of delay.

Lisbon (LIS) was the most common stop: 58% of momondo users choosing 1-stop flights on this route connected there.

Flights via Boston (BOS) offer the lowest average round-trip price of $150.

Flights connecting via Montreal (YUL) have the shortest average one-way travel time: 9h 10m.

Zurich (ZRH) has the shortest average layover time for this route: 0h 47m.

As of May 2026, 33 flights take off from New York and land in Madrid each day. The most common flight departure time for this route is 8:00PM, with 68% of daily flights taking off in the evening.

The number of flights available between New York and Madrid is 236 per week as of May 2026. The most frequent departure day is Sat, with 16% of weekly flights leaving on this day.