Lisbon to Madrid is 513 km, about 1 h 04 in the air on a light jet. Most private flights leave from Cascais Tires rather than Lisbon, which has no scheduled traffic to queue behind and sits about 20 minutes from the city. This is an Iberian business pairing rather than a leisure one: it runs March to June and September to November and goes quiet in August. A written quotation follows inside 30 minutes; +357 95 119759 answers at any hour.
An hour between the two Iberian capitals, out and back inside a working day without a terminal at either end. The kind of sector where the time saved is the whole product.
REQUEST A QUOTEThe classic Iberian day trip: short enough that the ground time at each end is the real variable.
Three fields worth knowing, and the choice at the Lisbon end is the one that changes your morning.
| Field | Code | Role on this route | What decides it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cascais Tires | CAT / LPCS | The business aviation field | Runway 1,700 m, no scheduled traffic, about 20 minutes from Lisbon and closer to Cascais and Estoril. A large share of private traffic uses it precisely because Lisbon is short of capacity |
| Lisbon Humberto Delgado | LIS / LPPT | Alternative | The main airport. Full handling, but capacity is tight and slots are the reason many private flights use Cascais instead |
| Madrid Barajas | MAD / LEMD | Arrival | Executive handling alongside the main airport. Straightforward at any hour, and the field a day trip actually uses |
| Madrid Cuatro Vientos | LECU | Situational | Smaller general aviation field closer to the south-west of the city, subject to type and handling on the day |
Runway and traffic facts at Cascais are published aerodrome data. Handling arrangements at the Madrid fields are confirmed against the specific date.
An hour with a briefcase is a light jet sector. Anything larger is comfort rather than capability.
Up to seven seats and the aircraft most often placed on short Mediterranean sectors. The usual first answer.
Phenom 300 →Four to six with luggage, easier to place at short notice in the season, and cheaper to run on a short leg.
Citation CJ2 →The older light jet on the same sectors. Less cabin, lower cost, and worth asking about when the schedule is flexible.
Citation Bravo →We do not publish a starting price for Lisbon to Madrid. On a one-hour sector the crew day and the handling at both ends dominate the bill, and a day return is priced differently from a one-way. Below are hourly rates other people publish for light jets in Europe.
| Reference | Applies to | Published figure | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole aircraft, this route | Lisbon to Madrid | not published | We hold no route price for this pairing and will not invent one. The written quotation against your dates is the only price |
| Hourly rate, light jets | Europe | 4,600 – 7,300 EUR per hour | Broker published range, undated, retrieved 2026 |
| Hourly rate, from | Europe | from 2,900 EUR per hour | Broker published range, 19.02.2026 |
| Hourly rate, quoted in dollars | Light jets | 3,750 – 4,200 USD per hour | Broker published range, August 2026 |
| Empty leg | varies with the day | brokers publish discounts of 50 – 75% | Broker price pages, retrieved 2026 |
The question that decides a day trip is what the aircraft does while you are in the meeting. If it waits at Madrid, you pay for the wait; if it goes home and comes back, you pay for two extra sectors. On an hour-long pairing the difference between those two is most of the price, and it is the first thing to ask any operator. The second is which Lisbon field the quotation assumes, because Cascais and Lisbon are not the same handling bill.
The figures above are third-party published rates, quoted so you can sanity-check a quotation. They are not our prices and they are not a quotation. The only price we stand behind is the written one against your dates.
A business pattern rather than a season, and it runs opposite to the leisure routes.
| Period | What happens | What to do about it |
|---|---|---|
| March to June | Peak business travel between the capitals | Book the morning slots early; they go first |
| September to November | The second business peak | Same pattern, and the better weather months for a same-day return |
| August | Quiet. Iberia is on holiday and so are the counterparties | Good availability and softer pricing, if you have reason to fly |
| Late December | Quiet again, with a short sharp peak either side of the holidays | Fix dates early for the days immediately before and after |
What usually follows, and the two combinations we are asked for most.
The most common shape of this trip. Ask about the waiting aircraft rather than assuming it - it is the item that decides the price.
Frequently the second half of a summer trip rather than a business one.
Lisbon to Ibiza →Madrid to Geneva, Paris or London as a second sector, quoted with the first.
Paris to Geneva →Tell us your dates and how many of you there are. Your dedicated flight advisor will come back with aircraft options and a firm price.