Madrid to Palma de Mallorca by private jet takes about 1 h 06 min over 547 km, Madrid Barajas to Palma de Mallorca, normally on a light jet. Indicative price from €5 000 for the whole aircraft, one way. We quote against your dates within 30 minutes and the operations desk answers around the clock on +357 95 119759.
Madrid Barajas to Palma de Mallorca in about 1 h 06 on a light jet - the island-to-capital run for Spanish business, government and second-home traffic, and the quickest way onto a long-haul departure from Barajas. Arranged 24/7.
REQUEST A QUOTEBoth ends are big airports, but they are big in different ways. Palma is one of Europe's largest holiday-charter airports, and EBAA still counted 17,504 business-aviation movements there in 2023 against 14,754 at Madrid Barajas. On the island in August the difficulty is the queue you join; in Madrid it is simply scale, and the fact that business aviation lives in its own corner of a very large airport.
This is a domestic Spanish sector, so there is no border to arrange. What there is instead is congestion at one end and sheer size at the other. Palma in August is a package-holiday machine and a business jet takes its turn in it. Barajas is enormous, but business aviation there is handled separately.
| Airport | Codes | Distance | Suits you if |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid Barajas | MAD / LEMD | 547 km | The arrival. Business aviation is handled at a separate executive terminal, which is what keeps the ground time short at an airport of this size, and it is the connecting point for long-haul departures to the Americas. |
| Palma de Mallorca | PMI / LEPA | arrival | The departure for Mallorca. In July and August a light jet waits behind charter traffic here, so we plan the taxi and the departure slot rather than hope for the best. |
| Ibiza | IBZ / LEIB | arrival alternative | You are starting from Ibiza rather than Mallorca. It is a common combination, either Ibiza to Palma and on, or straight to Madrid on the same aircraft. |
| Menorca | MAH / LEMH | arrival alternative | You are on Menorca. A smaller field with fewer stands, where the aircraft usually has to be positioned in rather than found waiting. |
Airport coordinates and codes: OurAirports open dataset, retrieved 23 August 2026. Distance calculated great-circle.
At 547 km and about 1 h 06 in the air, this is a light jet sector and there is no argument to be had about range. The real decision is between the smallest cabin that will do the job and one step up from it, and on a Monday morning full of people carrying nothing but a laptop, the smallest usually wins.
The most common light jet on Spanish domestic sectors of this length. Quick to arrange from Palma in season, and with hold volume to spare on a trip this short.
See the Phenom 300 ›The economical choice for a small group going to Madrid for the day and back. Over 547 km the difference against a larger cabin is money rather than comfort.
See the Citation CJ2 ›A dependable light jet that keeps the price sensible when the dates are fixed. On a leg of about an hour the cruise speed difference against a newer type is a handful of minutes.
See the Citation Bravo ›All three types are on our own fleet pages. Larger cabins can be arranged on this sector if the party or the luggage calls for one.
From €5 000 one way. Indicative starting price for this route, rounded down. The date, the aircraft actually available and airport fees move it — tell us your dates and we confirm within 30 minutes.
The figure above is a floor rather than a fixed price for Madrid to Palma. On a domestic Spanish sector the cost is decided by where the aircraft starts its day and whether it can be released at the far end - and in August it is decided by both of those plus the queue at Palma.
The figures in circulation are hourly rates for the aircraft class rather than prices for this route. Brokers publish EUR 4,600 to 7,300 per hour for European light jets, others quote from EUR 2,900 per hour and others publish USD 3,750 to 4,200 per hour, all retrieved in 2026. On a 1 h 06 sector those rates will mislead you, because the crew day, the landing and handling at both ends and the positioning flight make up a larger share of the bill than the flying does.
Two things make a real difference here. The first is whether you are going out and back in a day, which is common on this route and usually the cheaper shape of trip, since the aircraft is not left parked on an island overnight in high season. The second is the month: through the summer most of the light jet fleet in Spain is committed to the Balearics, and an aircraft may have to be brought to you from the mainland. Send us the dates and we will price it properly.
This is a summer route in demand terms and a year-round route in business terms. The peak runs from June to September with May and October as the shoulder, but the midweek corporate traffic between Mallorca and the capital does not stop in winter.
| Period | What happens | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| June to September | The peak. Second-home owners, families and the business traffic that follows them all use this sector, with Palma running at full holiday-charter volume underneath it. | Three to four weeks out, and expect a taxi delay at Palma. Ask for an early departure, because the airport is calmest before the charter wave. |
| May and October | The shoulder months, and the best value on the route. The island is open, the airport is not saturated and the fleet is not yet committed to the season. | A week or two is usually enough. This is the easiest time to get both the aircraft and the departure hour you actually want. |
| November to March | Business only. Company travel, government and professional traffic between the island and the capital, largely midweek and largely out and back the same day. | Short notice is realistic. Ask about the same-day return, which prices better than two separate one-ways. |
| Easter and long weekends | Spanish public holidays compress a season's worth of island traffic into three or four days, in both directions at once. | Book as early as you can and be flexible about the hour rather than the date. |
Madrid is often a connection rather than a destination. Barajas is the Spanish long-haul gateway, and it is also the hub for the domestic sectors we fly most often.
A natural continuation of the same trip: the aircraft that brings you here can carry straight on.
Palma de Mallorca to Ibiza ›A natural continuation of the same trip: the aircraft that brings you here can carry straight on.
Palma de Mallorca to Barcelona ›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.
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