MAD → TFUMadrid to Chengdu

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Direct flights from Madrid (MAD) to Chengdu (TFU): 4 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. No cancellations were recorded across the 3 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 9,211 km, an estimated 12 hours 19 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Madrid and Chengdu. Updated 3 November 2026 at 01:13 UTC.

MAD Madrid busy · +24
TFU Chengdu tracking
9,211 km · ~12h 19m est.
departs 11:054x weekly
Under pressure · 1 airline · 4x weekly · nonstop
68 / 100

route health from live MAD and TFU delay boards

0 of 3 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Flight time~12h 19mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures4x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Sichuan Airlines

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
Sichuan Airlines3U

Flights 3U3804 11:05 Mo We Fr Su

History

operated legs · board outcomes
11-023U3804departed+2
10-303U3804departed+20
10-283U3804departed+24

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
MADMadrid +24 min busy 🌤 clear · N 3 kt Full MAD delay board →
TFUChengdu tracking 🌤 few clouds · E 2 kt Full TFU delay board →

Weather lens

Conditions are tightest at MAD: a 18% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +3 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Madrid to Chengdu route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop MAD to TFU flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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MAD to TFU questions

Is MAD–TFU running on time right now?

Mostly on schedule. The departure side at MAD is the weaker end, route health score 68/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from MAD to TFU?

Great-circle distance is 9,211 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 680–820 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does MAD–TFU fly?

Sichuan Airlines runs the route with about 4 flights a week (sun, mon, wed, fri). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.

What does the route health score measure?

A blend of departure-side delay at MAD and arrival-side delay at TFU, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.