Madrid (MAD) to Bucharest (BUH): 1,528 miles (2,459 km) great-circle, about 3h 35m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $139 round-trip on Wizz Air Malta, nonstop, departing May 21, 2026.
$139 round-trip, Wizz Air Malta W43172, departing 2026-05-21 at 19:10, returning 2026-05-25. The recorded itinerary left on a Thursday, returning on a Monday 4 nights later; the fare was observed 26 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $139, it ranked 10th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from MAD (median $182). That is 9.1 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), below the MAD median of 17.6 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from MAD of similar length: Warsaw (1,411 mi) at $107 and Gdańsk (1,397 mi) at $148.
Wizz Air Malta had the cheapest fare on 6 of 30 MAD routes. It is the 14th longest of the 30 routes we track from MAD.
Of 11 departure airports with a fare to Bucharest, Madrid (MAD) ranked 7th at $139. Lowest: $31 from Berlin (BER); highest: $962 from Lagos (LOS); 7 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Wizz Air Malta (4), Wizz Air (3), Ryanair (2), Alaska Airlines (1) and Royal Air Maroc (1).
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Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones Europe/Madrid, Europe/Bucharest; flight time is our estimate.