Madrid Airport T4S to Arrivals

Someone suggested this video last year and I found it very useful - very thorough. I hope it answers your question.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0_-PL3nLes

Can’t answer your specific question, but when we were there in September it took about 1.5 hours to clear immigration. We must have arrived the same time as a few other flights. Fortunately the only thing planned for the day was to get the rental car and make our way to Ávila, our first night’s stop.

That video above is definitely helpful—I’ve shared his stuff here before.

You’ll take a people mover, not walk, when going from the satellite to the main terminal. The walk from the gate to passport control can be a hike—ten+ minutes going at a good pace, but without the moving walkway. AA always parks at the far end, guaranteeing the longest walks. Other carriers are a crap-shoot. My fastest from plane to curb was about 30 minutes. Longest about 1h40m.

As Jaime says, the variable is in the wait for immigration.

Protip: board the people mover to T4 at the front of the train, and cross to exit the other side of the wagon. That’ll leave you ahead of the rush to the elevators and escalators.

Thank you. I appreciate your responses.

We arrive in MAD on Emirates after a 32 hours flight via DXB and basically just want to get to our hotel in Madrid and sleep.

Our previous experiences on arrival at MAD airport have been most unfortunate. That's travel. It is what it is!!

thanks heaps

32 hours! Uff!

As you know, there's not much one can do to control the airport experience, so deep breaths to just get through it. I'd certainly recommend a taxi to your hotel. It's reasonably affordable with a flat rate of 30€, and it's so much easier than navigating transit options when your brain is likely a bit fried.

Gosh still 30eur I assumed it had increased since our last visit. Isn’t it a relief to arrive in the cities with fixed taxi rates. The amount of times we’ve been sorely ripped off by taxis from airports in some cities. Yep always taxis for us on arrival even train/bus stations, it can be exhausting navigating transport on arrival anywhere.

Thank you

Can you report back on how long this took? We are arriving in April.

Apologies for delayed response. Sorry I can't help, as we utilised a wheel chair, as previously. That was farcical, and took three hours.