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✈ ATL → GIG

9H 51M. ATLANTA TO RIO DE JANEIRO. YOUR BACK WILL FILE A COMPLAINT.

Flight time
9h 51m
Distance
4,749 mi
Or
7,642 km
Jet lag
1h

Flight from Atlanta to Rio de Janeiro

From Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL), USA North America  →  Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America

↔ Flying the other way? Rio de Janeiro → Atlanta

How long is the flight from Atlanta to Rio de Janeiro?

A nonstop flight from Atlanta (ATL) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 9 hours 51 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,749 miles (7,642 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

9h 51m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,749 mi

7,642 km · great-circle

Avg speed

776 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Atlanta timezone

UTC-4

America/New_York

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Time difference

+1h

1 hour ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~1d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1131 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1307 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 313 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.

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