FLIGHT HOP.fyi

✈ JFK → GIG

9H 57M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.

Flight time
9h 57m
Distance
4,803 mi
Or
7,730 km
Jet lag
1h

Flight from New York to Rio de Janeiro

From JFK (JFK), USA North America  →  Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America

↔ Flying the other way? Rio de Janeiro → New York

How long is the flight from New York to Rio de Janeiro?

A nonstop flight from New York (JFK) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 9 hours 57 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,803 miles (7,730 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

9h 57m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,803 mi

7,730 km · great-circle

Avg speed

777 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

New York 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 1144 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1322 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 317 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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Nearest destinations

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Flights to Rio de Janeiro

Nearest origins

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