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✈ GIG → DFW

RIO DE JANEIRO → DALLAS IN 10H 46M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
10h 46m
Distance
5,232 mi
Or
8,420 km
Jet lag
2h

Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Dallas

From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America  →  Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? Dallas → Rio de Janeiro

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

A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Dallas (DFW) takes about 10 hours 46 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,232 miles (8,420 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 46m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,232 mi

8,420 km · great-circle

Avg speed

782 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Dallas timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Time difference

-2h

2 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~1.4d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1246 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1440 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 345 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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