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✈ SEA → GIG

13H 56M, 6,884 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
13h 56m
Distance
6,884 mi
Or
11,079 km
Jet lag
4h

Flight from Seattle to Rio de Janeiro

From Sea-Tac (SEA), USA North America  →  Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America

↔ Flying the other way? Rio de Janeiro → Seattle

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

A nonstop flight from Seattle (SEA) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 13 hours 56 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,884 miles (11,079 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

13h 56m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,884 mi

11,079 km · great-circle

Avg speed

795 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Seattle timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Time difference

+4h

4 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~4d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1640 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1895 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 454 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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