- Great circle
- 7,715 km
- 4,794 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 10h 05m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 38.8°N
- at 0% along
- One lap of Earth
- 19.3%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 85th longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Lisbon the path crosses 5,690 km of open water, then Brazil, then 482 km of open water, then Brazil.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 38.8°N, 0% of the way along.
Holding a single compass bearing the whole way would cover almost exactly the same ground, so on this route the flat map and the globe agree.
Leaving Lisbon the aircraft points south-west (214°); it arrives into Rio de Janeiro heading south-west (208°). That is 6° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.
Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro, asked and answered
- How far is Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro?
- Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro (LIS to GIG) is 7,715 km, or 4,794 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro?
- About 10h 05m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing.
- What route does a Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro flight take?
- The great circle passes over 5,690 km of open water, then Brazil, then 482 km of open water, then Brazil. It reaches 38.8°N at its furthest from the equator.
Where these numbers come from
Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules.
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