New York to Rio de Janeiro flight

Flights from New York to Rio de Janeiro start at €603.71 and take 13h 44m at their fastest.

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The Flights from New York to Rio de Janeiro starts at €603.71 and takes 13h 44m door to door, run by 2 operators over 7,992 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 7, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 13h 44mDoor to door
  • 10h 34mMoving
  • €761.83 to €1,652.73From
  • 06:07 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 2341.7 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 7, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€761.83 to €1,652.73 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €1,486.35Mon21
  2. about €1,220.85Tue22
  3. about €1,502.28Wed23
  4. about €1,652.73Thu24
  5. about €1,245.63Fri25
  6. about €1,394.90Sat26
  7. about €1,168.93Sun27
  8. about €763.01Mon28
  9. about €761.83Tue29
  10. about €920.54Wed30
  11. about €1,092.82Thu1
  12. about €946.50Fri2
  13. about €915.23Sat3
  14. about €826.14Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 7, 2026

Cheapest€603.71
  1. American Airlines AA756006:0710h 49m17:56John F. Kennedy International Airport JFKRio de Janeiro Galeão - Tom Jobim International Airport GIG

Door to door 13h 59mCO2 2341.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€668.02
  1. TAM Brazilian Airlines TA546906:1510h 34m17:49John F. Kennedy International Airport JFKRio de Janeiro Galeão - Tom Jobim International Airport GIG

Door to door 13h 44mCO2 2341.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
American Airlines€603.7113h 37m
TAM Brazilian Airlines€668.0213h 44m

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Booking window

When to book New York to Rio de Janeiro

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €805.4990 days
  2. €727.6160 days
  3. €541.7645 days
  4. €497.5130 days
  5. €750.0321 days
  6. €826.1414 days
  7. €1,168.937 days
  8. €1,502.283 days
  9. €1,486.351 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €497.51.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 202 percent. The most expensive point is €1,502.28, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €826.14Sun
  2. €763.01Mon
  3. €766.49Tue
  4. €920.54Wed
  5. €1,092.82Thu
  6. €946.50Fri
  7. €943.55Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

New York City

Air
  • JFK
  • EWR
  • LGA
  • ISP
  • TEB

Rio de Janeiro

Air
  • GIG
  • SDU
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 7,992 km against 7,759 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Bogotá, São Paulo, Charlotte, Miami. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves New York at 06:07 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about New York to Rio de Janeiro

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from New York to Rio de Janeiro take?

The Flight from New York to Rio de Janeiro takes 13h 44m door to door, of which 10h 34m is spent moving. The route runs 7,992 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from New York to Rio de Janeiro cost?

The Flight from New York to Rio de Janeiro starts at €603.71 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €791.33. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from New York to Rio de Janeiro?

2 operators run the Flight from New York to Rio de Janeiro: American Airlines, TAM Brazilian Airlines. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from New York to Rio de Janeiro use?

The Flight from New York to Rio de Janeiro leaves from John F. Kennedy International Airport JFK and arrives at Rio de Janeiro Galeão - Tom Jobim International Airport GIG. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from New York to Rio de Janeiro?

Fares for the Flight from New York to Rio de Janeiro bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €497.51. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 202 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from New York to Rio de Janeiro produce?

The Flight from New York to Rio de Janeiro produces about 2341.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 7992 km, which works out at roughly 293 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for New York to Rio de Janeiro on September 20, 2026: 7992 km of route against 7759 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €603.71, and 13h 44m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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