Flights Rio De Janeiro → Lisbon
GIG → LIS
How long is the flight from Rio De Janeiro to Lisbon?
The flight from Rio De Janeiro (GIG) to Lisbon (LIS) takes 9h 25m on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Rio de Janeiro to Lisbon operates with a perfect on-time performance, as evidenced by its one hundred percent on-time percentage and an average delay of negative one minute. The annual passenger traffic at the destination airport is thirty-one million one hundred seventy-three thousand passengers, and the flights are operated using Airbus A330-200 or Airbus A340-300 aircraft.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Rio De Janeiro (GIG) → Lisbon (LIS) route is operated by TAP Portugal. Across 3 flights monitored in recent months, 100% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of -1 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 9.2/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Lisbon the average ATFM delay is 1.1 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Rio De Janeiro the average ATFM delay is 3.5 minutes.
Heading to Lisbon: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Rio De Janeiro (GIG) to Lisbon (LIS) heads north-east for about 7,715 km, a flight time of roughly 9h 25m.
Departures from Rio De Janeiro on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 67% of GIG-LIS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Rio De Janeiro the average ATFM delay is 3.5 min (atfm); arriving into Lisbon it is 1.1 min (atfm).
Across 3 tracked GIG-LIS flights, 100% left on time with an average delay of -1 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAP Portugal (TP) | 73% | 17 min | 0.9% |
Airlines operating GIG-LIS
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Frequently asked questions about GIG-LIS
The flight from Rio De Janeiro (GIG) to Lisbon (LIS) takes 9h 25m on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Rio De Janeiro (GIG) -> Lisbon (LIS) route, on-time performance is 100% with an average delay of -1 minutes, based on 3 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Rio De Janeiro-Lisbon is 0.00% across 3 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: TAP Portugal.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
