What you fly over between São Paulo and Lisbon

The GRU–LIS flight covers 7,935 km, crosses 9 airspace regions and 8 time zones, and spends 71% of the way over water. See what is below you, leg by leg.

The planet seen from outside, with the GRU–LIS route drawn as a line between both airports
The route over the planet. On a flat map the short path looks curved; here it looks like what it is: a straight line on a sphere.

Summary

Estimated duration
9 h 37 min
Great-circle distance
7,935 km
In miles
4,930 mi · 4,284 NM
Initial bearing
30°
Over water
71% · 5,607 km
Longest stretch of water
5,607 km · Atlantic Ocean
Time difference
+4 h

Airspace regions crossed (9)

Each one is a separate control region: when the aircraft crosses the boundary, the centre talking to the pilot changes. Boundaries are approximate — they come from the VATSIM data set, not from the official ICAO chart.

  1. Brasilia (Completo) - Brasilia
  2. Recife (Completo) - Recife
  3. Atlantico (Completo) - Atlantico
  4. Dakar Oceanic
  5. Sal Oceanic
  6. Canarias Oceanic
  7. Canarias
  8. Agadir
  9. Lisboa

Time zones crossed (8)

  1. America/Sao_Paulo
  2. America/Bahia
  3. America/Recife
  4. America/Fortaleza
  5. Atlantic/Cape_Verde
  6. Atlantic/Canary
  7. Atlantic/Madeira
  8. Europe/Lisbon

Where it passes

Named oceans, seas, mountain ranges, deserts and islands under the track, in order.

  1. Serra da Mantiquiera
  2. Brazilian Highlands
  3. Borborema Plateau
  4. Caatinga
  5. Cape Verde
  6. Canary Islands
  7. Iberian Peninsula

Peaks near the route

Within 120 km of the track. Highest first.

  • Teide — 3,718 m
  • Pedra da Mina — 2,798 m
  • Pico do Jabre — 1,197 m

And all of this, on board

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How this was calculated

The route is the great circle between both airports, split into 300 points. At each point a point-in-polygon test runs against 1,102 airspace regions, 418 time zones and 1,338 physical geography polygons. A real aircraft does not fly the exact great circle: it follows airways, avoids storms and rides the wind. This is the reference, not the flight plan.