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São Paulo to Rosario flight path

GRU → ROSGRUROS
The shortest path on the sphere. On a flat map it looks curved; on the globe it is a straight line.

Along the shortest route, the flight from São Paulo to Rosario covers 1,090 miles (1,750 km) — about 2 h 30 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina.

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From São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU) to Rosario Islas Malvinas International Airport (ROS) · GRU · ROS

GRUSão Paulo
ROSRosario
Great-circle distance
1,750 km
Duration, no wind
2 h 30 min
Over water
0 %
Time difference today
+0 h

The route drawn is the theoretical one — the shortest path on the sphere. The real aircraft follows airways, avoids storms and closed airspace, and rides the wind: it can be hundreds of kilometres off.

What countries do you fly over from São Paulo to Rosario?

  • Brazil
  • Uruguay
  • Argentina

Which side of the plane to sit on to see Pico Paraná

To see Pico Paraná (1,877 m), sit on the left: it lies about 4 km from the route, ≈ 35 min into the flight.

Left window
  • Pico Paraná (1,877 m) ≈ 35 min
  • São José dos Pinhais ≈ 40 min
  • Joinville ≈ 40 min
  • Santa Maria ≈ 1 h 25 min
Right window
  • Sorocaba ≈ 20 min
  • Curitiba ≈ 40 min
  • Ponta Grossa ≈ 45 min
  • Chapecó ≈ 1 h 05 min

Left and right facing forward, on the theoretical route. Times are from take-off, with no wind.

Leg by leg

1 hUTC−3Serra da MantiquieraBrazilian HighlandsEntre RíosPico Paraná 1,877 m 4 kmCuritiba 10 kmJoinville 93 kmSão José dos Pinhais 3 kmPonta Grossa 94 kmChapecó 70 kmSanta Maria 89 kmGRUROS▲ Left window▼ Right window◀ Left windowRight window ▶1 hSerra da MantiquieraPico Paraná1,877 m · 4 kmSão José dos Pinhais3 km off routeJoinville93 km off routeSanta Maria89 km off routeSorocaba59 km off routeCuritiba10 km off routePonta Grossa94 km off routeChapecó70 km off routeGRUROSUTC−3

LandWaterCity, with its distance from the routePeakClock change

See the full list, leg by leg
  1. Take-off from São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport
  2. Below: Serra da Mantiquiera0 km · ≈ 15 min into the flight
  3. Sorocaba, Brazil — on the right, 59 km away82 km · ≈ 20 min into the flight
  4. Below: Serra do Mar210 km · ≈ 30 min into the flight
  5. Pico Paraná, 1,877 m — on the left, 4 km away313 km · ≈ 35 min into the flight
  6. Curitiba, Brazil — on the right, 10 km away360 km · ≈ 40 min into the flight
  7. São José dos Pinhais, Brazil — on the left, 3 km away362 km · ≈ 40 min into the flight
  8. Below: Brazilian Highlands368 km · ≈ 40 min into the flight
  9. Below: Serra Geral385 km · ≈ 40 min into the flight
  10. Joinville, Brazil — on the left, 93 km away388 km · ≈ 40 min into the flight
  11. Ponta Grossa, Brazil — on the right, 94 km away407 km · ≈ 45 min into the flight
  12. Chapecó, Brazil — on the right, 70 km away737 km · ≈ 1 h 05 min into the flight
  13. Santa Maria, Brazil — on the left, 89 km away1,000 km · ≈ 1 h 25 min into the flight
  14. Below: Entre Ríos1,440 km · ≈ 1 h 55 min into the flight
  15. Below: Pampas1,740 km · ≈ 2 h 15 min into the flight
  16. Landing at Rosario Islas Malvinas International Airport1,750 km · ≈ 2 h 15 min into the flight

Times assume a typical jet speed, no wind and an on-time departure. Good for orientation, not for your watch.

Which side the sun, sunrise or sunset will be on

Enter the day and take-off time. Your phone does the maths: the sun's position on every leg of the route, relative to the nose of the aircraft.

Take-offLanding

Sky: light is daytime, amber is sunrise or sunset, dark is night. Left and Right show which side the sun is on for each leg.

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Arriving in Rosario

Rosario
Rosario · Photo: Bleff · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Flight time and distance

About 2 h 30 min with no wind, including half an hour of taxi, climb and descent. On a long flight the wind aloft can change that by more than an hour, differently each way.

1,090 miles (1,750 km, 946 nautical miles) along the great circle. The real flight covers a little more because it follows airways.

Time zones you cross

kmTimeZone
0 kmUTC−3Sao Paulo

Airspace (FIRs) along the route

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

  • Brasilia
  • Curitiba
  • Montevideo
  • Ezeiza

FAQ

Where does the plane fly from São Paulo to Rosario?

Along the shortest route, the flight from São Paulo to Rosario covers 1,090 miles (1,750 km) — about 2 h 30 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina.

What countries do you fly over from São Paulo to Rosario?

It passes over or close to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. This is the theoretical route: the aircraft may deviate for wind or closed airspace.

How long is the flight from São Paulo to Rosario?

About 2 h 30 min with no wind, including half an hour of taxi, climb and descent. On a long flight the wind aloft can change that by more than an hour, differently each way.

How far is São Paulo from Rosario by plane?

1,090 miles (1,750 km, 946 nautical miles) along the great circle. The real flight covers a little more because it follows airways.

How much of the flight is over water?

0% of the route, about 0 km.

Why doesn't the plane fly in a straight line on the map?

It does fly straight — on a sphere. On a flat map the shortest path looks curved; on the globe on this page it looks like what it is.

Does GPS work in airplane mode?

Yes. GPS is a receiver: it listens to satellites and transmits nothing, so it keeps working in airplane mode. What you won't have is a map unless you downloaded it; Modo Avión carries its own.

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How this was calculated

The route is the great-circle arc 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 regions. Countries are those with a town within 25 km of the route: in empty areas one may be missing. Cities named have over 250,000 people and lie within 110 km.

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