✈ ICN → GIG

22H 19M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.

Flight time
22h 19m
Distance
11,254 mi
Or
18,111 km
Jet lag
12h

Flight from Seoul to Rio de Janeiro

From Incheon (ICN), South Korea Asia  →  Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America

How long is the flight from Seoul to Rio de Janeiro?

A nonstop flight from Seoul (ICN) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 22 hours 19 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 11,254 miles (18,111 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

22h 19m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

11,254 mi

18,111 km · great-circle

Avg speed

812 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Seoul timezone

UTC+9

Asia/Seoul

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Time difference

-12h

12 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~8.4d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 2680 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 3097 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 743 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.