TP81 distance and great-circle path
TP81 covers 7,935 km, or 4,930 miles. That makes it a long-haul flight, a widebody route with a full night's flying time. Of the 439 routes we track, it ranks 138 by distance.
The plane leaves Lisbon heading south-west. On the map above, the line looks curved. That is normal. The shortest path over a round planet never looks straight on a flat screen. Our guide explains how the LIS-GRU route appears on a tracker map.
Why TP81 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 10.1 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 787 km/h. An Airbus A330-900 cruises faster than that. The gap is taxi time, climbing, descending and holding.
Winds aloft shift the real flight time by up to an hour in either direction. See how high-altitude winds behave in our guide to turbulence and jet streams.
Can the Airbus A330-900 comfortably fly TP81?
Not really. It uses about 60% of the Airbus A330-900's range. That leaves room for a full load of passengers and bags. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Airbus A330-900.
What to know about TP81
- Time change: you land 3 hours behind the time you left.
- Crosses the equator: you swap seasons between takeoff and landing.