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Addis Ababa (ADD) – Sao Paulo (GRU)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
9,931 km
6,171 mi · 5,362 nm
Flight time
12 h 30 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
6 h
CO2 per passenger
1,162 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (688 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
124,955
Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · +12.8%
Flights / week
11
Both directions, average
Seats filled
68%
182,496 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
1
ETH

Traffic: ANAC (Brazil), Dados Estatísticos do Transporte Aéreo, scheduled flights, Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

Great circle from ADD to GRUADDGRU
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from ADD
246°
Heading from GRU
80°
Halfway point
-9.80, -1.90
Great-circle km
9,927 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Sao Paulo is 6 h behind Addis Ababa

The estimate for a route without real times is 12 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)Busiest: April 2026: 13,548 passengers
05K10K15KSepOctNovDecJanFebMarApr13.5KMayJunJulAug
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Month Passengers
Sep 20259,464
Oct 20259,309
Nov 20259,287
Dec 20258,766
Jan 20268,153
Feb 20267,694
Mar 202612,336
Apr 202613,548
May 202611,534
Jun 202610,899
Jul 202611,618
Aug 202612,347
Flights per month, both directions (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)Busiest: October 2025: 62 flights
050100SepOct62NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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Month Flights
Sep 202560
Oct 202562
Nov 202560
Dec 202561
Jan 202660
Feb 202656
Mar 202640
Apr 202631
May 202632
Jun 202635
Jul 202639
Aug 202630

Airlines flying ADD–GRU nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
ETHEthiopian Airlines Group11
100%

Both directions, Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. ANAC (Brazil), Dados Estatísticos do Transporte Aéreo, scheduled flights. Sources

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 9,927 km.

Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).

Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.

Every airport pair between Addis Ababa and Sao Paulo

GRUCGHVCP
ADD9,9319,9539,990

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Sao Paulo airports

More routes from ADD

Route Distance Passengers / year
ADD → BOM3,838 km 361,627
ADD → DEL4,552 km 293,127
ADD → CDG5,573 km 213,020
ADD → IAD11,576 km 210,346
ADD → FRA5,340 km 203,239
ADD → IST3,713 km 185,614
ADD → FCO4,473 km 147,929
ADD → MXP4,976 km 145,078
ADD → BRU5,611 km 122,457
ADD → VIE4,815 km 107,129

More routes from GRU

Route Distance Passengers / year
GRU → POA864 km 1,939,098
GRU → REC2,095 km 1,925,053
GRU → GIG337 km 1,487,249
GRU → CWB359 km 1,457,725
GRU → CNF494 km 1,441,048
GRU → SCL2,617 km 1,380,638
GRU → SSA1,448 km 1,305,608
GRU → BSB851 km 1,287,822
GRU → AEP1,693 km 1,282,051
GRU → FOR2,336 km 1,249,285

Questions

Addis Ababa (ADD) and Sao Paulo (GRU) are 9,931 km (6,171 miles, 5,362 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.