Live flights over Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (GIG)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 327 departures and 315 arrivals at Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport, 321 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are São Paulo (GRU), Porto Alegre (POA) and Buenos Aires (AEP). The airline seen most often is Gol Transportes Aéreos.
Airport data
- IATA code
- GIG
- ICAO code
- SBGL
- City
- Rio De Janeiro
- Region
- Rio de Janeiro
- Country
- Brazil
- Elevation
- 9 m (28 ft)
- Coordinates
- -22.81, -43.25056
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Rio De Janeiro.
Seen by the network
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 174 | 161 | 335 |
| Sat 24 | 153 | 154 | 307 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- São Paulo GRU 46 flights
- Porto Alegre POA 36 flights
- Buenos Aires AEP Argentina 26 flights
- Campinas VCP 24 flights
- Fortaleza FOR 21 flights
- Buenos Aires EZE Argentina 18 flights
- São Paulo CGH 12 flights
- Brasília BSB 10 flights
- Florianópolis FLN 9 flights
- Santiago SCL Chile 9 flights
- Ciudad de la Costa MVD Uruguay 9 flights
- Vitória VIX 7 flights
- Navegantes NVT 6 flights
- Paris CDG France 5 flights
- Amsterdam AMS Netherlands 4 flights
- Miami MIA United States 4 flights
Airlines
- Gol Transportes AéreosGLO 276
- TAM Brazilian AirlinesTAM 103
- Azul Linhas Aéreas BrasileirasAZU 68
- Aerolíneas ArgentinasARG 18
- LATAM ChileLAN 17
- Copa AirlinesCMP 12
- JetSMARTJAT 12
- JetSMART ArgentinaJES 12
- AviancaAVA 10
- TAP PortugalTAP 9
Aircraft
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 156
- Boeing 737-800 B738 135
- Airbus A320 A320 69
- Airbus A320neo A20N 59
- E295 51
- Airbus A321neo A21N 29
- Airbus A321 A321 25
- Boeing 777-200 B772 14
- Boeing 777-300ER B77W 13
- B39M 12
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/-22.81/lon/-43.25056/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Rio De Janeiro right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Rio De Janeiro: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of GIG, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Gol Transportes Aéreos, TAM Brazilian Airlines, Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras, Aerolíneas Argentinas and LATAM Chile.
What are the main connections from Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: São Paulo (GRU, 46), Porto Alegre (POA, 36), Buenos Aires (AEP, 26), Campinas (VCP, 24) and Fortaleza (FOR, 21). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Rio De Janeiro? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport? +
Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport has IATA code GIG and ICAO code SBGL. It lies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at coordinates -22.81, -43.25056.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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