# Distance from Gitega (GID) to Salvador (SSA)

> 7,564 km · estimated flight time 10h · Long-haul route.

## Summary

- **Distance**: 7,564 km / 4,700 mi / 4,084 nm
- **Estimated flight time**: 10h
- **Heading**: 257° (west southwest)
- **Return heading**: 88° (east)
- **Classification**: Long-haul
- **Type**: International (Burundi) → Brazil
- **Intercontinental**: Africa → South America
- **Time difference**: -5h (When it's 04:04 in Gitega, it's 23:04 in Salvador)
- **Elevation difference**: 5,677 ft (SSA is lower than GID)

## Airports

### [Gitega Airport (GID)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/gid-gitega-gitega-airport/1ef266de-ea81-6826-889e-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Gitega, Burundi
- ICAO: HBBE
- Timezone: Africa/Bujumbura
- Coordinates: -3.420000, 29.910000
- Elevation: 5,741 ft

### [Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhaes International Airport (SSA)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/ssa-salvador-deputado-luiz-eduardo-magalhaes-international-airport/1ef266df-95b3-6de8-b44e-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Salvador, Brazil
- ICAO: SBSV
- Timezone: America/Bahia
- Coordinates: -12.910000, -38.320000
- Elevation: 64 ft

## Route notes

This is a long-haul route typically operated by wide-body aircraft such as the Boeing 777 or Airbus A350. Full meal service, in-flight entertainment, and comfort amenities are standard.

Time-zone information: When it's 04:04 in Gitega, it's 23:04 in Salvador.
The 5-hour time difference may cause some jet lag.

## Related

- [Gitega Airport (GID)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/gid-gitega-gitega-airport/1ef266de-ea81-6826-889e-06bb2780ed98)
- [Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhaes International Airport (SSA)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/ssa-salvador-deputado-luiz-eduardo-magalhaes-international-airport/1ef266df-95b3-6de8-b44e-06bb2780ed98)
- [Flight duration calculator](/#calculator)