See all results →
All airlines, graded All airports All routes International routes Countries & sources Most reliable airlines Most delayed airlines Worst airports for delays Most delayed routes Delay compensation & your rights Analysis How we grade
A

Recife (REC) departure delays

2,961 departures · 40 routes · January 2025 – August 2026

85.15%

Left on time

Within 15 minutes of schedule

0.84%

Cancelled

Share of departures

—

When late, late by

Average delayed departure

#16

Rank

Among graded US airports

What the record says about REC

Departures from REC leave close to schedule more often than most airports in the record. An airport this punctual is usually one with spare capacity in its runway slots.

The airlines flying from here are not equally affected. Gol Linhas Aéreas left on time 9 points more often than LATAM Brasil from the same airport — which is the clearest evidence available that a delayed departure is not purely the airport's fault.

With 40 routes in the record, REC is a hub, and hubs carry a particular risk: a delay early in the day propagates through every aircraft that was due to fly on afterwards. Morning departures from a hub are reliably better than evening ones.

Which airlines run best out of REC

Airline Departures On time
Gol Linhas Aéreas 613 89.2%
Azul Linhas Aéreas 1,748 85.7%
LATAM Brasil 491 80.2%

Routes out of REC

REC → GRU São Paulo 480 flights · 75.78% on time C REC → CGH São Paulo 454 flights · 82.44% on time B REC → GIG Rio De Janeiro 212 flights · 91.04% on time A REC → SSA Salvador 212 flights · 92.86% on time A REC → VCP Campinas 191 flights · 86.32% on time A REC → BSB Brasília 186 flights · 92.47% on time A REC → FOR Fortaleza 173 flights · 86.13% on time A REC → CNF Belo Horizonte 165 flights · 82.82% on time B REC → FEN Fernando de Noronha 97 flights · 86.46% on time — REC → MCZ Maceió 62 flights · 86.44% on time — REC → NAT Natal 62 flights · 90.16% on time — REC → BEL Belém 61 flights · 91.8% on time — REC → SLZ São Luís 57 flights · 94.74% on time — REC → LIS Lisbon 53 flights · 81.13% on time — REC → JDO Juazeiro do Norte 53 flights · 92.16% on time — REC → CPV Campina Grande 45 flights · 82.22% on time — REC → MAD Madrid 41 flights · 86.49% on time — REC → AJU Aracaju 33 flights · 84.38% on time — REC → GYN Goiânia 31 flights · 80.65% on time — REC → JPA João Pessoa 31 flights · 80.65% on time — REC → THE Teresina 31 flights · 93.55% on time — REC → PNZ Petrolina 31 flights · 96.77% on time — REC → POA Porto Alegre 31 flights · 80.65% on time — REC → MAO Manaus 26 flights · 88.46% on time — REC → VIX Vitória 17 flights · 94.12% on time — REC → SCL Santiago 13 flights · 23.08% on time — REC → SJP São José do Rio Preto 13 flights · 100% on time — REC → SET Serra Talhada 13 flights · 90.91% on time — REC → UDI Uberlândia 12 flights · 75% on time — REC → RAO Ribeirão Preto 12 flights · 91.67% on time — REC → OPO Porto 10 flights · 90% on time — REC → AEP Buenos Aires 9 flights · 88.89% on time — REC → IGU Foz do Iguaçu 9 flights · 88.89% on time — REC → FLN Florianópolis 9 flights · 88.89% on time — REC → MVD Ciudad de la Costa 9 flights · 88.89% on time — REC → EZE Buenos Aires (Ezeiza) 4 flights · 66.67% on time — REC → COR Cordoba 4 flights · 75% on time — REC → PPB Presidente Prudente 4 flights · 100% on time — REC → JTC Bauru 4 flights · 75% on time — REC → BPS Porto Seguro 1 flights · 100% on time —

Common questions

How bad are delays at Recife (REC)?

85.15% of departures from REC left within 15 minutes of schedule across 2,961 flights. That is better than most airports in this record.

Which airline is most punctual from REC?

Gol Linhas Aéreas, at 89.2% on time from this airport. The least punctual was LATAM Brasil at 80.2%.

How often are flights from REC cancelled?

0.84% of scheduled departures did not operate.