São Paulo (GRU) departure delays

12,233 departures · 109 routes · January 2025 – August 2026

73.56%

Left on time

Within 15 minutes of schedule

1.83%

Cancelled

Share of departures

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When late, late by

Average delayed departure

#227

Rank

Among graded US airports

What the record says about GRU

Departures from São Paulo run late more often than average — enough that a tight connection at the far end deserves a second look.

The airlines flying from here are not equally affected. British Airways left on time 39.4 points more often than LATAM Airlines 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, GRU 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 GRU

Airline	Departures	On time
British Airways	280	85.9%
Gol Linhas Aéreas	2,934	82.6%
Azul Linhas Aéreas	836	82.6%
LATAM Brasil	6,186	67.5%
LATAM Airlines	317	46.5%

Routes out of GRU

GRU → SCL Santiago 623 flights · 56.02% on time F GRU → POA Porto Alegre 551 flights · 70.8% on time D GRU → REC Recife 471 flights · 80.17% on time B GRU → CNF Belo Horizonte 419 flights · 76.51% on time C GRU → SSA Salvador 417 flights · 82.65% on time B GRU → AEP Buenos Aires 411 flights · 73.96% on time D GRU → CWB Curitiba 399 flights · 70.45% on time D GRU → GIG Rio De Janeiro 347 flights · 75.14% on time C GRU → BSB Brasília 333 flights · 75.9% on time C GRU → LHR London 311 flights · 83.71% on time B GRU → FOR Fortaleza 304 flights · 72% on time D GRU → CGB Cuiabá 286 flights · 68.07% on time D GRU → VIX Vitória 281 flights · 71.79% on time D GRU → GYN Goiânia 279 flights · 72.3% on time D GRU → BPS Porto Seguro 273 flights · 84.07% on time B GRU → MCZ Maceió 258 flights · 81.32% on time B GRU → FLN Florianópolis 250 flights · 67.07% on time D GRU → BEL Belém 238 flights · 77.64% on time C GRU → IGU Foz do Iguaçu 222 flights · 75.11% on time C GRU → NVT Navegantes 208 flights · 74.75% on time D GRU → CGR Campo Grande 206 flights · 73.17% on time D GRU → MAO Manaus 204 flights · 62.25% on time F GRU → NAT Natal 202 flights · 75.74% on time C GRU → JPA João Pessoa 200 flights · 78.28% on time C GRU → PTY Tocumen 178 flights · 97.75% on time A GRU → SLZ São Luís 160 flights · 76.25% on time C GRU → SDU Rio de Janeiro 155 flights · 76.16% on time D GRU → THE Teresina 150 flights · 71.62% on time D GRU → XAP Chapecó 146 flights · 80.29% on time D GRU → AJU Aracaju 143 flights · 80.28% on time C GRU → UDI Uberlândia 142 flights · 71.13% on time D GRU → MVD Ciudad de la Costa 141 flights · 62.41% on time F GRU → MIA Miami 137 flights · 68.22% on time F GRU → BOG Bogota 133 flights · 78.03% on time C GRU → LIS Lisbon 129 flights · 90.7% on time A GRU → DOH Doha 120 flights · 68.18% on time F GRU → MAD Madrid 120 flights · 73.5% on time D GRU → MGF Maringá 115 flights · 61.95% on time F GRU → JDO Juazeiro do Norte 115 flights · 73.68% on time D GRU → EZE Buenos Aires (Ezeiza) 112 flights · 43.64% on time F

Common questions

How bad are delays at São Paulo (GRU)?

73.56% of departures from GRU left within 15 minutes of schedule across 12,233 flights. That is worse than most airports in this record.

Which airline is most punctual from GRU?

British Airways, at 85.9% on time from this airport. The least punctual was LATAM Airlines at 46.5%.

How often are flights from GRU cancelled?

1.83% of scheduled departures did not operate.