FOR to REC flight delays
173 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · ANAC Brazil
89.02%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
76 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
9 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 76 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
Flights from Fortaleza to Recife are among the most dependable in the record. A route this punctual is usually a short hop between airports with slots to spare.
Only Azul Linhas Aéreas flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Azul Linhas Aéreas arrived on time most often on FOR to REC.
Every airline on FOR to REC
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azul Linhas Aéreas | 111 | 87.39% | 0% | 97 min | A |
| LATAM Brasil | 62 | 91.94% | 0% | 17 min | — |
The return leg
REC to FOR Recife back to Fortaleza 86.13% on time ACommon questions
Are flights from Fortaleza to Recife usually delayed?
89.02% of flights on the FOR to REC route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Fortaleza to Recife?
Only Azul Linhas Aéreas appears in the published record on this route, with 111 flights and 87.39% arriving on time.
How often are FOR to REC flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When FOR to REC flights are late, how late are they?
About 76 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on FOR to REC during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →