GIG to MAD flight delays
Rio De Janeiro (GIG) Madrid (MAD)
200 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · ANAC Brazil
45.96%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
68 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
38 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Flights from Rio De Janeiro to Madrid arrive late more often than they arrive on time. At this rate lateness is the normal outcome, not the exception, and the schedule is better read as an aspiration than a plan.
This route does worse than its own airport. GIG as a whole runs 39.2 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
Only Iberia 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.
This is a thin route — 200 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, Iberia arrived on time most often on GIG to MAD. Flights ran closest to schedule in June and worst in February.
Every airline on GIG to MAD
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iberia | 200 | 45.96% | 1% | 68 min | F |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MAD to GIG Madrid back to Rio De Janeiro 48.7% on time FOther routes from Rio De Janeiro
Common questions
Are flights from Rio De Janeiro to Madrid usually delayed?
45.96% of flights on the GIG to MAD route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 5 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Rio De Janeiro to Madrid?
Only Iberia appears in the published record on this route, with 200 flights and 45.96% arriving on time.
How often are GIG to MAD flights cancelled?
1% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 10 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When GIG to MAD flights are late, how late are they?
About 68 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 GIG to MAD during July 2024 – July 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 →