GIG to SCL flight delays
Rio De Janeiro (GIG) Santiago (SCL)
287 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · ANAC Brazil
59.3%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.7%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
58 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
25 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
This is a late route. Flights from Rio De Janeiro to Santiago miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
This route does worse than its own airport. GIG as a whole runs 25 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.
The two directions do not behave alike. SCL to GIG arrives on time 10.5 points more often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
Only LATAM Airlines 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, LATAM Airlines arrived on time most often on GIG to SCL.
Every airline on GIG to SCL
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LATAM Airlines | 186 | 54.3% | 0% | 45 min | F |
| JetSMART | 53 | 73.08% | 1.89% | 65 min | — |
| SKY Airline | 48 | 63.83% | 2.08% | 112 min | — |
The return leg
SCL to GIG Santiago back to Rio De Janeiro 69.82% on time DOther routes from Rio De Janeiro
- GIG → GRU · São Paulo C
- GIG → POA · Porto Alegre A
- GIG → SSA · Salvador A
- GIG → CWB · Curitiba A
- GIG → VIX · Vitória A
- GIG → CNF · Belo Horizonte A
- GIG → REC · Recife A
- GIG → BSB · Brasília A
- GIG → FOR · Fortaleza A
- GIG → VCP · Campinas C
- GIG → AEP · Buenos Aires F
- GIG → EZE · Buenos Aires (Ezeiza) C
Common questions
Are flights from Rio De Janeiro to Santiago usually delayed?
59.3% of flights on the GIG to SCL route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 4 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Rio De Janeiro to Santiago?
Only LATAM Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 186 flights and 54.3% arriving on time.
How often are GIG to SCL flights cancelled?
0.7% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 7 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When GIG to SCL flights are late, how late are they?
About 58 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 SCL 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 →