GRU to GIG flight delays
São Paulo (GRU) Rio De Janeiro (GIG)
347 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · ANAC Brazil
75.14%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.29%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
35 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
10 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Gol Linhas Aéreas arrived on time 23.1 points more often than LATAM Brasil over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
This is a thin route — 347 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.
Flights from São Paulo to Rio De Janeiro run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Gol Linhas Aéreas arrived on time most often on GRU to GIG. LATAM Brasil was late most often.
Every airline on GRU to GIG
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 Brasil | 236 | 67.8% | 0% | 34 min | D |
| Gol Linhas Aéreas | 111 | 90.91% | 0.9% | 41 min | A |
The return leg
GIG to GRU Rio De Janeiro back to São Paulo 79.71% on time COther routes from São Paulo
Common questions
Are flights from São Paulo to Rio De Janeiro usually delayed?
75.14% of flights on the GRU to GIG route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from São Paulo to Rio De Janeiro?
Gol Linhas Aéreas, at 90.91% on time across 111 flights. The least punctual on the route was LATAM Brasil at 67.8%.
How often are GRU to GIG flights cancelled?
0.29% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 3 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When GRU to GIG flights are late, how late are they?
About 35 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 GRU to GIG 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 →