GRU to JNB flight delays
São Paulo (GRU) Johannesburg (JNB)
260 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · ANAC Brazil
50.38%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
38 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
21 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Flights from São Paulo to Johannesburg 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.
The two directions do not behave alike. JNB to GRU arrives on time 26.7 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.
This route does worse than its own airport. GRU as a whole runs 25.4 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 LATAM Brasil 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 July 2024 – July 2026, LATAM Brasil arrived on time most often on GRU to JNB. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in February.
Every airline on GRU to JNB
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 | 260 | 50.38% | 0% | 38 min | F |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
JNB to GRU Johannesburg back to São Paulo 77.04% on time COther routes from São Paulo
Common questions
Are flights from São Paulo to Johannesburg usually delayed?
50.38% of flights on the GRU to JNB 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 São Paulo to Johannesburg?
Only LATAM Brasil appears in the published record on this route, with 260 flights and 50.38% arriving on time.
How often are GRU to JNB flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When GRU to JNB flights are late, how late are they?
About 38 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 JNB 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 →