GRU to LIS flight delays
129 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · ANAC Brazil
90.7%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
46 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
6 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The two directions do not behave alike. LIS to GRU arrives on time 15.5 points less 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 better than its own airport. Departures from GRU overall run 17.1 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion GRU has, this route is largely escaping it.
Flights from São Paulo to Lisbon are among the most dependable in the record. A route this punctual is usually a short hop between airports with slots to spare.
Every airline on GRU to LIS
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAP Air Portugal | 93 | 89.25% | 0% | 47 min | — |
| LATAM Brasil | 36 | 94.44% | 0% | 40 min | — |
The return leg
LIS to GRU Lisbon back to São Paulo 75.19% on time COther routes from São Paulo
Common questions
Are flights from São Paulo to Lisbon usually delayed?
90.7% of flights on the GRU to LIS 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.
How often are GRU to LIS flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When GRU to LIS flights are late, how late are they?
About 46 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 LIS 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 →