GRU to PNZ flight delays
São Paulo (GRU) Petrolina (PNZ)
90 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · ANAC Brazil
67.78%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
31 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
12 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The two directions do not behave alike. PNZ to GRU arrives on time 24.5 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.
Lateness here is frequent but mild: flights slip past the fifteen-minute line often, yet the average delay is only about 31 minutes. That is an annoyance rather than a broken plan, and it is a very different route from one with the same on-time rate and hour-long delays.
This is a late route. Flights from São Paulo to Petrolina miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
Every airline on GRU to PNZ
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 | 62 | 66.13% | 0% | 33 min | — |
| Gol Linhas Aéreas | 28 | 71.43% | 0% | 25 min | — |
The return leg
PNZ to GRU Petrolina back to São Paulo 92.31% on time —Other routes from São Paulo
Common questions
Are flights from São Paulo to Petrolina usually delayed?
67.78% of flights on the GRU to PNZ route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
How often are GRU to PNZ flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When GRU to PNZ flights are late, how late are they?
About 31 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 PNZ 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 →