PDP to GRU flight delays
Punta del Este (PDP) São Paulo (GRU)
124 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · ANAC Brazil
83.61%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.61%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
72 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
13 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 72 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
The two directions do not behave alike. GRU to PDP arrives on time 8 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.
Only Azul Linhas Aéreas 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.
Flights from Punta del Este to São Paulo keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, Azul Linhas Aéreas arrived on time most often on PDP to GRU. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in November.
Every airline on PDP to GRU
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azul Linhas Aéreas | 104 | 84.47% | 0.96% | 83 min | B |
| Gol Linhas Aéreas | 19 | 83.33% | 5.26% | 24 min | — |
| Aerolíneas Argentinas | 1 | 0% | 0% | 32 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
GRU to PDP São Paulo back to Punta del Este 75.61% on time CCommon questions
Are flights from Punta del Este to São Paulo usually delayed?
83.61% of flights on the PDP to GRU route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Punta del Este to São Paulo?
Only Azul Linhas Aéreas appears in the published record on this route, with 104 flights and 84.47% arriving on time.
How often are PDP to GRU flights cancelled?
1.61% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 16 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When PDP to GRU flights are late, how late are they?
About 72 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 PDP to GRU 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 →