REC to SSA flight delays
212 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · ANAC Brazil
92.86%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.94%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
37 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
3 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Flights from Recife to Salvador are among the most dependable in the record. A route this punctual is usually a short hop between airports with slots to spare.
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from REC overall run 7.7 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion REC has, this route is largely escaping it.
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.
This is a thin route — 212 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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Azul Linhas Aéreas arrived on time most often on REC to SSA.
Every airline on REC to SSA
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 | 115 | 91.15% | 1.74% | 46 min | A |
| Gol Linhas Aéreas | 97 | 94.85% | 0% | 19 min | — |
The return leg
SSA to REC Salvador back to Recife 94.69% on time AOther routes from Recife
Common questions
Are flights from Recife to Salvador usually delayed?
92.86% of flights on the REC to SSA 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.
Which airlines fly from Recife to Salvador?
Only Azul Linhas Aéreas appears in the published record on this route, with 115 flights and 91.15% arriving on time.
How often are REC to SSA flights cancelled?
0.94% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 9 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When REC to SSA flights are late, how late are they?
About 37 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 REC to SSA 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 →