SCL to GRU flight delays
Santiago (SCL) São Paulo (GRU)
596 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · ANAC Brazil
72.06%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.51%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
65 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
19 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The two directions do not behave alike. GRU to SCL arrives on time 16 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 is a thin route — 596 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.
Flights from Santiago to São Paulo run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
The 2 airlines here are separated by under 6 points — close enough to call a tie. Choose on price and departure time.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, JetSMART arrived on time most often on SCL to GRU. LATAM Airlines was late most often.
Every airline on SCL 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LATAM Airlines | 278 | 70.29% | 0.72% | 43 min | D |
| JetSMART | 124 | 76.03% | 2.42% | 163 min | D |
| LATAM Brasil | 84 | 61.45% | 1.19% | 45 min | — |
| SKY Airline | 79 | 74.03% | 2.53% | 46 min | — |
| Turkish Airlines | 31 | 96.67% | 3.23% | 16 min | — |
The return leg
GRU to SCL São Paulo back to Santiago 56.02% on time FOther routes from Santiago
Common questions
Are flights from Santiago to São Paulo usually delayed?
72.06% of flights on the SCL to GRU 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.
Which airline is most on time from Santiago to São Paulo?
JetSMART, at 76.03% on time across 124 flights. The least punctual on the route was LATAM Airlines at 70.29%.
How often are SCL to GRU flights cancelled?
1.51% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 15 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When SCL to GRU flights are late, how late are they?
About 65 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 SCL to GRU 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 →