SDU to CGH flight delays
Rio de Janeiro (SDU) São Paulo (CGH)
1,589 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · ANAC Brazil
89%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
6.17%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
37 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
5 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 6.17% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
Flights from Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo are among the most dependable in the record. A route this punctual is usually a short hop between airports with slots to spare.
The 3 airlines here are separated by under 1 point — 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, Gol Linhas Aéreas arrived on time most often on SDU to CGH. LATAM Brasil was late most often.
Every airline on SDU to CGH
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gol Linhas Aéreas | 664 | 89.35% | 9.49% | 33 min | D |
| LATAM Brasil | 589 | 88.59% | 4.75% | 35 min | C |
| Azul Linhas Aéreas | 336 | 89.06% | 2.08% | 45 min | B |
The return leg
CGH to SDU São Paulo back to Rio de Janeiro 85.59% on time COther routes from Rio de Janeiro
Common questions
Are flights from Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo usually delayed?
89% of flights on the SDU to CGH 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 airline is most on time from Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo?
Gol Linhas Aéreas, at 89.35% on time across 664 flights. The least punctual on the route was LATAM Brasil at 88.59%.
How often are SDU to CGH flights cancelled?
6.17% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 62 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
When SDU to CGH 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 SDU to CGH 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 →