How reliable is Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport?
Flights from GIG avoided significant airline-controlled delay in 87% of 160,497 flights in official ANAC history. Here’s the full picture before you book.
Reliability score
on-time, cancellations & delays
Origin-airport operations
What the airline-controlled delay record at GIG looks like
Avoided 15+ min controlled delay
across 160,497 flights
Source: ANAC VRA · data through 2026-10-08. Origin-grouped, cause-attributed operational history; it is not a direct departure-punctuality measure or a guarantee for any flight.
Weather by month
Weather history isn’t available for GIG yet
PlaneSane shows month-by-month airport weather once enough historical METAR/IEM observations are loaded for the airport. This does not mean the airport has no weather data forever; it means the current climatology table has no monthly coverage for Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport.
The read on GIG
What the numbers say about flying through Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport
Across official performance history, flights from Rio De Janeiro avoided significant airline-controlled delay about 87% of the time over 160,497 flights. That's one of the more dependable operational records you'll see. Pair it with a low cancellation rate of 1.1%, so flights here rarely vanish outright. When a departure does run late, the typical delay is around 0 minutes.
None of this guarantees your specific flight — it’s the backdrop. To turn it into a booking, score real flights to Rio De Janeiro, read how we weigh it all in how the Peace of Mind Score works, and brush up with how to pick a reliable flight and avoiding weather delays.
Common questions about GIG
- How reliable is Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (GIG)?
- Flights from Rio De Janeiro avoided significant airline-controlled delay roughly 87% of the time across 160,497 flights of official history — one of the more dependable operational records you'll see. The cancellation rate runs about 1.1%. It's advisory context, not a guarantee for any single flight.
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