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Direct flights from São Paulo (GRU) to Los Angeles (LAX): 5 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is on schedule. No cancellations were recorded across the 4 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 9,919 km, an estimated 13 hours 13 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at São Paulo and Los Angeles. Updated 12 September 2026 at 17:33 UTC.
GRU
São Paulo
smooth · +0
LAX
Los Angeles
smooth · +0
9,919 km · ~13h 13m est.
Running clean · 1 airline · 5x weekly · nonstop
86 / 100
route health from live GRU and LAX delay boards
Median arrival delay is +0 min. 0 of 4 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Median arrival+0 minacross the last 4 operated legs
Flight time~13h 13mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures5x1 direct airline on the leg
Who flies it
observed on the boards · 7 daysHistory
operated legs · board outcomesActual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Full board history, day by day →
Airports right now
live boardsWeather lens
Current conditions put the pressure at GRU and LAX: 28% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +4 min expected when it bites, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
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How the São Paulo to Los Angeles route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop GRU to LAX flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure
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GRU to LAX questions
Is GRU–LAX running on time right now?
Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 86/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from GRU to LAX?
Great-circle distance is 9,919 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 730–880 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does GRU–LAX fly?
LATAM Brasil runs the route with about 5 flights a week (sun, wed, thu, fri, sat). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
What does the route health score measure?
A blend of departure-side delay at GRU and arrival-side delay at LAX, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.
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