GRU → MUCSão Paulo to Munich

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Direct flights from São Paulo (GRU) to Munich (MUC): 4 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 40 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 4 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 9,857 km, an estimated 13 hours 8 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at São Paulo and Munich. Updated 31 October 2026 at 13:31 UTC.

GRU São Paulo smooth · +2
MUC Munich smooth · +0
9,857 km · ~13h 08m est.
departs 22:154x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 4x weekly · nonstop
88 / 100

route health from live GRU and MUC delay boards

Median arrival delay is +40 min. 0 of 4 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival+40 minacross the last 4 arrivals
Flight time~13h 08mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures4x1 direct airline on the leg

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
LufthansaLH

Flights LH505 varies Mo We Fr Sa

History

operated legs · board outcomes
10-30LH505dep +50 → arr+40
10-28LH505dep +56 → arr+30
10-26LH505dep +16 → arr−25
10-24LH505arrived+85

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
GRUSão Paulo +2 min smooth 🌤 few clouds · SSE 3 kt Full GRU delay board →
MUCMunich +0 min smooth ⛅ overcast · ENE 4 kt Full MUC delay board →

Weather lens

Conditions are tightest at GRU: a 28% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +6 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the São Paulo to Munich route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop GRU to MUC 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 MUC questions

Is GRU–MUC running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 88/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from GRU to MUC?

Great-circle distance is 9,857 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 726–875 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does GRU–MUC fly?

Lufthansa runs the route with about 4 flights a week (mon, wed, 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 MUC, 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.