SA226South African Airways · CPT → GRU
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Route confirmed South African Airways

SA226 Cape TownCPT · 12:40 São PauloGRU · 16:35

SA226 by South African Airways flies from Cape Town (CPT) to São Paulo (GRU).

Right nowNext departure Saturday Operates Tue Sat
12:50

scheduled from CPT

Typical gate push+11 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-27
+2 gate
10-24
+22 gate
10-20
+18 gate
10-17
+4 gate

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
CPTCape TownModerate riskCPT delay board →
GRUSão PauloOn-time likelyGRU delay board →
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Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.3%Chance of cancellation
+7 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at CPT and GRU are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

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Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Cape Town to São Paulo with South African Airways · Fri 30 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.0%1.4× usual

Forecast weather: 31% chance of thunder and 97% chance of rain at São Paulo

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Fewer than one departure a day on this route with this airline, so read it as a rough guide. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

How SA226 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for SA226 across the CPT and GRU boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~11 min late. Based on 4 confirmed departures · 2/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how SA226 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-27CPT 12:40 12:42 (+2)GRU 16:35
10-24CPT 12:50 13:12 (+22)GRU 16:45
10-20CPT 12:50 13:08 (+18)GRU 16:45
10-17CPT 12:50 12:54 (+4)GRU 16:45

Aircraft

Recent tails: ZS-SXJ, ZS-SXM.

Board clocks recorded as CPT and GRU published them.

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