Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International (REC, ICAO SBRF) serves Recife, Brazil and is a destination reached by travellers flying from across Africa. Our catalogue links 0 direct destinations out of REC and 1 African origin into it, served by 1 carrier.
At a glance
1 catalogued corridor touch Recife (REC / SBRF) in Brazil: 0 outbound and 1 inbound, flown by 1 carrier. 0 of those corridors carry a cached USD quote in our weekly fare cache; the rest are catalogued on schedule evidence alone. The mix runs 0 sectors under four hours, 0 of four to seven and 1 beyond seven.
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| IATA / ICAO | REC / SBRF |
| City | Recife |
| Country | Brazil |
| Direct destinations (catalogued) | 0 |
| Reached from (African origins) | 1 |
| Coordinates | -8.126, -34.924 |
The route mix at REC splits into 0 short sectors under four hours, 0 medium sectors of four to seven hours and 1 long-haul sector beyond seven — a profile that tells you what the terminal is actually built around. 0 of the corridors here are flagged in our data as labour-migration or diaspora routes, where checked-baggage terms drive booking decisions more than schedule does.
Two codes, two uses. REC is the IATA code you will see on a ticket, a baggage tag and a departure board, while SBRF is the ICAO code used in flight plans, NOTAMs and air-traffic filing. They are not interchangeable: IATA codes are reused across the world’s smaller fields and are the ones that cause mis-booking, which is why every corridor on this site is keyed on the pair of codes rather than a city name.
Airlines serving REC
1 carrier appears on the REC corridors covered here; for the 1 we hold details on, checked-baggage baselines are 23 kg. That list is built from the 1 corridors this site catalogues through REC, so it is our coverage rather than the airport’s full published schedule.
These carriers operate the REC corridors catalogued on this site.
| Airline | Alliance | Checked baggage | Hajj/Umrah charter |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAAG Angola Airlines (DT) | - | 23 kg | No |
Diaspora and migrant-worker baggage uplift recorded against carriers here: TAAG Angola Airlines +12 kg. These are carrier promotions attached to nominated corridors and fare families — they do not follow you onto a partner’s codeshare segment, and the cheapest fare buckets are usually excluded. Confirm against your own booking class rather than the table.
One limit on this list. It is built from the corridors this site catalogues through REC, so it is a view of the routes we cover rather than the airport’s full published schedule. A carrier serving Recife on a route outside our catalogue will not appear above. Where an alliance or baggage cell is blank we hold no recorded value — read that as unknown, not as zero.
Top routes into REC
Luanda to Recife (LAD–REC) heads the REC list below, at about 1 flights a week on DT.
The USD market-low column is the cheapest fare our weekly cache recorded on the corridor across all carriers.
| Route | Carriers | Freq/wk | Block (h) | Market low (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luanda (LAD) → Recife (REC) | DT | ~1 | ~9.0 | — |
About 100% of the roughly 1 weekly departures catalogued at REC sit on just three corridors. That concentration is why the airport’s overall size tells you nothing useful about your own flight: on the trunk routes a cancellation costs hours, while on the tail of the distribution the next departure can be several days out. Read the frequency column, not the terminal.
Block times across these corridors run from about 9.0 h to 9.0 h. That range is the practical reason a single connecting-time rule does not work at REC: a short regional inbound and a long-haul outbound have very different delay profiles, and a tight self-built connection between them is where most missed onward flights on this site’s corridors happen. On separate tickets there is no protection at all.
Passenger compensation rights at REC
1 instrument reaches REC: the Montreal Convention 1999. Brazil operates no EU261-style fixed cash scheme, so there is no statutory payout for a long delay — the cover is for baggage, capped at 1,519 SDR per passenger, and for provable delay losses, capped at 6,303 SDR (ICAO limits in force since 28 December 2024).
Recife’s catalogued arrivals sit outside the EU261 / UK261 / GACA / APPR / DOT cash-compensation schemes, so the Montreal Convention is the operative floor — it covers baggage loss and provable delay losses on any international ticket.
| Regime | When it applies | Remedy for a long delay / cancellation |
|---|---|---|
| Montreal Convention 1999 | Any international itinerary — baggage and delay losses. | Compensation for lost, damaged or delayed baggage (up to 1,519 SDR per passenger) and for provable losses caused by delay (up to 6,303 SDR), limits in force since 28 December 2024. |
Recife’s catalogued arrivals sit outside the EU261 / UK261 / GACA / APPR / DOT cash-compensation schemes, so the Montreal Convention is the operative floor — it covers baggage loss and provable delay losses on any international ticket.
| Regime | When it applies | Remedy for a long delay / cancellation |
|---|---|---|
| Montreal Convention 1999 | Any international itinerary — baggage and delay losses. | Compensation for lost, damaged or delayed baggage (up to 1,519 SDR per passenger) and for provable losses caused by delay (up to 6,303 SDR), limits in force since 28 December 2024. |
Corridors and typical fares from REC
0 of the 1 REC corridors carry a cached USD quote, so most pricing here is planning-band rather than observed. Fares are quoted in USD across the whole site so corridors from different African markets stay comparable. Sector length drives the shape: 0 run under four hours, 0 four to seven and 1 beyond seven.
Most REC corridors here serve intra-Africa and Gulf-hub business travellers. The mix is 1 long-haul route (over 7 h). As rough planning ranges (editorial estimates, not observed fares): intra-Africa $400–900, Gulf hubs $500–1,200, long-haul $800–2,200; each per-route guide below shows the cached fare with the date it was found.
The shape of the fare curve follows the sector length. The 0 short corridors under four hours from REC price like regional traffic and move mostly with the day of the week; the 1 long-haul corridor beyond seven hours move with season and school holidays, and can double between the cheapest and dearest month in our own cache. Mixing the two on one average would be meaningless, which is why every corridor page carries its own floor.
Direct flights to REC — 1 route
1 catalogued route is listed below for REC, reaching 1 country, led by Angola. Our catalogue records 0 departure and 1 arrival corridor at REC, each linking to a corridor guide with carriers, frequency, block time and any cached fare. The list is this site’s catalogue, not the airport’s timetable.
Every entry leads to a corridor page with the same skeleton of facts: who flies it, how often, how long the nonstop sector is scheduled to take, how far apart the two airports actually are, and what our fare cache has recorded. Routing and carrier decide the trip; the fare only decides between equivalents.
Treat the list as a catalogue rather than a timetable. Routes are included where African outbound demand justifies a guide, so charter and marginal regional services at Recife may be flying without being listed. Where a corridor is here, the carriers shown are the ones we have on record, and a dash in the fare column means no fare was retrieved, not that none exists.
FAQ
5 questions below answer what travellers ask most often about this page’s subject, drawn from the same route, carrier, airport and fare data as everything above. Where a figure is missing from our data, the answer says so rather than estimating.
How is REC airport connected? REC (Recife) is reachable on 1 direct route in our catalogue — see the full route list above.
What are the IATA and ICAO codes for REC airport? The IATA code is REC and the ICAO code is SBRF. The airport serves Recife, Brazil.
How can I check fares and schedules for routes through REC? Each route in the list above links to a guide with live USD fares, weekly frequency and the airlines that operate it.
Which airlines fly from REC? Carriers on REC corridors catalogued here: TAAG Angola Airlines. See the airlines table above for alliance and baggage.
Can I claim compensation for a disrupted flight at REC? No fixed cash-compensation scheme applies to Recife arrivals, but the Montreal Convention covers baggage loss and provable delay losses on any international ticket.
Sources
2 primary sources cited on this page are regulator and government material, not secondary summaries. Each is listed with what it actually governs, so a claim on this page can be checked against the instrument it comes from. Where a value is missing from our own data we leave the cell blank rather than estimate it.
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Montreal Convention 1999 — ICAO — the ICAO treaty collection, the source for the Montreal Convention 1999 baggage and delay liability limits.
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AirHelp — flight-compensation claims — a commercial claims service, cited as the industry explainer alongside the regulator rather than instead of it.
Every legal claim above is anchored to the instrument that creates it rather than to a summary of it, with commercial explainers cited only alongside, never instead. That is also why amounts appear in euro, pound, Canadian dollar and SDR rather than converted into the USD used for fares: a compensation tariff is a fixed figure in its own currency, and converting it would invent movement the law does not have.
Related
- Flights to Brazil — country landing page: 6 catalogued corridors from African airports, carriers, visa row and the USD fare floor we have on file.