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Paris Charles de Gaulle flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Paris Charles de Gaulle on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 176,683 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and industrial action (non-atc). Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Paris Charles de Gaulle flight 3 hours late?

The day the flight was due to leave, in local time where it left. For an overnight flight, that is the evening you set off.

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Free. No account. The airline is not contacted.

Worst days on record

DateDelay minLateCause
5 December 202514,675193Weather
7 January 202612,325133Weather
22 November 202512,305168Weather
5 January 202611,363224Weather
2 July 202210,799139Industrial action (non-ATC)
9 November 20259,665153Weather
7 June 20199,431165Weather
5 December 20199,05585Industrial action (non-ATC)
30 June 20228,415134Industrial action (non-ATC)
1 July 20226,543128Industrial action (non-ATC)
27 September 20256,231129Weather
21 November 20246,13989Weather
8 October 20256,125133Weather
3 October 20225,44698Weather
18 June 20265,29373Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
30 September 2026531Weather
29 September 202672015Industrial action (ATC)
28 September 202681326Weather
27 September 2026640ATC staffing
26 September 20262,46760Weather
24 September 20261,13934Weather
18 September 202654216ATC staffing
14 September 202668221Weather
12 September 20261433Weather
11 September 20262496ATC equipment
4 September 20261221ATC capacity
28 August 20261,40739Weather
27 August 20262,22645Weather
21 August 202639612Weather
19 August 20261,57446ATC staffing

Data to 30 September 2026. Eurocontrol publishes about a month in arrears.

What usually goes wrong at Paris Charles de Gaulle

Weather73%
Industrial action (non-ATC)20%
ATC staffing4%
Special event4%

Share of logged delay minutes across the worst and most recent days shown above. Weather, ATC staffing, ATC capacity and equipment failures are the causes airlines most often plead as extraordinary; airport capacity and unspecified delay are arguable.

Questions

Is a delay at Paris Charles de Gaulle caused by weather always an extraordinary circumstance?

No. The airline must show that the weather actually affected your flight and that it took all reasonable measures. Eurocontrol logs weather delay at Paris Charles de Gaulle on specific days; if your day is not one of them, the weather defence has nothing behind it. If it is, the airline still has to connect it to your flight.

How do I find out if my Paris Charles de Gaulle flight was delayed 3 hours?

Enter the flight number and date in the checker above. It pulls the recorded arrival time, works out the delay against the schedule, and shows what Eurocontrol and the airport weather logged for Paris Charles de Gaulle that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Paris Charles de Gaulle delay?

Any airline departing Paris Charles de Gaulle is covered by EU261 regardless of nationality. Arrivals are covered when the airline is a UK or EU carrier.

Source: Eurocontrol Performance Review Unit, airport arrival ATFM delay by cause, daily. See also your rights and the compensation calculator.