Paris Charles de Gaulle delays on Thursday, 5 December 2019
Eurocontrol logged 9,055 minutes of air-traffic arrival delay at Paris Charles de Gaulle that day across 85 arrivals held 15 minutes or more out of 534 (16% of the day's arrivals), with 100% of the delay attributed to industrial action (non-atc). That makes it the 8th worst day at Paris Charles de Gaulle since January 2019.
Eurocontrol record · LFPG · 2019-12-05
Delay codes are Eurocontrol's IATA-standard causes. None of this day's delay sits in the categories airlines usually plead as extraordinary.
Were you on a flight that day?
What this means if your flight was late
Under UK261 and EU261 you are owed £220, £350 or £520 (or €250, €400, €600) per passenger for arriving three hours or more late, unless the airline proves extraordinary circumstances that could not have been avoided even with all reasonable measures. Airport-wide records like this one are the airline's favourite evidence, and they cut both ways.
- The usual defences have little behind them on this day. The logged cause was industrial action (non-atc), which is arguable at best. A refusal citing weather or air traffic control should be answered with this record.
- Cancelled that day? Compensation depends on notice: under 14 days and no close re-routing means it is due, subject to the same extraordinary-circumstances test. You are always owed a refund or re-routing and care while you wait.
- Delayed under three hours? No fixed compensation, but food, drink and communications were owed after two hours on a short flight, and reasonable expenses are recoverable.
The free check pulls your flight's own record (actual arrival time against schedule) and pairs it with this day's data, so the verdict and the letter are specific to your flight, not to the airport.
Other airports the same day
| Amsterdam Schiphol | 16,698 min | Weather |
| Frankfurt | 4,853 min | Weather |
| London City | 1,493 min | Weather |
| Munich | 1,468 min | Weather |
| London Heathrow | 1,437 min | Weather |
| Eindhoven | 1,150 min | Weather |
| Paris Le Bourget | 962 min | Weather |
| Nantes Atlantique | 531 min | Aerodrome capacity |
| Luxembourg | 514 min | ATC equipment |
Other bad days at Paris Charles de Gaulle
| 5 December 2025 | 14,675 min | Weather |
| 7 January 2026 | 12,325 min | Weather |
| 22 November 2025 | 12,305 min | Weather |
| 5 January 2026 | 11,363 min | Weather |
| 2 July 2022 | 10,799 min | Industrial action (non-ATC) |
| 9 November 2025 | 9,665 min | Weather |
| 7 June 2019 | 9,431 min | Weather |
| 30 June 2022 | 8,415 min | Industrial action (non-ATC) |
Questions
My flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle on 5 December 2019 was delayed. Can I claim compensation?
If you arrived at your final destination 3 hours or more late, the starting position is £220 to £520 per passenger depending on distance. The airline can refuse only by proving extraordinary circumstances that affected your specific flight. Eurocontrol's record for this day does not show the kind of cause airlines usually plead, so a refusal on those grounds would be weak. Run the free check on your flight number for the verified answer.
Was the Paris Charles de Gaulle disruption on 5 December 2019 caused by weather?
No. Eurocontrol logged no weather-coded delay at Paris Charles de Gaulle on this day; the delay was attributed to industrial action (non-atc).
Does a bad day at Paris Charles de Gaulle mean every delayed flight is exempt from compensation?
No. Air-traffic delay attributed to an airport explains some of the day's lateness, not all of it, and it is the airline that must prove your flight's delay was caused by it and could not have been avoided with reasonable measures such as schedule buffers and spare aircraft. Flights delayed by a technical fault, crew shortage or a late inbound aircraft from an unaffected airport are compensable regardless of what happened at Paris Charles de Gaulle.
Sources: Eurocontrol Performance Review Unit, airport arrival ATFM delay by cause (daily); METAR observations via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive. This page describes the airport's day; your flight's own record decides your claim. All Paris Charles de Gaulle delay days.