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Paris Le Bourget flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Paris Le Bourget on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 73,351 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and special event. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Paris Le Bourget 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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Worst days on record

DateDelay minLateCause
28 May 202210,437135Aerodrome capacity
29 May 20224,81363ATC capacity
6 June 20233,61223Industrial action (ATC)
21 January 20253,45526Weather
19 June 20253,23639Special event
3 October 20213,04163ATC capacity
16 September 20222,96617Industrial action (ATC)
17 January 20252,92235Weather
29 January 20262,88437Weather
3 May 20262,77036Weather
16 June 20252,61739Special event
2 October 20252,47338Industrial action (ATC)
21 November 20242,33926Weather
29 September 20192,32734Special event
11 July 20222,31834Special event

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
29 September 2026120Industrial action (ATC)
28 September 2026722ATC capacity
25 September 202680Aerodrome capacity
24 September 2026661Weather
18 September 2026391Aerodrome capacity
17 September 20261,65236Airspace management
16 September 20261234Aerodrome capacity
15 September 20262393Aerodrome capacity
10 September 2026321Aerodrome capacity
7 September 20261734Other
27 August 20262635Weather
15 August 202674917Weather
4 August 202620ATC staffing
30 July 202610ATC capacity
13 July 20263048ATC capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Paris Le Bourget

Weather37%
Special event22%
Aerodrome capacity21%
ATC staffing20%

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 Le Bourget 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 Le Bourget 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 Le Bourget 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 Le Bourget that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Paris Le Bourget delay?

Any airline departing Paris Le Bourget 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.