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Paris Orly flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Paris Orly on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 144,042 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to industrial action (atc) and weather. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Paris Orly 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
22 October 201913,961120Weather
11 February 202311,26770Industrial action (ATC)
19 December 20199,315131Industrial action (ATC)
6 June 20239,044108Industrial action (ATC)
25 May 20248,63182Industrial action (ATC)
22 January 20197,507112Weather
29 August 20256,504104Weather
26 May 20246,18876Industrial action (ATC)
18 May 20256,176112ATC equipment
7 February 20205,669106Industrial action (ATC)
20 October 20225,517139ATC capacity
21 September 20265,29096ATC equipment
14 November 20224,706115Weather
24 January 20204,57086Industrial action (ATC)
18 June 20234,40271ATC staffing

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
30 September 202695729Weather
29 September 20261753Aerodrome capacity
28 September 20261,03129Weather
27 September 202682023Aerodrome capacity
26 September 20263289Aerodrome capacity
25 September 202671120Aerodrome capacity
24 September 202697123Aerodrome capacity
23 September 202650713Aerodrome capacity
22 September 20262123ATC capacity
21 September 20265,29096ATC equipment
20 September 20261,39135ATC equipment
19 September 202673224Aerodrome capacity
18 September 202664622Aerodrome capacity
17 September 20261,03126ATC capacity
16 September 20263396Aerodrome capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Paris Orly

Industrial action (ATC)38%
Weather34%
Aerodrome capacity17%
ATC equipment11%

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 Orly 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 Orly 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 Orly 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 Orly that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Paris Orly delay?

Any airline departing Paris Orly 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.