Paris Orly delays on Sunday, 14 July 2019
Eurocontrol logged 1,931 minutes of air-traffic arrival delay at Paris Orly that day across 44 arrivals held 15 minutes or more out of 337 (13% of the day's arrivals), with 100% of the delay attributed to special event. That makes it the 75th worst day at Paris Orly since January 2019.
Eurocontrol record · LFPO · 2019-07-14
Delay codes are Eurocontrol's IATA-standard causes. None of this day's delay sits in the categories airlines usually plead as extraordinary.
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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 special event, 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
| Athens | 4,569 min | ATC capacity |
| London Gatwick | 2,842 min | Aerodrome capacity |
| Paris Charles de Gaulle | 2,655 min | Special event |
| Istanbul | 2,395 min | Weather |
| Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International | 2,324 min | Aerodrome capacity |
| Heraklion | 2,154 min | ATC capacity |
| Zürich | 1,987 min | Weather |
| Palma de Mallorca | 1,791 min | Weather |
| Rodos | 1,667 min | Aerodrome capacity |
Other bad days at Paris Orly
| 22 October 2019 | 13,961 min | Weather |
| 11 February 2023 | 11,267 min | Industrial action (ATC) |
| 19 December 2019 | 9,315 min | Industrial action (ATC) |
| 6 June 2023 | 9,044 min | Industrial action (ATC) |
| 25 May 2024 | 8,631 min | Industrial action (ATC) |
| 22 January 2019 | 7,507 min | Weather |
| 29 August 2025 | 6,504 min | Weather |
| 26 May 2024 | 6,188 min | Industrial action (ATC) |
Questions
My flight from Paris Orly on 14 July 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 Orly disruption on 14 July 2019 caused by weather?
No. Eurocontrol logged no weather-coded delay at Paris Orly on this day; the delay was attributed to special event.
Does a bad day at Paris Orly 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 Orly.
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 Orly delay days.