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Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)

Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG, LFPG) serves Paris, France. Flights leaving CDG left an average of 19.4 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 75th least delayed of 88 busy European airports. 72.0 million passengers used it in the twelve months to February 2026, most often flying to or from New York.

Delays at CDG

Average departure delay per flight: 19.4 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in January (25.2 min) and lightest in March (13.5 min).

Average departure delay per flight from CDG, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
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MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 202521.6 min22,151
September 202521.7 min20,755
October 202519.7 min20,865
November 202520.1 min18,705
December 202522.0 min19,843
January 202625.2 min18,213
February 202615.7 min16,993
March 202613.5 min19,279
April 202614.1 min20,133
May 202615.0 min21,000
June 202621.9 min20,780
July 202621.5 min21,800

Air traffic flow restrictions held 2.5% of arrivals at CDG for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of weather (56% of those delay minutes).

Departure delay counts every cause, from the airline to air traffic control, and is measured against the scheduled time. Source: EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, summarised by TripStow. EUROCONTROL does not endorse TripStow.

Passengers at CDG

71,999,049 passengers used CDG in the twelve months to February 2026, on 434,880 commercial flights.

Passengers by month at CDG, arrivals and departures together.
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MonthPassengersFlights
March 20255,557,74234,933
April 20256,053,44836,333
May 20256,207,44238,167
June 20256,432,58638,174
July 20256,831,60539,560
August 20256,929,66240,376
September 20256,129,53937,676
October 20256,182,97737,524
November 20255,407,31933,463
December 20255,928,28135,753
January 20265,363,42932,501
February 20264,975,01930,420

Eurostat publishes airport figures a few months behind. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.

Busiest routes from CDG

  1. New York (JFK)1,852,909 passengers
  2. Montreal (YUL)1,361,014 passengers
  3. Barcelona (BCN)1,291,815 passengers
  4. London Heathrow (LHR)1,121,802 passengers
  5. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)1,120,411 passengers
  6. Nice-Côte d'Azur (NCE)1,106,876 passengers
  7. Madrid (MAD)1,058,228 passengers
  8. Algier (ALG)1,047,213 passengers
  9. Istanbul (IST)1,010,453 passengers
  10. Rome (FCO)965,754 passengers

Passengers in 2024, both directions together. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at Paris (CDG)?
Flights leaving CDG left an average of 19.4 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 75th least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at CDG?
January 2026, when flights left an average of 25.2 minutes late; the lightest month was March 2026 (13.5 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at CDG?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At CDG in the last year the biggest cause was weather (56% of those minutes), then airport capacity (27%).

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