Transatlantic route · frequency, carriers and airport records
CDG→ATL
Paris to Atlanta
- Flights
- 3,078 both ways
- Carriers
- 2
- Distance
- 4,384 mi
- Period
- July 2025 to June 2026
No public record scores Paris Charles de Gaulle to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International flight by flight. The US Department of Transportation's on-time database covers domestic flights only, and in Europe only the United Kingdom publishes punctuality by route, so what follows is built from the three measurements that do exist. The DOT's international report counts 3,078 flights between the two airports in the twelve months to June 2026, about four departures a day in each direction, flown by Delta and Air France. EUROCONTROL's year-to-date figure has 65.7% of all departures from Paris Charles de Gaulle leaving within 15 minutes of schedule and 78.2% of arrivals landing within 15 minutes. At the other end, 77.9% of ATL's domestic departures arrived on time in the DOT data, which says something about how the airport itself runs, not about this route.
On EUROCONTROL's year-to-date arrival punctuality, Paris Charles de Gaulle ranks 12th of the 41 European airports on this site with service to the United States. Bilbao leads that table at 84.3% and Manchester closes it at 65.7%. A long-haul departure inherits the airport's morning: an aircraft that arrived late from its previous sector, or a departure queue built up by weather, delays the transatlantic wave with everything else.
Key figures
Flights
3,078
Both directions, July 2025 to June 2026 (DOT)
Carriers
2
Delta Air Lines, Air France
CDG departures on time
65.7%
All destinations, year to date (EUROCONTROL)
ATL domestic on time
77.9%
US DOT, last twelve months of domestic departures
Without a route-level record, the useful question is what the two airports do to a schedule. EUROCONTROL attributes 0.7 minutes of air traffic flow management delay per arriving flight to Paris Charles de Gaulle so far this year; that is delay imposed by the network to hold traffic on the ground elsewhere, not the airline's own. In the DOT data, a delayed domestic departure from ATL ran about an hour late on average over the last twelve months, and 1.83% of its scheduled flights were cancelled.
Carrier by carrier
Who flies CDG to ATL
Delta Air Lines flew 53% of the 3,078 flights between CDG and ATL in the DOT's count, with Air France on 1,438. Loads averaged 247 passengers a flight, which on this route means wide-body aircraft nearly full.
| Airline | Flights | Share | Per month | Passengers / flight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 1,640 | 53% | 137 | 230 |
| Air France | 1,438 | 47% | 120 | 266 |
DOT international report, July 2025 to June 2026; flights in both directions together. No delay figures exist for this pair in any public source.
Across the year
How often CDG to ATL flies through the year
The DOT's international report puts 307 flights on the pair in August 2025, the busiest month of the window, and 180 in February 2026, the thinnest. A summer-to-winter swing of that size means the winter schedule is a different operation: fewer frequencies, so a cancellation leaves a longer wait for the next seat.
Flights per month, both directions
- July 2025304
- August 2025307
- September 2025283
- October 2025276
- November 2025220
- December 2025235
- January 2026205
- February 2026180
- March 2026227
- April 2026240
- May 2026298
- June 2026303
The DOT's international report counts flights in both directions together: 3,078 between CDG and ATL from July 2025 to June 2026, about four departures a day in each direction, carrying 759,120 passengers. That makes it the 3rd busiest of 22 US routes from Paris Charles de Gaulle and the 2nd busiest of 19 European routes into ATL.
The departure airport
How Paris Charles de Gaulle is running
EUROCONTROL's figures for Paris Charles de Gaulle as a whole, every airline and every destination: 65.7% of departures and 78.2% of arrivals within 15 minutes of schedule from 1 January to 21 October 2026, with 95.4% of scheduled flights operated. The last seven days ran at 63.6% for departures, 2 points worse than the year so far. Air traffic flow management delay attributed to the airport averaged 0.7 minutes per arriving flight this year, 0.4 over the last week.
| Window | Departures on time | Arrivals on time | Schedules operated | ATFM delay / arrival |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yesterday (21 October 2026) | 71.4% | 82.2% | 96.2% | 0.0 min |
| Last 7 days | 63.6% | 76.1% | 96.1% | 0.4 min |
| Year to date | 65.7% | 78.2% | 95.4% | 0.7 min |
Every US route from Paris Charles de Gaulle, and its full punctuality record
The arrival airport
Landing at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International is scored on this site from the DOT's domestic data: 77.9% of its 315,727 domestic departures arrived on time over the last twelve months, with delayed flights running about an hour late, and 1.83% were cancelled. Those are domestic flights, not this route, but an arriving transatlantic flight shares the same runways, the same weather and the same ground delay programmes, so a bad day at ATL reaches a flight from CDG just as surely. The airport's own page has the hour-by-hour and month-by-month detail, and its live FAA status appears above when the FAA has something to say.
Domestic on time
77.9%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late (DOT)
Avg delay
66 min
Delayed domestic flights only
Cancelled
1.83%
Domestic departures
315,727
Last twelve months
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) delay statistics, hour by hour and month by month
Your rights
EC 261/2004 on CDG to ATL
Every flight that departs Paris Charles de Gaulle falls under Regulation (EC) 261/2004, whichever airline flies it and wherever it lands. If it arrives at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International three hours or more late, or is cancelled with under 14 days' notice, and the cause was within the airline's control, each passenger is owed €600 (€300 if the airline got you there under four hours late), on top of rebooking and care. Weather, air traffic control restrictions and strikes outside the airline are the usual exemptions. The return flight from ATL is covered only when the carrier is EU based. The sector is about 4,384 miles, 7,054 km, which puts it in the top distance band.
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What to do with this
Booking CDG to ATL
There is no grade to give CDG to ATL without a route record, and this site does not invent one. What the three sources support: about four departures a day in each direction, a choice of two carriers, a departure airport that gets 66% of its departures away on time and an arrival airport that runs 78% on time domestically. Leave two hours for any onward connection at ATL; immigration comes before the connecting flight.
Common questions
CDG to ATL questions
How often are CDG to ATL flights delayed?
No public dataset records delays for this route flight by flight: the US on-time database is domestic only and only the UK publishes route-level punctuality in Europe. The nearest measurements are the departure airport's EUROCONTROL punctuality (65.7% of departures within 15 minutes this year) and ATL's domestic record in the DOT data (77.9% on time).
Which airlines fly CDG to ATL?
Delta Air Lines and Air France, in order of flights operated between July 2025 and June 2026. Delta Air Lines accounted for 53% of the 3,078 flights the DOT counted on the pair.
Can I claim compensation for a delayed CDG to ATL flight?
Yes, if the flight arrived three hours or more late or was cancelled at short notice for a reason within the airline's control: departures from Paris Charles de Gaulle are covered by EC 261/2004 whichever airline operates them. The fixed amount for a sector of this length is €600 a passenger, €300 if the airline got you there under four hours late. The return from ATL is covered only on an EU carrier.
How many flights a day are there from CDG to ATL?
About four departures a day in each direction: the DOT counted 3,078 flights in both directions over twelve months, peaking at 307 in August 2025 and falling to 180 in February 2026.
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Where to go next
- Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG): every US route
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) delay statistics
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- FRA to ATL, from Frankfurt1,398 flights
- FCO to ATL, from Rome1,355 flights
- Every Europe-to-US route and airport
France publishes no route-level punctuality, so this page cannot grade the route. The UK pages in this section can, because the CAA does.
Sources: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, International Report (flights and passengers by carrier and airport pair), July 2025 to June 2026; EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, airport punctuality and ATFM delay to 21 October 2026. Rebuilt 22 October 2026; the EUROCONTROL figures refresh with each weekly build, the others when their publisher releases a month. How these sources differ.