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CDG→DTW

Paris to Detroit

Flights
1,531 both ways
Carriers
2
Distance
3,952 mi
Period
July 2025 to June 2026
—GRADE

No public record scores Paris Charles de Gaulle to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County 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 1,531 flights between the two airports in the twelve months to June 2026, about two 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, 76.7% of DTW'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

1,531

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)

DTW domestic on time

76.7%

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 DTW ran a little over an hour late on average over the last twelve months, and 1.97% of its scheduled flights were cancelled.

Carrier by carrier

Who flies CDG to DTW

Delta Air Lines flew 60% of the 1,531 flights between CDG and DTW in the DOT's count, with Air France on 615. Loads averaged 253 passengers a flight, which on this route means wide-body aircraft nearly full.

Carriers on CDG to DTW by flights operated
AirlineFlightsSharePer monthPassengers / flight
Delta Air Lines91660%76244
Air France61540%51266

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 DTW flies through the year

The DOT's international report puts 185 flights on the pair in July 2025, the busiest month of the window, and 80 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 2025185
  • August 2025185
  • September 2025123
  • October 2025123
  • November 202592
  • December 2025119
  • January 202697
  • February 202680
  • March 2026108
  • April 2026119
  • May 2026122
  • June 2026178
Flights in both directions together, as the DOT international report counts them; flights per calendar month.

The DOT's international report counts flights in both directions together: 1,531 between CDG and DTW from July 2025 to June 2026, about two departures a day in each direction, carrying 386,733 passengers. That makes it the 9th busiest of 22 US routes from Paris Charles de Gaulle and the 2nd busiest of 8 European routes into DTW.

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.

EUROCONTROL punctuality at Paris Charles de Gaulle
WindowDepartures on timeArrivals on timeSchedules operatedATFM delay / arrival
Yesterday (21 October 2026)71.4%82.2%96.2%0.0 min
Last 7 days63.6%76.1%96.1%0.4 min
Year to date65.7%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 Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County is scored on this site from the DOT's domestic data: 76.7% of its 121,140 domestic departures arrived on time over the last twelve months, with delayed flights running a little over an hour late, and 1.97% 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 DTW 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

76.7%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late (DOT)

Avg delay

77 min

Delayed domestic flights only

Cancelled

1.97%

Domestic departures

121,140

Last twelve months

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW) delay statistics, hour by hour and month by month

Your rights

EC 261/2004 on CDG to DTW

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 Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County 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 DTW is covered only when the carrier is EU based. The sector is about 3,952 miles, 6,359 km, which puts it in the top distance band.

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What to do with this

Booking CDG to DTW

There is no grade to give CDG to DTW without a route record, and this site does not invent one. What the three sources support: about two 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 77% on time domestically. Leave two hours for any onward connection at DTW; immigration comes before the connecting flight.

Common questions

CDG to DTW questions

How often are CDG to DTW 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 DTW's domestic record in the DOT data (76.7% on time).

Which airlines fly CDG to DTW?

Delta Air Lines and Air France, in order of flights operated between July 2025 and June 2026. Delta Air Lines accounted for 60% of the 1,531 flights the DOT counted on the pair.

Can I claim compensation for a delayed CDG to DTW 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 DTW is covered only on an EU carrier.

How many flights a day are there from CDG to DTW?

About two departures a day in each direction: the DOT counted 1,531 flights in both directions over twelve months, peaking at 185 in July 2025 and falling to 80 in February 2026.

Related

Where to go next

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.