Transatlantic route · frequency, carriers and airport records
CDG→JFK
Paris to New York
- Flights
- 7,055 both ways
- Carriers
- 5
- Distance
- 3,625 mi
- Period
- July 2025 to June 2026
No public record scores Paris Charles de Gaulle to John F. Kennedy 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 7,055 flights between the two airports in the twelve months to June 2026, about 10 departures a day in each direction, flown by Air France, Delta, JetBlue, American and Norse Atlantic. 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, 74.3% of JFK'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
7,055
Both directions, July 2025 to June 2026 (DOT)
Carriers
5
Air France, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways
CDG departures on time
65.7%
All destinations, year to date (EUROCONTROL)
JFK domestic on time
74.3%
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 JFK ran a little over an hour late on average over the last twelve months, and 3.98% of its scheduled flights were cancelled.
Carrier by carrier
Who flies CDG to JFK
Air France flew 54% of the 7,055 flights between CDG and JFK in the DOT's count, with Delta Air Lines on 1,753, JetBlue Airways on 723, American Airlines on 615 and Norse Atlantic Airways on 184. Loads averaged 239 passengers a flight, which on this route means wide-body aircraft nearly full.
| Airline | Flights | Share | Per month | Passengers / flight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air France | 3,780 | 54% | 315 | 270 |
| Delta Air Lines | 1,753 | 25% | 146 | 224 |
| JetBlue Airways | 723 | 10% | 60 | 115 |
| American Airlines | 615 | 9% | 51 | 224 |
| Norse Atlantic Airways | 184 | 3% | 15 | 292 |
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 JFK flies through the year
The DOT's international report puts 763 flights on the pair in August 2025, the busiest month of the window, and 376 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 2025741
- August 2025763
- September 2025665
- October 2025640
- November 2025530
- December 2025553
- January 2026442
- February 2026376
- March 2026519
- April 2026590
- May 2026603
- June 2026633
The DOT's international report counts flights in both directions together: 7,055 between CDG and JFK from July 2025 to June 2026, about 10 departures a day in each direction, carrying 1,689,275 passengers. That makes it the busiest of 22 US routes from Paris Charles de Gaulle and the 2nd busiest of 34 European routes into JFK.
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 John F. Kennedy International
John F. Kennedy International is scored on this site from the DOT's domestic data: 74.3% of its 102,713 domestic departures arrived on time over the last twelve months, with delayed flights running a little over an hour late, and 3.98% 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 JFK 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
74.3%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late (DOT)
Avg delay
77 min
Delayed domestic flights only
Cancelled
3.98%
Domestic departures
102,713
Last twelve months
John F. Kennedy International (JFK) delay statistics, hour by hour and month by month
Your rights
EC 261/2004 on CDG to JFK
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 John F. Kennedy 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 JFK is covered only when the carrier is EU based. The sector is about 3,625 miles, 5,833 km, which puts it in the top distance band.
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What to do with this
Booking CDG to JFK
There is no grade to give CDG to JFK without a route record, and this site does not invent one. What the three sources support: about 10 departures a day in each direction, a choice of five carriers, a departure airport that gets 66% of its departures away on time and an arrival airport that runs 74% on time domestically. Leave two hours for any onward connection at JFK; immigration comes before the connecting flight.
Common questions
CDG to JFK questions
How often are CDG to JFK 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 JFK's domestic record in the DOT data (74.3% on time).
Which airlines fly CDG to JFK?
Air France, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, American Airlines and Norse Atlantic Airways, in order of flights operated between July 2025 and June 2026. Air France accounted for 54% of the 7,055 flights the DOT counted on the pair.
Can I claim compensation for a delayed CDG to JFK 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 JFK is covered only on an EU carrier.
How many flights a day are there from CDG to JFK?
About 10 departures a day in each direction: the DOT counted 7,055 flights in both directions over twelve months, peaking at 763 in August 2025 and falling to 376 in February 2026.
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Where to go next
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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.