Transatlantic route · frequency, carriers and airport records
CDG→PHL
Paris to Philadelphia
- Flights
- 709 both ways
- Carriers
- 1
- Distance
- 3,719 mi
- Period
- July 2025 to June 2026
No public record scores Paris Charles de Gaulle to Philadelphia 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 709 flights between the two airports in the twelve months to June 2026, about one departure a day in each direction, flown by American. 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, 75.2% of PHL'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
709
Both directions, July 2025 to June 2026 (DOT)
Carriers
1
American Airlines
CDG departures on time
65.7%
All destinations, year to date (EUROCONTROL)
PHL domestic on time
75.2%
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 PHL ran a little over an hour late on average over the last twelve months, and 3.09% of its scheduled flights were cancelled.
Carrier by carrier
Who flies CDG to PHL
American Airlines is the only carrier the DOT report shows on CDG to PHL, with 709 flights and an average of 199 passengers aboard each. A single-carrier route gives a delayed passenger no same-day alternative on the same ticket, which is worth knowing before booking a tight onward connection.
| Airline | Flights | Share | Per month | Passengers / flight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 709 | 100% | 59 | 199 |
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 PHL flies through the year
The DOT's international report puts 63 flights on the pair in May 2026, the busiest month of the window, and 46 in February 2026, the thinnest. The schedule is close to flat through the year, which usually means business traffic rather than holiday demand underwrites it.
Flights per month, both directions
- July 202562
- August 202562
- September 202560
- October 202562
- November 202558
- December 202561
- January 202654
- February 202646
- March 202662
- April 202659
- May 202663
- June 202660
The DOT's international report counts flights in both directions together: 709 between CDG and PHL from July 2025 to June 2026, about one departure a day in each direction, carrying 141,285 passengers. That makes it the 14th busiest of 22 US routes from Paris Charles de Gaulle and the 5th busiest of 17 European routes into PHL.
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 Philadelphia International
Philadelphia International is scored on this site from the DOT's domestic data: 75.2% of its 101,709 domestic departures arrived on time over the last twelve months, with delayed flights running a little over an hour late, and 3.09% 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 PHL 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
75.2%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late (DOT)
Avg delay
82 min
Delayed domestic flights only
Cancelled
3.09%
Domestic departures
101,709
Last twelve months
Philadelphia International (PHL) delay statistics, hour by hour and month by month
Your rights
EC 261/2004 on CDG to PHL
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 Philadelphia 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 PHL is covered only when the carrier is EU based. The sector is about 3,719 miles, 5,984 km, which puts it in the top distance band.
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What to do with this
Booking CDG to PHL
There is no grade to give CDG to PHL without a route record, and this site does not invent one. What the three sources support: about one departure a day in each direction, a single carrier, a departure airport that gets 66% of its departures away on time and an arrival airport that runs 75% on time domestically. Leave two hours for any onward connection at PHL; immigration comes before the connecting flight.
Common questions
CDG to PHL questions
How often are CDG to PHL 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 PHL's domestic record in the DOT data (75.2% on time).
Which airlines fly CDG to PHL?
American Airlines. American Airlines accounted for 100% of the 709 flights the DOT counted on the pair.
Can I claim compensation for a delayed CDG to PHL 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 PHL is covered only on an EU carrier.
How many flights a day are there from CDG to PHL?
About one departure a day in each direction: the DOT counted 709 flights in both directions over twelve months, peaking at 63 in May 2026 and falling to 46 in February 2026.
Related
Where to go next
- Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG): every US route
- Philadelphia International (PHL) delay statistics
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- MAD to PHL, from Madrid722 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.