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CDG→RDU

Paris to Raleigh

Flights
557 both ways
Carriers
1
Distance
4,043 mi
Period
July 2025 to June 2026
—GRADE

No public record scores Paris Charles de Gaulle to Raleigh-Durham 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 557 flights between the two airports in the twelve months to June 2026, about five departures a week in each direction, flown by 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, 78.9% of RDU'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

557

Both directions, July 2025 to June 2026 (DOT)

Carriers

1

Air France

CDG departures on time

65.7%

All destinations, year to date (EUROCONTROL)

RDU domestic on time

78.9%

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 RDU ran a little over an hour late on average over the last twelve months, and 2.41% of its scheduled flights were cancelled.

Carrier by carrier

Who flies CDG to RDU

Air France is the only carrier the DOT report shows on CDG to RDU, with 557 flights and an average of 254 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.

Carriers on CDG to RDU by flights operated
AirlineFlightsSharePer monthPassengers / flight
Air France557100%46254

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 RDU flies through the year

The DOT's international report puts 61 flights on the pair in May 2026, the busiest month of the window, and 24 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 202560
  • August 202546
  • September 202552
  • October 202546
  • November 202542
  • December 202553
  • January 202631
  • February 202624
  • March 202640
  • April 202642
  • May 202661
  • June 202660
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: 557 between CDG and RDU from July 2025 to June 2026, about five departures a week in each direction, carrying 141,596 passengers. That makes it the 17th busiest of 22 US routes from Paris Charles de Gaulle and the 3rd busiest of 5 European routes into RDU.

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 Raleigh-Durham International

Raleigh-Durham International is scored on this site from the DOT's domestic data: 78.9% of its 55,470 domestic departures arrived on time over the last twelve months, with delayed flights running a little over an hour late, and 2.41% 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 RDU 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

78.9%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late (DOT)

Avg delay

81 min

Delayed domestic flights only

Cancelled

2.41%

Domestic departures

55,470

Last twelve months

Raleigh-Durham International (RDU) delay statistics, hour by hour and month by month

Your rights

EC 261/2004 on CDG to RDU

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 Raleigh-Durham 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 RDU is covered only when the carrier is EU based. The sector is about 4,043 miles, 6,505 km, which puts it in the top distance band.

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What to do with this

Booking CDG to RDU

There is no grade to give CDG to RDU without a route record, and this site does not invent one. What the three sources support: about five departures a week in each direction, a single carrier, a departure airport that gets 66% of its departures away on time and an arrival airport that runs 79% on time domestically. Leave two hours for any onward connection at RDU; immigration comes before the connecting flight.

Common questions

CDG to RDU questions

How often are CDG to RDU 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 RDU's domestic record in the DOT data (78.9% on time).

Which airlines fly CDG to RDU?

Air France. Air France accounted for 100% of the 557 flights the DOT counted on the pair.

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

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

About five departures a week in each direction: the DOT counted 557 flights in both directions over twelve months, peaking at 61 in May 2026 and falling to 24 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.