Flights Beijing → Paris
PEK → CDG
Route overview
This flight route connects Beijing with Paris, featuring a high on-time performance rate of 87%. Over the past period, it has operated a total of 17 flights, with an average delay time of just 4.7 minutes. The aircraft used include various Boeing 777 models, ensuring reliable and comfortable travel between these two historically significant cities, whose airports opened in 1958 and 1974 respectively. Paris's Charles de Gaulle Airport, the destination for this route, serves over 67 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Beijing (PEK) → Paris (CDG) route is operated by Air France. Across 17 flights monitored in recent months, 87% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 5 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 12/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Paris the average ATFM delay is 3.2 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Beijing the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Paris: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Beijing (PEK) to Paris (CDG) heads north-west for about 8,190 km, a flight time of roughly 10h 39m.
Departures from Beijing on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of PEK-CDG flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Beijing the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Paris it is 3.2 min (atfm).
Across 17 tracked PEK-CDG flights, 87% left on time with an average delay of 5 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air France (AF) | 82% | 18 min | 3.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about PEK-CDG
On the Beijing (PEK) -> Paris (CDG) route, on-time performance is 87% with an average delay of 5 minutes, based on 17 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Beijing-Paris is 0.00% across 17 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Air France.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
