Flights San Francisco → Paris
SFO → CDG
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 San Francisco (SFO) → Paris (CDG) route is operated by Air France, ITA Airways, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines. Across 5 flights monitored in recent months, 100% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of -1 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 12.7/100 (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 San Francisco the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Paris: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Francisco (SFO) to Paris (CDG) heads north-east for about 8,963 km, a flight time of roughly 11h 37m.
Departures from San Francisco on this leg cluster in the evening window: about 100% of SFO-CDG flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Francisco the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Paris it is 3.2 min (atfm).
Across 5 tracked SFO-CDG flights, 100% left on time with an average delay of -1 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air France (AF) | 82% | 18 min | 3.3% |
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| ITA Airways (AZ) | 59% | 35 min | 4.9% |
Airlines operating SFO-CDG
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Frequently asked questions about SFO-CDG
On the San Francisco (SFO) -> Paris (CDG) route, on-time performance is 100% with an average delay of -1 minutes, based on 5 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Francisco-Paris is 0.00% across 5 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 4 airlines: Air France, ITA Airways, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines.
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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.
