LGW to ORY flight delays
London (LGW) Paris (Orly (ORY)
418 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
83.57%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.96%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
—
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
7 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In March it ran 23.6 points more punctual than in June — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The route has been getting worse. The later months run 14.4 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
The two directions do not behave alike. ORY to LGW arrives on time 9.7 points more often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from LGW overall run 9.9 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion LGW has, this route is largely escaping it.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Vueling arrived on time most often on LGW to ORY. Flights ran closest to schedule in March and worst in June.
Every airline on LGW to ORY
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vueling | 418 | 83.57% | 0.96% | — | B |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ORY to LGW Paris (Orly back to London 93.24% on time ACommon questions
Are flights from London to Paris (Orly usually delayed?
83.57% of flights on the LGW to ORY route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from London to Paris (Orly?
Only Vueling appears in the published record on this route, with 418 flights and 83.57% arriving on time.
How often are LGW to ORY flights cancelled?
0.96% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 10 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly London to Paris (Orly?
March, when 92.4% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 68.8%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on LGW to ORY during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →