LHR to CDG: distance bands, operating airlines, connection choices and disruption evidence for this direction of travel.
Examples, not a daily timetable. Confirm the operating airline, airports and stops on your booking.
The great-circle distance between LHR and CDG is approximately 347 km, in the up to 1,500 km band. This endpoint calculation does not add detours. For a through connection, check the original departure and last ticketed destination before selecting a compensation band.
Charles de Gaulle is CDG; Paris-Orly is ORY. A London–Paris replacement can therefore change the airport even while keeping the same city label. For an onward departure from CDG, a reroute to Orly needs a road transfer and cannot be judged only by the replacement flight's arrival time.
LHR departure puts this direction within UK261's territorial scope on any operating airline. That does not establish payment: arrival delay, cancellation notice, replacement timings and the proven cause still matter. Assess CDG–LHR separately; a return ticket does not make both directions identical.
A same-ticket connection from CDG to another continent can turn a modest Heathrow delay into a substantial final-arrival delay. Keep the CDG connection in the claim, but distinguish a separately booked train to another French city. If offered a train instead of the cancelled flight, obtain written confirmation of the agreed destination.
At Charles de Gaulle, “Terminal 2” is not precise enough to plan a disrupted connection. Keep the complete terminal and gate designation and follow the airport's connecting-flight route rather than assuming the arrivals exit is the quickest way.
Feroz Sheikh · Founder and editor, Doha, QatarReviewed 29 September 2026 · Not legal advice · Not a named lawyer review
About the editorPreliminary guidance, not legal advice or a compensation guarantee. Check your booking and official sources.