AF51Air France · IAD → CDG
live · 57m ago
Route confirmed Air France

AF51 WashingtonIAD · 18:40 ParisCDG · 08:10

AF51 by Air France flies from Washington (IAD) to Paris (CDG) for the Wed, Nov 4 departure.

Right nowEn route to Paris · off blocks 20:20 · 100 min late
09:16

estimated arrival at CDG · local time · landing about now

En routeAF51 · position estimated
IADWashingtonCDGParis
Estimated from the boardsarr 09:16

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 20:20 · typical taxi-out at IAD ≈ 7.6 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

⚖ AF51 typically leaves +12 and lands −8. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+12 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−8 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~20 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+33+67+100 min
11-05
+100 gate · +66 arrival
11-04
+100 gate · +66 arrival
11-03
+17 gate · −4 arrival
11-02
+20 gate · +6 arrival
11-01
+5 gate · −16 arrival
10-31
+2 gate · −41 arrival
10-30
+9 gate · −8 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −8 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
IADWashingtonModerate riskIAD delay board →
CDGParisOn-time likelyCDG delay board →
IAD→CDGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.8%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by IAD (Washington), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). These figures come from both airports' records under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

Tomorrow at Washington

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 19°C to 23°C
Low14°Clikely 11°C to 17°C
  • 34% chance of fog

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Paris

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High9°Clikely 7°C to 11°C
Low4°Clikely 2°C to 7°C
  • 36% chance of fog

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Washington to Paris flights today

same route · Air France
AF4085departs 20:30
AF53departs 21:30

If AF51 is cancelled, these are the other Air France nonstop flights from Washington to Paris on the same day, with scheduled departure times in IAD local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How AF51 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AF51 across the IAD and CDG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 min late. Based on 2 confirmed landings · 1/2 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AF51 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
11-05IAD 18:40 20:20 (+100)CDG 08:10 09:16 (+66)
11-04IAD 18:40 20:20 (+100)CDG 08:10 09:16 (+66)
11-03IAD 18:40 18:57 (+17)CDG 08:10 08:06 (−4)
11-02IAD 18:40 19:00 (+20)CDG 08:10 08:16 (+6)
11-01IAD 18:40 18:45 (+5)CDG 08:10 07:54 (−16)
10-31IAD 19:40 19:42 (+2)CDG 08:10 07:29 (−41)
10-30IAD 19:40 19:49 (+9)CDG 08:10 08:02 (−8)
10-29IAD 19:40 19:44 (+4)CDG 08:10 07:47 (−23)
10-28IAD 19:45 19:57 (+12)CDG 08:10 07:15 (−55)

Aircraft

Recent tails: F-GZNT, F-GZNE, F-GZNP, F-GZNA.

Board clocks recorded as IAD and CDG published them.

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