Air France
3h 25m late
CDGParis
PHXPhoenix
- Flight
- AF68
- Date
- 10 October 2026
- Departure
- 09:05 UTC
- Arrival
- 3h 25m late
- Compensation
- €300 per passenger
Delayed flight
AF68 landed 3h 25m late on 10 October 2026
AF68 CDG–PHX arrived 3h 25m late on 10 October 2026. EU 261 compensation for this distance is €300 per passenger.
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- Checked against official flight records
The short answer
Was AF68 delayed long enough for EU 261 compensation?
Air France flight AF68 from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport arrived 3h 25m late on 10 October 2026. That is past the three-hour mark in EU Regulation 261/2004. The route is 8,800 km. The statutory amount for this distance is €300 per passenger when the airline is responsible.
Delay check
How AF68’s delay measures up
EU 261 counts the delay at the arrival gate, when the doors open, not at take-off or touchdown.
3h 25mArrival delay at the gate
Past the 3-hour mark3h
4h
0h6h
- 3h — where EU 261 compensation starts
- 4h — full amount on flights over 3,500 km
Airlines can still refuse when the cause was outside their control, such as severe weather or air traffic control restrictions.
Flight record
What we recorded for this flight
Taken from live airport boards at the departure and arrival airports.
- Flight
- AF68
- Airline
- Air France
- Date
- 10 October 2026
- Route
- CDG → PHX
- To
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)
- Scheduled departure
- 09:05 UTC
- Actual arrival
- 3h 25m late
- Distance
- 8,800 km
- Air France on this route
- 1 disruption since 10 October 2026
Distance band
What this route is worth
CDG–PHX is 8,800 km by great-circle distance. EU Regulation 261/2004 fixes the amount by distance, so the ticket price makes no difference.
Up to 1,500 km
€250
1,500–3,500 km
€400
Over 3,500 kmThis flight
€300
Halved for landing under four hours late. €600 from four hours.
Flights within the EU over 1,500 km are paid at €400, and arriving three to four hours late on a flight over 3,500 km halves the payment to €300.
Your rights
What you can claim for this delay
The rule
A delay of three hours or more at the destination is worth €250 to €600 per passenger, based on the distance flown.
This flight
We measured a 3h 25m arrival delay, which is past the three-hour threshold. The airline can still argue extraordinary circumstances.
How long you have
Claim windows run from one to six years depending on the country. Checking is free and takes about two minutes.
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Flight data comes from public airport boards and is provided for information only. It is not legal advice, and an airline may dispute liability where the disruption was outside its control.