AF868Air France · CDG → CPT
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Route confirmed Air France

AF868 ParisCDG · 10:25 Cape TownCPT · 22:10

AF868 by Air France flies from Paris (CDG) to Cape Town (CPT) for the Sun, Oct 25 departure.

Right nowEn route to Cape Town · off blocks 10:57 · 32 min late
En route

en route from CDG to CPT

En routeAF868 · position estimated
CDGParisCPTCape Town
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 10:57 · typical taxi-out at CDG ≈ 9.2 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+32 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−7 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~39 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-25
+32 gate · −4 arrival
10-23
+35 gate · −7 arrival
10-20
+15 gate · −17 arrival
10-18
+32 gate · −4 arrival
10-16
+31 gate · −7 arrival
10-13
+60 gate · +6 arrival
10-11
+47 gate · −12 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 −7 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
CDGParisModerate riskCDG delay board →
CPTCape TownOn-time likelyCPT delay board →
CDG→CPTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.1%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at CDG and CPT are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, 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 →

When it flies

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

How AF868 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AF868 across the CDG and CPT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~7 min early. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 7/7 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AF868 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
10-25CDG 10:25 10:57 (+32)CPT 22:10 22:06 (−4)
10-23CDG 10:25 11:00 (+35)CPT 22:10 22:03 (−7)
10-20CDG 10:25 10:40 (+15)CPT 22:10 21:53 (−17)
10-18CDG 10:25 10:57 (+32)CPT 22:10 22:06 (−4)
10-16CDG 10:25 10:56 (+31)CPT 22:10 22:03 (−7)
10-13CDG 10:25 11:25 (+60)CPT 22:10 22:16 (+6)
10-11CDG 10:25 11:12 (+47)CPT 22:10 21:58 (−12)

Aircraft

Recent tails: F-HTYN, F-HTYJ, F-HTYO, F-HUVQ.

Board clocks recorded as CDG and CPT published them.

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