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Calgary International Airport · Calgary, Canada · 4 routes on this site

Calgary YYC delay compensation

Every flight leaving Calgary International Airport is covered by APPR, whatever the airline. On this site it connects to 4 destinations in 3 countries, from 687 km to 7,014 km.

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  1. 1YYC routes here 4
  2. 2Countries reached 3
  3. 3Longest 7,014 km
  4. 4Shortest 687 km
Rules on a departure
APPR
Destinations here
4
Longest route
LHR · 7,014 km
LHR · long-haul7,014 kmYYZ · medium-haul2,689 kmDEN · short-haul1,445 kmYVR · short-haul687 km
Great-circle distance from YYC to each destination on this site. Bars to scale from zero.

Which rules cover a flight at YYC

Leaving YYC. APPR applies to every departure on this site's routes from here, whichever airline is operating. UK261 reaches some of them as well, depending on where the flight is going or who operates it.

Arriving at YYC. Coming the other way the rules do not line up with the airport, so this is by route: APPR covers every one of the 4 inbound flights here, whatever the airline; UK261 covers 1 of the 4, whatever the airline; US DOT covers 1 of the 4, whatever the airline; nothing else reaches an arrival here.

The trap on an inbound flight is that EU261 and UK261 follow the airline when the flight is arriving from outside, while they follow the airport on the way out — so a return leg can be uncovered when the outbound one was covered, or covered for a reason that has nothing to do with YYC. A claim is judged on the flight you were actually on. Each route page below sets out both directions.

What that pays, by distance from YYC

Under the EU and UK rules the amount is set by the great-circle distance to the final destination, not by the fare. From YYC the routes here fall into 3 bands: 1 over 3,500 km, 1 1,500 to 3,500 km, 2 up to 1,500 km. Compensation starts once you arrive 3 hours late at the final destination. On a flight over 3,500 km, the first hour band is reduced: £260 under UK261 for 3 to 4 hours late, the full amount from 4 hours. Canada's rules ignore distance and go by how late you arrive and how big the airline is: $400 at 3 hours, rising to $1,000 at 9 hours with a large airline, in Canadian dollars.

Flight out of YYC toDistanceBandWhat covers that flight, and what it pays
London LHR7,014 kmOver 3,500 kmAPPR $400–$1,000; UK261 £260 then £520 (only on an EU airline or a UK airline)
Toronto YYZ2,689 km1,500 to 3,500 kmAPPR $400–$1,000
Denver DEN1,445 kmUp to 1,500 kmAPPR $400–$1,000; US DOT Refund only
Vancouver YVR687 kmUp to 1,500 kmAPPR $400–$1,000

Amounts are per passenger for a delay the airline is responsible for, read off the rule's own table at this distance. Where two are shown, the first is for arriving 3 to 4 hours late and the second from 4 hours — the reduction the EU and UK rules apply over 3,500 km. This column is the flight out of YYC; the return can be covered by something else, and each route page sets out both directions.

If the airline says no

A refused claim on a flight to, from or within Canada goes to the Canadian Transportation Agency, which publishes complaint volumes by airline — those figures are on the airline pages. Whichever body it is, it is the second step: write to the operating airline first, keep the reply, and claim for free — the fee comparison shows what a claim company would take out of the same payment.

Related

Sources: coordinates from OurAirports country file (CA), checked 2026-10-20; amounts and thresholds from Regulation (EC) No 261/2004, its UK version, SOR/2019-150 and 14 CFR Part 260, checked 2026-10-20. General information, not legal advice.