Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) Airport

Paris Charles de Gaulle CDG Airport Overview


Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport CDG--also known as 'Paris Roissy' encompasses over 32 square km and is located within portions of several communities, and is situated 25 km northeast of Paris, accessible from on the A1 via Porte de la Chapelle. It is not only the largest airport in France, but also busiest airport in Europe, only second to London Heathrow.
With four long runways and over 57.8 million passengers a year, the Airport is hub to Air France, Delta and EasyJet, and is served by a myriad of airlines offering direct and connecting flights to all parts of the globe.

CDG Airport has nine passenger terminals - T-1, T-2A through T-2G and T-3:
1. Terminal 1 of  Charles de Gaulle AP consists of of a main building for check-in & baggage reclaim, with seven separate satellites for Arrivals & Departures, circling its parking facility. Its free automatic light rail CDGVAL makes frequent runs to the more distant RER train station 'Aeroport Charles de Gaulle 1'.

2. Terminals 2 of Charles de Gaulle AP- consists of six terminals close to each other (2A through 2F) and a seventh terminal 2G located 2.5 km from 2F, necessitating a bus transfer. Below the common area linking halls 2C-2F is a RER & TGV railroad station. 

Terminal 3 of Charles de Gaulle AP, which consists of a single hall, is 1 km from Terminal 1; however the walking path is 3 km long. From T3 both RER & CDGVAL trains are 300 meters, or a 5-minute walk, from the Terminal.

All Terminals offer quality facilities and services--among them great restaurants, bars and shops, bank and currency services, business services, first aid, visitor and special needs amenities, to name a few.

Use the following Parking options at deGaulle Airport: For Terminal 1 - garage P1 & lot P3; for Terminals T-2A & T-2B - parking PAB; for Terminals T-2D & T2-C - Parking PCD); for Terminals T-E & T2-F - parking PEF; for Terminal T-2G - parking PG.

To get from de Gaulle Airport to your destination, you can rent a car, take a taxi, a train or a bus: RER rapid TGV train service reach central Paris in about 45 minutes, Disney World in ten minutes and Lille and Brussels in an hour. Regular RATP buses depart from Terminals 1 & 2, offering non-stop service to Paris (behind the Palais Garnier).  Air France operates 'Les Cars Air France' to Paris-Orly, as well as to Place de l'Etoile, Porte Maillot, Gare Montpasse & Gre de Lyon.
A CDG Express will link CDG Airport with  Paris Gare de l'Est and is to open in 2012.

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