Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport

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Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport is often referred to by the French as Roissy Airport. It is one of the busiest passenger airports in Europe and is the largest in Paris.

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The Terminals

Charles de Gaulle International Airport has three terminals. Terminal 2 was built for Air France, but now hosts other airlines as well. The third terminal (T3, formerly T9) hosts charter and low cost airlines, such as easyJet.

The so-called "terminal 2" is actually not really a terminal, but rather a name applied to six distinct so-called "halls", which each possess a letter (from A to G).

In other airports, such as JFK or LAX, these "halls" would simply be called terminals, so that Charles de Gaulle International Airport can be more properly described as having nine terminals altogether. When landing at or taking off from Charles de Gaulle International Airport, one should always know precisely which of the nine terminals/halls the plane lands or takes off from, as these can be located quite far apart from each other.

The nine terminals/halls are indicated distinctly on plane tickets: 1, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F, 2G, 3.

Charles de Gaulle Airport is located 15 miles Northeast of Paris and has extensive road and rail links to the capital city and beyond. Getting to Paris from Charles de Gaulle is easy with RATP buses, taxis and limousines all operating from Paris CDG.

From CDG airport, it takes about 45 minutes to get to the centre of Paris, 10 minutes to Disneyland Paris and an hour to Brussels and Lille.

There are three terminals at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport - also known as Paris Roissy - which are connected by free shuttle buses. Paris CDG boasts a comprehensive selection of facilities, services, bars and restaurants for travellers heading to domestic and international destinations.

Paris by Road

Paris to Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport: A1 motorway (Autoroute du Nord) by Porte de la Chapelle. A3 motorway via Porte de Bagnolet, and then by the A1 motorway, keeping to the right.

The Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport to Paris: A1 motorway to Paris, or via Porte de Bagnolet by branching off to Paris Est.

Parking facilities are situated in front of the terminal.

Paris by Taxi

A taxi rank can be found outside the terminal building. Journey time to central Paris is approximately 45 minutes.

Paris by Train

SNCF Train + ADP Shuttle operate between Paris and Charles de Gaulle from 5am to midnight. The rapid RER train service runs every 15 minutes (every 8 minutes during peak times) from the airport to central Paris. Journey time is approximately 35 minutes. From Terminal 2 you can take line B to Gare du Nord, Châtelet-les-Halles, Saint-Michel and Denfert-Rochereau, which have connections to the metro.

Paris by Bus

Buses depart every 10 minutes from the airport to Place Charles de Gaulle via Port Maillot. Journey time is approximately 40 minutes. Service runs from Terminals 1 and 2. Buses also run every half an hour from the airport to Montparnasse via Gare de Lyon. Journey time is approximately 50 minutes, and buses leave from Terminals 1 and 2.

The Roissybus runs between all three terminals at Charles de Gaulle Airport and rue Scribe (Opéra district of central Paris). Journey time is approximately 45 minutes and buses leave every 15 minutes between 6:00 am and 10:30 pm.