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Paris Airports & Ground Transport | |
| All about Paris's Charles de Gaulle, Orly, Beauvais and Le Bourget airports, and how to travel between them and central Paris by train, airport bus and taxi. | ||
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Paris, France has three principal airports: Aéroport Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG)Also called Aéroport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle, CDG, 23 kilometers (14.5 miles) northeast of central Paris, is France's largest and most modern, and the second-busiest airport in Europe (after London's Heathrow). It handles mostly long-haul international and inter-European flights. Lots of hotels right at the airport, and lots of options for transport into the city. More... Aéroport Paris-Orly (ORY)Once Paris's principal international airport, Orly now handles mostly domestic French, intra-European and north African flights. Several options for transport into the city. More... Aéroport Paris-Beauvais-Tillé (BVA)Beauvais Airport, in the northern French countryside of Picardie northwest of Paris, serves newer, low-fare airlines going mostly to leisure destinations. More... Aéroport Le BourgetThe
famous Le
Bourget Airport (LBG),
where Charles A Lindbergh landed
after his historic non-stop solo transatlantic
flight from New York to Paris in 1927, is
very near Paris-Charles
de Gaulle Airport,
but is no longer used for public commercial
flights, only for general aviation (private
planes). Aéroports de ParisThe official website of the company that operates the Paris airports.
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Mammoth Paris-Charles
de Gaulle Airport (CDG),
in Roissy-en-France,
north of Paris.
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