Where is CDG airport?

CDG is a large airport in Paris, Île-de-France, France, at 49.0090, 2.5541, 119 m above sea level.

Which other airports serve Paris?

Paris has 3 airports: CDG, ORY, BVA. The city code PAR stands for all of them on tickets and in flight searches.

What time zone is CDG in?

CDG is in the Europe/Paris time zone, UTC+1 / UTC+2 (winter / summer).

How many passengers use CDG?

72,002,540 passengers in 2025, according to Eurostat. Jan–Mar 2026: 15,921,266 passengers, +0.1% on the same months of 2025.

Charles de Gaulle International Airport opened in 1974.

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Large airport in Paris, France.

IATA code: CDG
ICAO code: LFPG
City code: PAR; All Paris airports
Passengers: 72,002,540; 2025 · +2.5% on the year before
Nonstop routes: 228; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC+1 / UTC+2; Europe/Paris
Elevation: 119 m; 390 ft
Runways: 5; Longest 4,215 m

Jan–Mar 2026: 15,921,266 passengers, +0.1% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).

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More codes: airport codes starting with C

About CDG

Charles de Gaulle International Airport is a large airport serving Paris, France. It opened in 1974 and is run by Groupe ADP. 72,002,540 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 228 nonstop routes from CDG. On tickets, the city code PAR covers it together with the other Paris airports.

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Busiest nonstop routes from CDG

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
CDG → JFK	New York, United States	5,850 km	1,852,909
CDG → YUL	Montreal, Canada	5,540 km	1,361,014
CDG → BCN	Barcelona, Spain	858 km	1,291,815
CDG → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	5,245 km	1,268,474
CDG → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	399 km	1,125,321
CDG → LHR	London, United Kingdom	348 km	1,121,802
CDG → NCE	Nice, France	694 km	1,106,876
CDG → MAD	Madrid, Spain	1,063 km	1,052,407
CDG → ALG	Algiers, Algeria	1,369 km	1,047,213
CDG → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	2,217 km	1,010,453
CDG → FCO	Rome, Italy	1,102 km	965,754
CDG → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	9,125 km	915,720
CDG → MXP	Milan, Italy	599 km	896,811
CDG → CPH	Copenhagen, Denmark	1,006 km	835,847
CDG → MUC	Munich, Germany	683 km	830,050
CDG → ATH	Athens, Greece	2,111 km	807,564
CDG → DOH	Doha, Qatar	4,974 km	795,653
CDG → TLS	Toulouse, France	605 km	786,538
CDG → ATL	Atlanta, United States	7,073 km	759,736
CDG → LIN	Milan, Italy	645 km	758,793
CDG → MRS	Marseille, France	652 km	739,735
CDG → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	449 km	731,207
CDG → VIE	Vienna, Austria	1,038 km	719,563
CDG → MAN	Manchester, United Kingdom	589 km	713,143
CDG → BER	Berlin, Germany	858 km	694,565
CDG → VCE	Venice, Italy	837 km	694,473
CDG → DUB	Dublin, Ireland	787 km	691,892
CDG → HND	Tokyo, Japan	9,731 km	653,683
CDG → TLV	Tel Aviv, Israel	3,288 km	645,697
CDG → LIS	Lisbon, Portugal	1,471 km	644,125
CDG → BOD	Bordeaux, France	527 km	628,711
CDG → YYZ	Toronto, Canada	6,037 km	620,228
CDG → ICN	Seoul, South Korea	8,949 km	619,407
CDG → GRU	Sao Paulo, Brazil	9,381 km	608,453
CDG → MEX	Mexico City, Mexico	9,213 km	587,884
CDG → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	10,729 km	585,185
CDG → RUN	Saint-Denis, Réunion	9,349 km	576,762
CDG → PVG	Shanghai, China	9,287 km	572,000
CDG → TUN	Tunis, Tunisia	1,487 km	567,999
CDG → ZRH	Zurich, Switzerland	477 km	559,861

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airlines at CDG on flights to and from the US

AF Compagnie Natl Air France · 17,824 flights
DL Delta Air Lines · 7,999 flights
UA United Air Lines · 3,832 flights
AA American Airlines · 2,782 flights
B6 JetBlue Airways · 1,442 flights
TN Air Tahiti Nui · 452 flights
N0 Norse Atlantic Airways,AS · 237 flights

Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources

Other airports in Paris

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
ORY	Paris-Orly Airport	Paris	34 km
BVA	Beauvais-Tillé airport	Paris	59 km

All Paris airports and the distances between them →

Nearest airports

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
XCR	Chalons Vatry airport	Châlons-en-Champagne, France	124 km
LIL	Lille Airport	Lille, France	178 km
DOL	Deauville Normandie airport	Deauville, France	179 km
CRL	Brussels South Charleroi Airport	Charleroi, Belgium	212 km
CFR	Caen Carpiquet airport	Caen, France	220 km

Distance from CDG to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
CDG → LHR	London, United Kingdom	348 km	1,121,802
CDG → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	5,245 km	1,268,474
CDG → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	449 km	731,207
CDG → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	2,217 km	1,010,453
CDG → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	399 km	1,125,321
CDG → JFK	New York, United States	5,850 km	1,852,909
CDG → ATL	Atlanta, United States	7,073 km	759,736
CDG → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	9,125 km	915,720
CDG → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	10,729 km	585,185
CDG → HND	Tokyo, Japan	9,731 km	653,683
CDG → DOH	Doha, Qatar	4,974 km	795,653
CDG → HKG	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	9,606 km	—

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
08L/26R	4,215 m	45 m	Asphalt	Yes
09R/27L	4,200 m	45 m	Asphalt	Yes
08R/26L	2,700 m	60 m	Concrete	Yes
09L/27R	2,700 m	60 m	Asphalt	Yes
08H/26H	440 m	30 m	Grass	No

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Location

Paris, Île-de-France, France · 49.0090, 2.5541

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Questions

Charles de Gaulle International Airport has the IATA code CDG and the ICAO code LFPG. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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