- IATA
- CDG
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- LFPG
- used by air traffic control
- Opened
- 1974
- per Wikidata
- Passengers
- 67.4M
- in 2023
History & name
Charles de Gaulle International Airport opened in 1974 and is named after Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970), the French general and statesman. Operated by Groupe ADP, it lies 23 km from Paris with five runways up to 4,215 m, and handled 67.4 million passengers in 2023.
Named afterCharles de Gaulle — French general and statesman (1890–1970)
Read more: Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata ↗
At a glance
- Full name
- Charles de Gaulle International Airport
- Serves
- Paris, France
- City centre
- 23 km from Paris
- Opened
- 1974
- Operator
- Groupe ADP
- Passengers
- 67.4 million in 2023
- Runways
- 5 runways, longest 4,215 m
- Elevation
- 392 ft (119 m)
- Website
- aeroportsdeparis.fr ↗
Where it sits
49.0°N, 2.6°E puts CDG in the northern hemisphere, 5,450 km from the equator and 4,558 km from the North pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 77th most northerly, which makes it the 585th most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 49.0°S, 177.4°W. The nearest airport on this site to that point is Christchurch (CHC) in New Zealand, still 984 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Paris-Orly (ORY), 34 km away in a straight line. It is the only one within 100 km.
Distances from CDG
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air. The longest is Perth, at 14,272 km.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | LHR | 348 km | 56m |
| Barcelona | BCN | 858 km | 1h 34m |
| Rome | FCO | 1,101 km | 1h 52m |
| Bucharest | OTP | 1,851 km | 2h 48m |
| Casablanca | CMN | 1,931 km | 2h 54m |
| Istanbul | IST | 2,212 km | 3h 15m |
| Dakar | DKR | 4,225 km | 5h 45m |
| Doha | DOH | 4,969 km | 6h 40m |
| Dubai | DXB | 5,239 km | 7h 01m |
| New York | JFK | 5,834 km | 7h 45m |
| Los Angeles | LAX | 9,103 km | 11h 49m |
| Réunion | RUN | 9,370 km | 12h 09m |
| Hong Kong | HKG | 9,590 km | 12h 25m |
| Tokyo | HND | 9,708 km | 12h 34m |
| Singapore | SIN | 10,724 km | 13h 50m |
| Perth | PER | 14,272 km | 18h 14m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
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