--- title: "CDG — Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris · Orbit" description: "Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG/LFPG) serves Paris, France. Opened 1974, named after Charles de Gaulle, 67.4 million passengers in 2023, 23 km from Paris." url: https://orbitflights.app/airports/cdg --- Paris · France · Europe # CDG — Charles de Gaulle Charles de Gaulle International Airport serves Paris, France, 23 km from the city centre, and sits at 49.0°N, 2.6°E. This site carries 16 routes touching it, with the great circle distance for each. **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 after **Charles de Gaulle** — French general and statesman (1890–1970) Read more: [Wikipedia ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%5Fde%5FGaulle%5FAirport) · [Wikidata ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46280) ## 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) **Map** [Open in Google Maps ↗](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=49.00900,2.55410) **Website** [aeroportsdeparis.fr ↗](http://www.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. ORY Paris-Orly 34 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](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-cdg) | LHR | 348 km | 56m | | [Barcelona](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-bcn) | BCN | 858 km | 1h 34m | | [Rome](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-fco) | FCO | 1,101 km | 1h 52m | | [Bucharest](https://orbitflights.app/routes/otp-to-cdg) | OTP | 1,851 km | 2h 48m | | [Casablanca](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-cmn) | CMN | 1,931 km | 2h 54m | | [Istanbul](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-ist) | IST | 2,212 km | 3h 15m | | [Dakar](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-dkr) | DKR | 4,225 km | 5h 45m | | [Doha](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-doh) | DOH | 4,969 km | 6h 40m | | [Dubai](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-dxb) | DXB | 5,239 km | 7h 01m | | [New York](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-jfk) | JFK | 5,834 km | 7h 45m | | [Los Angeles](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-lax) | LAX | 9,103 km | 11h 49m | | [Réunion](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-run) | RUN | 9,370 km | 12h 09m | | [Hong Kong](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-hkg) | HKG | 9,590 km | 12h 25m | | [Tokyo](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-hnd) | HND | 9,708 km | 12h 34m | | [Singapore](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-sin) | SIN | 10,724 km | 13h 50m | | [Perth](https://orbitflights.app/routes/per-to-cdg) | PER | 14,272 km | 18h 14m | [Distance from CDG to any airport →](https://orbitflights.app/distance?from=CDG&to=PER) [Map a trip from CDG →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=CDG-PER) ## Where these facts come from The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/) (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/) (CC0); the city centre from [GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/) (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates. What you won’t find: terminal maps, airline lists, shops or live departures. Orbit is a logbook, not a flight tracker, and a page that guessed at those would be worse than one that leaves them out. [Measure CDG to anywhere →](https://orbitflights.app/distance) [Flights to Paris →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/paris) ## Flown through CDG? Orbit knows all 8,801 airports offline and works out the distance the moment you enter two codes. [Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit) --- Markdown copy of https://orbitflights.app/airports/cdg for language models and agents. Site index: https://orbitflights.app/llms.txt