Charles de Gaulle International Airport

ICAO LFPG49.0090°N 2.5541°E120 m / 392 ftLarge airport

Charles de Gaulle International Airport (IATA: CDG, ICAO: LFPG) is a large airport in Paris (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise), Île-de-France, France. It opened on 8 Mar 1974. It has 4 runways; the longest is 4,215 m (13,829 ft). It is operated by Groupe ADP. In 2025 it handled 72.0 million passengers.

Timeline

5 events · 1974–2001

08 MAR 1974

OpenedCharles de Gaulle International Airport opens.

06 JAN 1993

DisasterLufthansa CityLine Flight 5634.4 killed

25 MAY 2000

Disaster2000 Charles de Gaulle runway collision.1 killed

25 JUL 2000

DisasterAir France Flight 4590.113 killed

27 DEC 2001

MilestoneNuclear incident.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · 1 helipad

08L/26R085° / 265° · LIT

LENGTH4,215 m13,829 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

09R/27L086° / 266° · LIT

LENGTH4,200 m13,780 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

08R/26L085° / 265° · LIT

LENGTH2,700 m8,858 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEConcrete

09L/27R085° / 265° · LIT

LENGTH2,700 m8,858 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025

63.6M

65.7M

65.9M

69.4M

72.2M

76.1M

22.2M

26.2M

57.5M

67.4M

70.3M

72.0M

141516171819202122232425

Routes

290 destinations · 112 countries

Year-round235

Seasonal66

Seasonal charter2

PMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Air Nostrum1,052 km654 mi TLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · FLYYO3,284 km2,041 mi

Cargo26

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CDG. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport” (revision of 26 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Airlines

117 airlines · destinations from CDG

Hub airlines5

AFAir France190 5OASL Airlines France15 2CCMA CGM Air Cargo6 DYNorwegian Air Shuttle6 WXCityJet

Passenger108

U2easyJet52 DLDelta Air Lines10 AHAir Algérie7 AAAmerican Airlines5 ATRoyal Air Maroc5 UAUnited Airlines5 G9Air Arabia4 LSJet2.com4 A3Aegean Airlines3 AMAeroméxico3 TSAir Transat3 BTAirBaltic3 VRCabo Verde Airlines3 OUCroatia Airlines3 HUHainan Airlines3 QFQantas Airways3 SKScandinavian Airlines3 XQSunExpress3 VYVueling3 WSWestJet3 EIAer Lingus2 UUAir Austral2 ACAir Canada2 CAAir China2 TNAir Tahiti Nui2 SBAircalin2 TKAJet2 FBBulgaria Air2 MUChina Eastern Airlines2 5FFlyOne2 B6JetBlue Airways2 LHLufthansa2 BJNouvelair2 PCPegasus Airlines2 SVSaudia2 GQSky Express2 HYUzbekistan Airways2 VNVietnam Airlines2 SMAir Cairoseasonal · 1 4HAir Congo1 HFAir Côte d'Ivoire1 AIAir India1 MKAir Mauritius1 ZQAir Montenegro1 YWAir Nostrumseasonal charter · 1 PJAir Saint-Pierreseasonal · 1 HCAir Senegal1 JUAir Serbia1 ASAlaska Airlinesseasonal · 1 NHAll Nippon Airways1 AWGAnimawings1 IZArkia1 OZAsiana Airlines1 RCAtlantic Airwaysseasonal · 1 GRAurigny Air Services1 OSAustrian Airlines1 AVAvianca1 J2Azerbaijan Airlines1 S4Azores Airlines1 BABritish Airways1 SNBrussels Airlines1 CXCathay Pacific1 CZChina Southern Airlines1 DECondor Flugdienst1 CYCyprus Airwaysseasonal · 1 MSEgyptAir1 LYEL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.1 EKEmirates1 ETEthiopian Airlines1 EYEtihad Airways1 EWEurowings1 BREVA Air1 AYFinnair1 —FLYYOseasonal charter · 1 A9Georgian Airways1 GFGulf Air1 H7HiSky1 IBIberia1 FIIcelandair1 AZITA Airways1 JLJapan Airlines1 KQKenya Airways1 KLKLM1 KMKM Malta Airlines1 KEKorean Air1 KUKuwait Airways1 JJLATAM Brasil1 LMLoganairseasonal · 1 LOLOT Polish Airlines1 VLLufthansa City Airlines1 LGLuxair1 MHMalaysia Airlines1 MEMiddle East Airlines - Air Liban1 WYOman Air1 QRQatar Airways1 RJRoyal Jordanian1 WBRwandAir1 SQSingapore Airlines1 QSSmartwings1 ULSriLankan Airlines1 ROTAROM1 TGThai Airways1 TWTrinity Airways1 TBTUI fly Belgium1 TKTurkish Airlines1 U8Tus Airwaysseasonal · 1 2WWorld2Flyseasonal · 1 MFXiamen Airlines1

Cargo4

5XUPS Airlines4 MBMNG Airlines2 CKChina Cargo Airlines1 EKEmirates SkyCargo1

Former hub of Air France Asie, Air Méditerranée, Blue Line, Joon Airlines, New Axis Airways, Norwegian Long Haul and XL Airways France.

Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from CDG. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers72.0M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#14of 3,974 · #3 Europe · #1 FR Longest runway4,215 m13,829 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#52of 29,858 · #4 Europe · #1 FR Elevation120 m392 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=29,264of 43,403 · =3,237 Europe · #798 FR AgeOpened 19742026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=6,983of 15,079 · =1,177 Europe · =124 FR Runways41 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=41of 29,978 · =10 Europe · =1 FR

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

9 channels

APPDE GAULLE APP121.150

APPDE GAULLE APP136.275

ATISDE GAULLE ATIS127.125

DEPDE GAULLE DEP124.350

GNDDE GAULLE GND121.600

GNDDE GAULLE TRAFFIC118.100

PFLTDE GAULLE PREFLIGHT126.650

TWRDE GAULLE TWR119.250

TWRDE GAULLE TWR120.650