Charles de Gaulle Airport Informational Guide to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) - Non Official

Charles de Gaulle Airport CDG Terminals

Charles de Gaulle Airport is one of the two international airports serving Paris and the largest airport in France.

It is also one of the busiest airports in the world, being the second-busiest airport in Europe after London Heathrow.

Due to its huge extension, about 32.38 square kilometres, its facilities are located within three départements and six communes.

Currently, Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport consists of three terminals:

Charles de gaulle Terminal 1

Charles de Gaulle Airport Terminal 1 is a circular shape building which reminds an octopus.

It is located opposite Terminal 3.

Even not having the boarding gates within its facilities, you can easily access to the seven satellite sub-building by covered walkways.

Terminal 1 is split into four levels where Departures, Arrivals and boarding sections are located.

Renovation program

Due to the renovation program that is undertaking Charles de Gaulle Airport, international gates of Terminal 1 will be unified in order to ease the international passenger traffic.

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Charles de Gaulle Terminal 2

Charles de Gaulle Airport Terminal 2 hasn’t a proper terminal structure – It is split into seven satellite buildings (2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F and 2G).

While T2A, T2B, T2C and T2E are located close to each other, T2G is located apart, about 800 m, located in a separate building.

Renovation program

Boarding lounge of T2E is going to be also fully renovated, especially the boarding hall for L gates, which will be larger and will offer an extensive selection of food, drink and retail concessions.

These projects are part of the renovation program of both Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport and Paris-Orly Airport which begin in 2018 and it is expected to conclude on 2024.

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Charles de Gaulle Terminal 3

Charles de Gaulle Airport Terminal 3 is the farthest terminal.

It is located opposite Terminal 1, however it is at 1 km distance and 3 km distance walking.

Terminal 3 facilities are split into a couple of buildings: The Arrivals building and the Departures building.

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Charles de Gaulle Terminal 4

As part of the plan to accommodate more passengers and air traffic, Charles de Gaulle Airport Terminal 4 is expected to be operative by 2024, to come in time for the celebration of Paris Olympic Games.

Terminal 4 will be home of Air France and members of Skyteam on its first section to open, which is expected to host a total capacity of between 7 and 10 million passengers.

Roissypôle

Roissypôle is an amusement complex which contains several services such as retail stores, offices, hotels, ground transportation options, among others, in order to accommodate Charles de Gaulle Airport passengers.

Renovation program

The renovation of Roissypôle multi-modal Station is part of the Renovation Program of Charles de Gaulle Airport, which is going to last until 2024.

Renovation works will begin in 2018 and they are going to affect the multi-modal station operations.

Transfer between terminals

Paris-Charles de Gaulle CDGVAL automated metro connects all airport terminals every 4 minutes.

During off hours, from 01:00am to 04:00am, shuttle services are available between terminals.

Shuttles for connecting flights

There are several shuttles available to connect not only the airport terminals, also between international flights and Schengen flights.

See the shuttles schedule below:

Green shuttle

From 05:00 am to 00:00 am. Connects Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 AC.

Blue shuttle

From 05:00am to 11:45pm. Connects Terminal 2 AC and its satellite terminals 2D, and some gates (L & M gates) of T2E and T2F.

Yellow shuttle

From 05:30am to 09:45pm. Connects Terminal 2 AC, T2G and T2E (L & K gates). Currently closed. 

Red shuttle express

From 05:30am to 02:00pm. Connects T2G and T2E concourse M. Currently closed. 

Orange shuttle

From 07:00am to 10:00pm. Connects T2F and T2G. It only runs during Schengen connection.

Grey shuttle

From 05:30am to 09:45pm. Connects T2G to T2E (hall L) during international connection. Currently closed. 

On the other hand, there are two additional shuttle bus services between Terminal 2 satellite buildings and several locations of Charles de Gaulle Airport:

N1 Shuttle

Transfer free of charge to 2A and C (exit 10), 2E (exit 16), PW Car Park, 2F (exit 2), SNCF Railway station north, Sheraton Hotel, Left Luggage and 2D (exit 6).

Schedule: 04:00am to 07:30am (every 7 minutes), 07:30 am to 01:30 am (every 8 minutes), 01:30 am to 04:00 am (every 15 minutes).

N2 Shuttle

This free inter-terminal shuttle connects to 2F (exit 2), 2E (only from 09:30 pm to 11:00 pm) and 2G (facing the main terminal building).

Schedule: 05:30am to 11:00pm (every 5 minutes). Travel time is about 15 minutes.