Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport
Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport
Aéroport Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle
Roissy Airport
IATA: CDG – ICAO: LFPG
Summary
Airport type
Public
Owner/Operator
Aéroports de Paris
Serves
Paris
Location
25 km (16 mi) NE of Paris
Elevation AMSL
392 ft / 119 m
Coordinates
49°00′35″N 002°32′52″E /
49.00972°N 2.54778°E /
49.00972; 2.54778 (Paris-
Charles de Gaulle
Airport)Coordinates:
49°00′35″N 002°32′52″E /
49.00972°N 2.54778°E /
49.00972; 2.54778 (Paris-
Charles de Gaulle Airport)
Website
http://www.aeroportsdeparis.fr/
ADP/en-gb
Runways
Length
Direction
m
ft
Surface
08L/26R
4,215
13,829
Asphalt
08R/26L
2,700
8,858
Concrete
09L/27R
2,700
8,858
Asphalt
09R/27L
4,200
13,780
Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft movements
559,812
Passengers
60,851,998
Source: French AIP[1]
Airports Council International[2][3]
Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (IATA:
CDG, ICAO: LFPG) (French: Aéroport Paris-
Charles de Gaulle), also known as Roissy
Airport (or just Roissy in French), in the Par-
is area, is one of the world’s principal avi-
ation centres, as well as France’s main inter-
national airport. It is named after Charles de
Gaulle
(1890-1970),
leader of
the Free
French Forces and founder of the French
Fifth Republic. It is located within portions of
several communes, 25 km (16 mi)[1] to the
north-east of Paris. The airport serves as a
hub for both Air France and Delta Air Lines.
In 2008, Charles de Gaulle Airport
handled
60,851,998
passengers[3]
and
559,812 aircraft movements[2], making it the
world’s fifth busiest airport in terms of pas-
sengers,
and Europe’s
busiest
airport
(world’s 8th busiest) in terms of aircraft
movements. In terms of cargo traffic, the air-
port is the busiest in Europe and the world’s
7th busiest, having handled 2,280,049 metric
tonnes of cargo[4].
Geography
Charles de Gaulle Airport extends over
32.38 km2 (12.50 sq mi) of land. The choice
of this vast area was made based on the lim-
ited number of potential relocations and ex-
propriations and the possibility to further ex-
pand the airpo