What’s on this page:
Airports In Paris
Roissy Charles de Gaulle Train Ticket Office
Buses Between Paris And The Airports
Terminal Layout at CDG
Where Are My Friends?
Airports In Paris
The two main airports in Paris are Roissy-Charles de Gaulle and Orly, both are managed by ADP. Aéroports de Paris (ADP) (in English) provides Flights, Timetable and Airline information, Access and Car Parks, Procedures and Practical Information, Shopping and Services. Choose which airport you will be using on ADP page.
Your airline is listed on the ADP Airlines and their terminals page . For example, click on “I” and Icelandair departs and lands in Terminal 1. Click on “A” and American Airlines lands and departs from Terminal 2A.
Airport (ADP) Practical Services
When meeting other passengers or transferring between terminals look for the detailed information located on the ADP Guide for Connection Flights page. Meeting someone at Terminal 5, Michaela suggests the McDonalds.
RATP travel directions (in English) provides time estimates and precise instructions. Type in your starting point and destination. The result will show distance and directions. Using the example, “Roissy” to “Bastille”, the next page uses symbols for instructions (RER, Metro sign-M-, figure walking, BUS, etc.) and a map.
The RATP Tourist page (in English) has four options: Discovering Paris, Traveling, Access to the Airports, Preparing your Journey, Roissybus and Customer Care.
Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Ticket Office
Buy a ticket on the RER B into Paris at the train office if your credit card has no smart chip.
The office is located below the HSBC bank and the Sheraton Hotel, Terminal 2, which is above the train station. The SNCF ticket counter/office is open between 06:15 and 22:40 seven days a week.
Consult the Aeroports de Paris (ADP) for additional information.
Transilien/SNCF .pdf document of old Web page
Buses between Paris and the Airports
Air France, Orlybus, Roissybus
Orly and Roissy bus with the Paris Transport System (RATP) – includes RER B information.
Air France bus (Les Cars Air France)
Visit the Air France Web site for up to date rates, times and pick-up/drop-off information.
Air France has coaches/buses that take you between either Orly Airport and Paris; between Orly and Roissy/Charles de Gaulle airports; or Roissy/Charles de Gaulle and Paris.
If you are flying with American Airlines, for example, you arrive in Terminal 2A close to door (porte) 5.
To reach the information for the Air France coaches, scroll down their information page and click on the word “Lignes” – bus lines.
The buses (autocars) run between Orly and downtown, Charles de Gaulle and downtown, CDG and Orly and CDG and Gare de Lyon and Montparnasse.
Once on their Web site, click on “lignes” for the route.
Click on the number in the circle for hours (horaires), prices (tarifs), prices if you are in a group for four or more, map and address, etc.
“Infos pratiques” informs you from where the buses depart at the airports .
Buy your ticket directly from the bus driver or you can buy them in advance.
The Air France bus Web site is available in English.
Click on “lignes” and choose your destination to or from Charles de Gaulle:
Porte Maillot/Arc de Triomphe (line 2);
Orly airport (line 3) or
Gare de Lyon/Montparnasse (line 4).
Air France Buses Orly and Montparnasse/Invalides 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. leaves every 15 minutes and takes about 35 min
CDG and Porte Maillot (Bd Gouvion St-Cyr)/Arc de Triomphe (1, avenue Carnot) 5:45 a.m. to 11 p.m. leaves every 15 minutes and takes about 45 min
CDG and Orly 6 a.m. (7 a.m. weekends) to 11:30 p.m. every 30 minutes about 50 min
CDG and Gare de Lyon and Montparnasse 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.; leaves every 30 minutes and takes about 50 minutes
Terminal Layout at CDG
Terminal layout at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport – this page provides detailed maps of the terminals. The ADP English page for maps and terminals is limited in maps.
The instructions on the French page are:
Interactive map of Terminal 1 (Plan interactif du Terminal 1)
Download the map of Terminal 1 (Plan imprimable du Terminal 1 [pdf, 1,12Mo] )
Where Are My Friends?
Michaela arrives in Terminal 2; her friends and family arrive in Terminal 1. How does she get there? Use the “Guide for connection flights“. She suggests meeting at the McDonald.s. If you would rather meet somewhere more French, browse the magazine rack or do some grocery shopping, download the Terminal 1 map.
