AirportsCharles de Gaulle International Airport is a large airport serving Paris (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise), in Île-de-France, France. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is CDG.
Key facts
- IATA code
- CDG
- ICAO code
- LFPG
- City
- Paris (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise)
- State or region
- Île-de-France
- Country
- France
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 49.0090° N, 2.5541° E
- Elevation
- 119 m (392 ft)
- Runways
- 5
- Longest runway
- 4,215 m (13,829 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, CDG means Charles de Gaulle International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: LFPG. ICAO codes that begin with L belong to southern Europe, Israel and Turkey. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 49.0090° N, 2.5541° E. It stands 119 metres (392 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Paris, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Charles de Gaulle International Airport has 5 runways in the data. The longest is 4,215 metres (13,829 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 49 airports of France on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 1.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08L/26R | 4,215 m 13,829 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 09R/27L | 4,200 m 13,780 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 08R/26L | 2,700 m 8,858 ft | 60 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 09L/27R | 2,700 m 8,858 ft | 60 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 08H/26H | 440 m 1,444 ft | 30 m | Grass | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Paris-Orly AirportParis (Orly, Val-de-Marne) | ORY | 34 km |
| Beauvais-Tillé airportBeauvais | BVA | 59 km |
| Chalons Vatry airportChalons en Champagne | XCR | 124 km |
| Lille AirportLesquin | LIL | 178 km |
| Deauville Normandie airportDeauville | DOL | 179 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,565 km | 8 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,993 km | 8 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,239 km | 6 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 348 km | 55 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 5,834 km | 7 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,103 km | 11 h 30 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,724 km | 13 h 25 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,708 km | 12 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,944 km | 20 h 55 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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