Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport today:
- 3,257 hectares of surface area, nearly 1/3 of the size of Paris
- More than 1,100 hectares of green spaces
- Nearly 500 listed species of flora and fauna at the airport
- 9 terminals, 67.4 million passengers and 448,000 movements in 2023
- 4 runways - a north pair and a south pair
- Approx. 90,000 employees in 700 companies making up the Paris-CDG airport community
- Europe’s No. 1 airport and in the world’s Top 5 according to the Skytrax 2023 ranking
Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport: 50 years of innovation, daring and inspiration
1964 / The project to create a new airport 25 kilometres north-east of Paris is approved by the Council of Ministers.
1968 / Work begins on the construction of Terminal 1 at Paris-Charles de Gaulle. It was designed by young avant-garde architect Paul Andreu.
March 8th 1974 / Inauguration of Terminal 1 at Paris-Charles de Gaulle by Prime Minister Pierre Messmer. It has an annual capacity of 10 million passengers.
March 13th 1974 / 1st TWA flight "TW 800", from New York, specially decorated with the words “First flight U.S.A. Charles-de-Gaulle Airport”, lands at 7:30 am.
...and all the other key dates in the airport's 50th anniversary year at :
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