When to arrive at the airport
Leaving on time is one of your top priorities, and it is one of ours too! To avoid a last-minute rush, follow our guidance below.
ARRIVAL TIME AT THE AIRPORT
This is the time we recommend you arrive at the airport.
Check-in deadline
You can check in and drop off your baggage up until the check-in deadline.
Boarding deadline
You can board the aircraft any time up until the Boarding Deadline.
DEPARTURE TIME
This is the moment when the aircraft leaves the gate before takeoff.
CONNECTING FLIGHTS
If you are taking a connecting flight, make sure you follow the time limits for each individual flight.
RECOMMENDED ARRIVAL TIME AT THE AIRPORT
We strongly recommend that you arrive at the airport at least 2 hours before your flight's departure in order to drop off your baggage and go through the security checkpoints with plenty of time. Flying from Paris-Charles de Gaulle and received your boarding pass online? You'll find the recommended arrival time at the airport, calculated specifically for your flight, on your boarding pass.
Check-in deadline
The deadline for checking in your baggage depends on your destination. To find out the Check-In Deadline for your flight, select your departure zone from the list below. For example, if you are leaving from Paris-Charles de Gaulle 2 and flying to another city in France, you can drop off your baggage and check in up to 40 minutes before your flight's departure. Please select your point of departure
Europe (excluding metropolitan France)
- For flights from Europe to Paris-Charles de Gaulle: 40 minutes
- For flights from Europe to Paris-Orly: 40 minutes
- For flights from Europe to French regional cities: 30 minutes
- For flights within Europe: 40 minutes
Special cases:
- Hannover, Istanbul: 60 minutes
- Kyiv (Kiev), Milan, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yerevan: 50 minutes
- Departures from London-City: 30 minutes (or 15 minutes if you are traveling without any checked baggage)
- Brussels-Midi to Paris-Charles de Gaulle 2 by TGV: 30 minutes (or 15 minutes if you are traveling without any checked baggage)
All regions (outside of Europe)
- For departures from all regions: 60 minutes
Special cases:
- Departing from Cayenne, Fort-de-France and Pointe-à-Pitre: 90 minutes
- Departing from other French regions and overseas collectivities: 45 minutes
- Departing from Abuja, Antananarivo, Bangui, Brazzaville, Cairo, Caracas, Conakry, Cotonou, Dakar, Djibouti, Douala, Freetown, Kinshasa, Libreville, Lomé, Luanda, Malabo, Monrovia, Niamey, Oran, Ouagadougou, Port Harcourt, Yaoundé: 90 minutes
- Departing from Abidjan, Accra, Algiers, Bamako, Banjul, Lagos, Nouakchott: 2 hours
Metropolitan France - Paris-Charles De Gaulle 2
To:
- Regional cities within France: 40 minutes
- Europe (within the Schengen area*): 40 minutes
- Great Britain and Ireland: 40 minutes
- Europe (outside the Schengen area**): 60 minutes
- Morocco, Tunisia and Israel: 60 minutes
- Algeria: 90 minutes
- Africa (except Bamako, Cairo and South Africa): 90 minutes
- Bamako: 120 minutes
- South Africa and Cairo: 60 minutes
- French overseas departments and territories: 60 minutes
- Other countries: 60 minutes
* Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. ** Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine.
Metropolitan France - Paris-Orly
To:
- Other cities within France: 40 minutes
- Europe: 40 minutes
- Other countries: 60 minutes
- French overseas departments and territories: 60 minutes
Metropolitan France - Other Cities Within The Region
To:
- Paris-Orly: 30 minutes
- Paris-Charles de Gaulle: 30 minutes
- Other cities within France: 30 minutes
- Europe: 30 minutes
Special case:
- For departures from Lyon, Nantes or Nice to Europe (excluding metropolitan France): 40 minutes
- For departures from Strasbourg TGV train station to Paris-Charles de Gaulle: 30 minutes
- For departures from Marseille to Algiers: 60 minutes
Unaccompanied minors
Is your child traveling alone? At the airport, please arrive at the check-in counter with your child at least 30 minutes before his or her flight's Check-In Deadline.
Boarding deadline
Keep the Boarding Deadline in mind. This is the moment after which it is no longer possible to enter the aircraft.
- 15 minutes before the departure time, between Paris-Orly and metropolitan France destinations.
- 20 minutes before the departure time, for all other flights.
