Paris-Charles De Gaulle

Airport Information

• IATA Code: CDG
• ICAO Code: LFPG
• Operator: Groupe ADP
• Location: France
• Website: https://www.parisaeroport.fr/en/

Paris-Charles De Gaulle

Airport Profile

• Luggage Services

  Luggage despatch, preparation and checking-in Find the luggage services for passengers at departure that will help you on your way through our airports. Our pledge is to help you manage your time, entertain you, get to know you, make you feel secure and amaze you.

  Luggage Storage: See the sights without your luggage
  To help you make the most of your visit to Paris, whether it’s for a couple of hours or a couple of weeks, we can look after your luggage at our storage facility in the heart of the airport. It couldn’t be simpler. Reserve a locker on our digital platform! Click here

  Bagages Du Monde offers a 100% secure storage service.
  Luggage is stored under video surveillance after it has been X-rayed in accordance with airport security regulations.
  There is no maximum or minimum storage time.
  Not only can you safely store your luggage, but we can also look after your smaller belongings (laptop, camera, etc.) and other special items (surfboards, bicycles, golf clubs, etc.).
  We also provide a cloakroom service so you don’t need to bring your cold-weather clothes with you when you jet off to warmer climes.

  Protect your baggage
  With the services offered by our partner Safe Bag, protect and track your baggage with a guaranteed film wrapping. Protect your baggage and travel with peace of mind! Click here

  With Premium Protection, wrap your baggage in a protective film to ensure it cannot be damaged or stolen, recognise and identify it unmistakeably thanks to the red film wrapping, and benefit from the Active tracking service in the event of any loss for which the airline is responsible, subject to conditions.

  Other Luggage Services
  Dépôt relais
  Somewhere to leave keys or ID papers for a passenger to collect? Open all year round, every day from 06:30 to 21:30. The service is provided landside by Bagages du Monde at Paris-Charles de Gaulle.
  For more information, contact Bagages du Monde: +33 1 34 38 58 90

  Deposit automatic luggage
  Five self-service machine (DBA) allows the passengers traveling with the company Air France from Orly 1-2 to check in themselves their luggage.

  

• Check In Procedures

  Two types of check-in are possible:

  • Remote check-in
  • Checking in at the airport

  Remote check-in: save time!

  You can check in before you go to the airport, if your airline proposes this via its website. Remember to print out your travel documents (electronic ticket and boarding card).

  Depending on the choice made by your airline, you can also use your mobile phone: the check-in will be confirmed to you by SMS. Keep your mobile phone within reach when you get to the airport.

  This check-in method will allow you to go directly to the boarding area if you are travelling without luggage, or to go to the dedicated desk if you have to check in your hold luggage.

  Remote check-in is not possible in certain cases. Consult your airline for more information

  Checking in at the airport:

  At the airport, depending on the choice made by your airline, two types of check-in are possible:

  • on the self-service check-in terminals
  With your electronic ticket, you can check in within five hours of your flight’s departure

  • at a check-in desk
  To find the right one, flight information display screens indicate which departure hall to go to for each flight time

  

• Boarding Procedures

  PARAFE*, the automated immigration gates
  PARAFE is a self service automated function using biometric technology to help you cross borders faster and independently. This service is valid for Europeans citizens holding a biometric passport.
  Paris Aéroport together with the Ministry of Home Affairs have deployed within Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Paris-Orly airports a new generation of gates which includes facial authentication technology.

  The 2 different options for this service :
  – Facial authentication (passport, boarding pass and face)
  – Fingerprint authentication (passport, boarding pass and fingerprint)

  Automated clearance:
  
  Facial authentication : a faster way to clear immigration (10 to15 sec) 80 gates at Paris-CDG

  Eligibility :
  Be over 18 years old, hold a biometric passport, be a national of one of the 28 countries of the EU, plus Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

  How it works
  1  Proceed to the automated gate (green colour).
  2  Scan your passport.
  3  When your passport is read, the doors opens.
  4  Enter the gate and step on the marks on the floor.
  5  Stare at the camera.
  6  When the green arrow shows on the screen, the second door will open.

  Fingerprint authentication (30 seconds), 80 gates at Paris-CDG
  
  Eligibility
  Holders of a biometric passport (French, Belgian, German, Luxembourgian) do not need to enrol beforehand.

  For electronic passports, the enrolment is necessary an can be done directly at Paris-CDG airport.

  How it works
  1  Proceed to the gate
  2  Follow the instructions displayed on the screen
  3  Enter
  4  Place your thumb firmly on the scanner

  How to recognize a biometric passport
  All passports issued since June 29, 2009 are biometric.

  		Biometric passport   The word “passport” is underlined, a secure symbol (circle inside a rectangle) shows under the word passport.Your picture is printed twice on the main page.	Issued since October 31st, 2008.
  		Electronic passport The word “passport” is not underlined, a secure symbol (circle inside a rectangle) shows under the word passport.Your picture is printed twice on the main page.	Last issuance : June 2009