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Is 1.5 hours enough to connect in CDG? ›

Minimum connecting time recommended by EASY CDG*

60 minutes for connections within the same terminal. 90 minutes for connections that require travel between terminals.

To make an international to domestic connection in Paris: 90 minutes. Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) is France's largest and busiest airport, and most international flights arrive here, but there is also Paris Orly airport, in the south of the city.

If you are about to take a long-haul flight, it is recommended that you get there 3 hours in advance. For domestic or medium-haul flights, you can get there about an hour and a half in advance. Note that if you have luggage to check in, the counters are open about 2 hours before your departure time.

Two to three hours is the minimum recommended time for an international layover, but more might be needed. Sally French is a travel rewards expert who joined NerdWallet in 2020.

Thus, the lines for security and passport control can be really long. Luckily, they tend to move fast. In any case, especially if your flight is international, you should be early at the airport, as the total procedures may last 1-2 hours.

A terminal to another in 8 minutes! Easy: link terminals, parks and railway station from 4:00 am to à 1:00 am. Fast: journey time in 8 min. Regular :trains every 4 min.

If you leave the aircraft in the first group of passengers you should expect to get through immigration fairly quickly but allow yourself anything from 10 mins to 1hour. Then it's on to baggage reclamation, you can expect to wait around half an hour at the carousel, there's a lot of bags going through here!

Travel advisers say there's a lot to take into account when booking connecting flights, but a general rule of thumb is 60-90 minutes between domestic flights and at least two to three hours for international itineraries.

Delta and Air France operate from terminal 2E in CDG. AF short haul connections depart from 2F and 2G. Special meals and other requests for your journey can be requested up to 48hs before your flight. Air France is the leading French airline, with hubs at ORY and CDG in Paris.

CDG is the biggest airport in Europe, and one of the busiest in the world, with over 70,000,000 passengers going through its terminals every year.

Does France have TSA PreCheck? ›

There's no TSA PreCheck in Europe (womp womp), but at select Europe airports, travelers can head to the front of the security line, free of charge.

Most (but again, not all) airports connect international terminals airside. When you're connecting from an international flight to a domestic one, you'll always have to exit and reenter security as you'll need to go through customs and immigration (unless you have gone through preclearance aboard, which is rare).

Missed flight due to short layover

If you missed your connecting flight due to a short layover, the airline will book you on the next flight free of charge as long as the connecting flight is part of the same ticket.

Most airlines recommend arriving at least two hours before domestic flights and at least three hours before international flights.

The airline may choose to accommodate you by booking you on another flight, but that's their discretion, and you may be on the hook for change fees or even fare differences. If you miss a connection because your first flight was delayed, you're entitled to compensation depending on what caused the delay.

Summary. Plan for ample connecting time at Paris CDG Airport due to its size and congestion. Allow at least 70 minutes for same-terminal transfers and 90 minutes for transfers between terminals. Take advantage of the airport's facilities and consider exploring nearby Paris during longer layovers.

Passport control can take 60 minutes or more. Add the unknown of passport control to the fact that you do not know, in advance, of your actual gate arrival time, I would recommend taking advantage of one of the many taxis which are always there waiting for you.

Terminal 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F are linked landside with pedestrian connecting corridors (recommended), you can also use a bus. Terminal 2G can be reached by shuttle bus via Terminal 2F.