Aéroport Charles-de-Gaulle 2 TGV: history and sights
Served by: RER B.
Did you know?
Named after Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport, opened in 1974 and named in tribute to General de Gaulle (1890–1970), whose initials form the code 'CDG'.
Anecdote
Roissy's first commercial flight, a TWA Boeing 747 from New York, landed on 13 March 1974.
Around Aéroport Charles-de-Gaulle 2 TGV
- Aérogare 1, dite « le Camembert », 2500 m away — Designed by Paul Andreu, then aged 29, and opened in 1974: concrete discs 200 m across, with no main entrance, opening onto a central light well.
- Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace (Le Bourget), 11800 m away — Visitors can board an Air France Boeing 747 and a Concorde, the emblematic aircraft of Roissy in the 1970s.