FAQ 5A1 - Paris CDG Airport FAQ
Nov 19, 2021, 4:12 pm
#1682
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: New York, western US
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Thank you for the clarification. Can’t always keep track of these things. Couldn’t possibly be related to a large decrease in international travel for me in the last 18 months…
Nov 22, 2021, 6:04 pm
#1683
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Nov 23, 2021, 1:42 am
#1684
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: FRA/SXB
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I dunno, perhaps it is because I am always en correspondance in CDG, but I rarely have issues going from 2F to 2E.
Nov 23, 2021, 5:20 am
#1685
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Yes there are afternoon departures but then there is the issue of getting a connection in ATL to my final destination. I’d be better off flying UA to IAD in that situation.
Feb 2, 2022, 2:32 pm
#1686
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Go west young man!
Posts: 549
I'm booked on a non-Schengen to Schengen flight in August with a 1h 15m connection in CDG, from 14:20 to 15:35. I see a post from Oct 2021 noting the priority lane between 2E and 2F was closed. I will be traveling with a 70 year old relative who is fit but can't exactly run.
How likely is it that we can make this connection? Can I request an electric cart to meet us at the gate in CDG? If we miss the 15:35 flight, the next flight is at 20:15. Alternatively I can rebook to an earlier transatlantic flight that would give us a longer 4h 20m connection, at a cost of €50.
What would you advise? Or is it too early to worry about the summer flight schedule?
How likely is it that we can make this connection? Can I request an electric cart to meet us at the gate in CDG? If we miss the 15:35 flight, the next flight is at 20:15. Alternatively I can rebook to an earlier transatlantic flight that would give us a longer 4h 20m connection, at a cost of €50.
What would you advise? Or is it too early to worry about the summer flight schedule?
Feb 2, 2022, 8:21 pm
#1687
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Location: Paris, France
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I'm booked on a non-Schengen to Schengen flight in August with a 1h 15m connection in CDG, from 14:20 to 15:35. I see a post from Oct 2021 noting the priority lane between 2E and 2F was closed. I will be traveling with a 70 year old relative who is fit but can't exactly run.
How likely is it that we can make this connection? Can I request an electric cart to meet us at the gate in CDG? If we miss the 15:35 flight, the next flight is at 20:15. Alternatively I can rebook to an earlier transatlantic flight that would give us a longer 4h 20m connection, at a cost of €50.
What would you advise? Or is it too early to worry about the summer flight schedule?
How likely is it that we can make this connection? Can I request an electric cart to meet us at the gate in CDG? If we miss the 15:35 flight, the next flight is at 20:15. Alternatively I can rebook to an earlier transatlantic flight that would give us a longer 4h 20m connection, at a cost of €50.
What would you advise? Or is it too early to worry about the summer flight schedule?
Feb 19, 2022, 10:58 am
#1688
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: LAX
Posts: 97
I have an upcoming flight on AF in J from FCO/CDG/LAX with a 75 minute connection in CDG. It would require going from 2F to 2E. Does that provide enough time to make the connection without a high likelihood of missing our onward flight?
Feb 19, 2022, 11:19 am
#1689
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: FRA/SXB
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75mn is doable and certainly if you run into an insurmountable queue at frontiere control, someone will let you scoot ahead of the queue a bit.
I think during Christmas i went from 2F => 2E Hall M in 30mn and the longest part was the stupid bus to Hall M (which has since closed again, no worries).
I think during Christmas i went from 2F => 2E Hall M in 30mn and the longest part was the stupid bus to Hall M (which has since closed again, no worries).
Feb 24, 2022, 2:58 pm
#1690
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: MSP
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Connecting at CDG to LIS
It's been a long time since I've been to CDG, but with an upcoming trip I will fly Air France out of MSP to CDG, arriving terminal 2E and departing 2F on another Air France flight to LIS. The scheduled layover time is 2 hours 10 minutes. Is there any reason to think this isn't adequate time to go from NS to S, changing terminals? Sorry for this basic question, but I'm not sure how Covid protocols and passport control have changed transit times. Thanks in advance.
Feb 24, 2022, 7:16 pm
#1691
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It's been a long time since I've been to CDG, but with an upcoming trip I will fly Air France out of MSP to CDG, arriving terminal 2E and departing 2F on another Air France flight to LIS. The scheduled layover time is 2 hours 10 minutes. Is there any reason to think this isn't adequate time to go from NS to S, changing terminals? Sorry for this basic question, but I'm not sure how Covid protocols and passport control have changed transit times. Thanks in advance.
Mar 13, 2022, 5:40 am
#1692
Join Date: Jul 2021
Location: MPL
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Pleasantly surprised with my transit from 2F to 2E-M this morning (Sunday ~11:30). Less than 5 min wait for passport control, despite no Sky Priority line and estimated waiting time being 10min.
The wait time for the bus to M gates said 16min originally, but it arrived and departed after 10min.
Have others found that the situation has largely improved, or is it totally dependent upon the luck of what day and what time one arrives?
The wait time for the bus to M gates said 16min originally, but it arrived and departed after 10min.
Have others found that the situation has largely improved, or is it totally dependent upon the luck of what day and what time one arrives?
Mar 13, 2022, 6:10 am
#1693
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A heads up if anyone will be confused - a few days ago I checked google Maps and it seemed to present bus + train + walk options for hotels near T3. Maps is wrong, CDGVAL is running but only back and forth on the same tracks.
Mar 13, 2022, 6:55 am
#1694
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It's usually like that, but depending on time of the day and on the number of booths open for passport check, the experience can be totally different.
Mar 13, 2022, 6:57 am
#1695
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not sure I understand your point. Please clarify. CDGVAL is running normally except that it doesn't go to T1 because this terminal is still closed.