Individuals have combined opinions on Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG). Whereas I do know many individuals aren’t a fan of the airport, as an aviation geek, I’m kind of a fan. Nonetheless, there’s one factor I’ve by no means been capable of make sense of, although fortuitously that can be altering.
CDG’s terminal naming is extraordinarily complicated
Formally, Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport has three terminals — Terminal 1, Terminal 2, and Terminal 3. That appears simple sufficient.
The catch is that Terminal 2 is by far the largest, and that consists of Terminal 2A, Terminal 2B, Terminal 2C, Terminal 2D, Terminal 2E, Terminal 2F, and Terminal 2G. Oh, and Terminal 2E truly has three halls — Corridor Okay, Corridor L, and Corridor M.
So you could very nicely be departing from Terminal 2E Corridor M. I’ve by no means actually recognized the backstory on this, although I’ve persistently discovered it to be fairly difficult.
CDG will undertake a extra logical terminal naming system
Groupe ADP has introduced that Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport terminals can be renamed in March 2027, to make somewhat extra sense:
- Terminal 1 will stay Terminal 1
- Terminal 3 can be renamed Terminal 2
- Terminal 2A & Terminal 2C can be renamed Terminal 3
- Terminal 2B & Terminal 2D can be renamed Terminal 4
- Terminal 2E can be renamed Terminal 5
- Terminal 2F can be renamed Terminal 6
- Terminal 2G can be renamed Terminal 7
With this variation, terminals will solely have numbers, so they are going to now not have letters. Moreover, the variety of the terminals will comply with the stream of passengers arriving by highway and the RER.
I welcome these modifications, although I’m positive the transition could also be a bit messy, and trigger some confusion, since I can’t think about all signage can be up to date in a single day (or perhaps will probably be?). The reality is that CDG simply has a very difficult terminal structure, as is the case with many airports, given how they’re constructed over time, piece by piece.
Moreover, I may see there being some confusion when it comes to a number of terminals sharing the identical check-in halls, notably for Air France and SkyTeam departure areas.
Backside line
In March 2027, Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport plans to replace its terminal naming system, which I believe has been complicated vacationers for a really very long time. Particularly, Terminal 2E has brought about numerous confusion, with Halls Okay-M.
The airport will go from having simply three terminal numbers, to having seven terminal numbers. Happily we’ll now not see terminals with numbers and letters, which was at all times a bit complicated.
What do you make of CDG’s terminal renaming?
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