Orly Airport
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Paris Orly Airport (French: Aéroport de Paris-Orly) (IATA: ORY, ICAO: LFPO), commonly referred to as Orly, is one of two international airports serving Paris, the capital of France, the other one being Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG). It is located partially in Orly and partially in Villeneuve-le-Roi, 13 km (8.1 mi) south[2] of Paris. It serves as a secondary hub for domestic and overseas territories flights of Air France and as the homebase for Transavia France. Flights operate to destinations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, South America and North America.
Paris Orly Airport Aéroport de Paris-Orly | |||||||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
Owner | Groupe ADP | ||||||||||||||||||
Operator | Paris Aéroport | ||||||||||||||||||
Serves | Paris metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Essonne and the Val-de-Marne, France | ||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1932; 92 years ago (1932) | ||||||||||||||||||
Hub for | Air France | ||||||||||||||||||
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Built | 1 January 1918; 106 years ago (1918-01-01) | ||||||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 291 ft / 89 m | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 48°43′24″N 02°22′46″E | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||
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Before the opening of Charles de Gaulle Airport in 1974, Orly was the main airport of Paris. Even with the shift of most international traffic to Charles de Gaulle Airport, Orly remains the busiest French airport for domestic traffic and the second busiest French airport overall in passenger traffic, with 33,120,685 passengers in 2018.[3] The airport is operated by Groupe ADP under the brand Paris Aéroport.