Paris LayoverCharles de Gaulle · Orly A City Layover guide

Paris airport transfers

I land at at and fly out of later.

Transfer shown for landing at Charles de Gaulle at 09:00 and flying out of Orly 10 hours later.

Time to spare, about
5h
Leave Charles de Gaulle by
15:20
At Orly by
17:00

Charles de Gaulle to Orly fits, with about 5h to spare.

You must be allowed into France at Charles de Gaulle. Changing airports means going through French border control first. Charles de Gaulle visa and transit rules

Your 10 hours · RER B and metro line 14

09:00 Land at Charles de GaulleTake off from Orly 19:00

Worked out with: 1h from landing to the train at Charles de Gaulle for the border and your bags, the train timetable, and at Orly 90 minutes before departure plus 30 minutes to drop your bags, since a self-transfer means checking in again. Timetables read 9 Nov 2026.

Your transfer

Charles de Gaulle to Orly fits, with about 5h to spare.

  1. 09:00
    Land at Charles de Gaulle

    Collect your bags and go through French border control: allow about 1h. The Charles de Gaulle guide allows about an hour from landing to the RER B; collecting bags can take longer.

  2. 10:20
    RER B to Châtelet–Les Halles, then metro line 14 to Orly

    Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV or Charles de Gaulle 1 station to Aéroport d’Orly station, line 14 (Terminal 3): 1h 20. At Châtelet–Les Halles, follow the signs for metro line 14 towards Aéroport d’Orly, about 10 minutes’ walk. Or stay on the RER B to Antony (a train for Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse or Massy–Palaiseau, not Robinson) and take the Orlyval shuttle into the terminals, 06:00 to 23:35, on the same €14 ticket.

    Buy the €14 ticket on Île-de-France Mobilités
  3. 11:40
    Arrive at Orly

    Line 14 stops at Orly 3. For Orly 4, a covered walk or the free shuttle takes a few minutes.

  4. 17:00

    At Orly by 17:00

    Check in and drop your bags: allow 30 minutes. Then be through to departures 90 minutes before your flight.

  5. 19:00
    Your flight leaves Orly

Before you fly

You must be allowed into France at Charles de Gaulle. Changing airports means going through French border control there, so check whether your passport needs a Schengen visa before you fly.

Charles de Gaulle visa and transit rules

Checking in again at Orly

  • Transavia: check-in counters close 30 minutes before departure
  • easyJet: bag drop closes 40 minutes before departure for its general group
  • Paris Aéroport: arrive 3 hours before long-haul flights, 2 hours before short-haul ones

Airlines’ and the airport’s own pages, read 9 Nov 2026.

RER B and metro line 14

  • Last train of the evening from Charles de Gaulle: 22:00 on Thursdays. Until 11 December, works stop the RER B between Châtelet–Les Halles and Charles de Gaulle from 22:45 on weekday evenings and some weekends, with slower replacement buses, so no later train is counted. On nights without works it runs until about midnight.
  • Fare: €14 one way: the Ticket Paris Région <> Aéroports, loaded onto a Navigo Easy card (the card is €2.05) or a smartphone (rates updated 1 January 2026)
  • Coach: FlixBus runs one to two coaches a day to Orly (about 1h 25, from €8.98), at times that change from day to day: check them on flixbus.com before you count on one.
  • Any hour: Taxi from the rank, about 1h (our estimate), on the meter: the flat fares (€56 and €65 between CDG and Paris, €45 and €36 between Orly and Paris) cover only the city’s two banks, not the other airport.

Every transfer

Charles de Gaulle to Orly and back: the train, the ride, the fare, the last train of the evening and the shortest layover it fits, with a taxi for any hour.

Timetables for Mondays to Fridays (Tuesday 17 November 2026), read 9 November 2026. Until 11 December, works stop the RER B between Paris and Charles de Gaulle from 10:45pm on weekday evenings and some weekends, so no train after 10pm is counted on any day. At weekends trains run more often than shown.

Every transfer between Paris’s airports: route, ride, fare, last service, any-hour ride and shortest layover
TransferPublic routeRideFareLast, Mon–FriAny hourShortest layover
Landing at Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle → Orly RER B and metro line 14RER B to Châtelet–Les Halles, then line 14; every 10 to 20 minutes about 1h 20 €14 22:00arrives 23:20; next 04:50 Taxi from the rankabout 1h (our estimate), metered 5h
Landing at Orly
Orly → Charles de Gaulle RER B and metro line 14Line 14 to Châtelet–Les Halles, then RER B; every 10 to 20 minutes about 1h 30 €14 22:00arrives 23:30; next 05:30 Taxi from the rankabout 1h (our estimate), metered 5h
  • Shortest layover: from landing to take-off, in the daytime, the longest it takes: the time from landing to the coach or train, the longest wait and ride between 06:00 and 20:00, 30 minutes for bag drop, and the departure airport’s return buffer (90 minutes), rounded up to the half hour.
  • The way across. From Charles de Gaulle, take any RER B train into Paris: from the station in Terminal 2, or from the Charles de Gaulle 1 station by Terminal 3, which the free CDGVAL shuttle train links to Terminal 1. Every train stops at Châtelet–Les Halles, about 40 minutes on. There, follow the signs for metro line 14 towards Aéroport d’Orly, about 10 minutes’ walk inside the station; line 14 runs every few minutes and takes 26 minutes to the station by Orly 3, with Orly 4 a few minutes further by covered walkway or free shuttle. From Orly it’s the same in reverse: line 14 to Châtelet–Les Halles, then an RER B train for Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV, not one for Mitry–Claye; get off one stop early, at Charles de Gaulle 1, for Terminals 1 and 3. With the waits and the walk at Châtelet, allow about 1h 20 from Charles de Gaulle and 1h 30 from Orly.
  • Without the change in Paris. With heavy bags, you can stay on the RER B to Antony instead, on a train for Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse or Massy–Palaiseau (Robinson trains don’t stop there), and take the Orlyval shuttle train into Orly’s terminals. It runs every 5 to 7 minutes from 6am to 11:35pm, takes about as long and costs the same.
  • The ticket. One €14 airport ticket (Ticket Paris Région <> Aéroports) covers the whole trip, RER B and line 14 or the Orlyval. Buy it before the gates, in the Île-de-France Mobilités app or loaded onto a Navigo Easy card (€2.05) at the station’s machines; a contactless bank card on its own won’t open the gates on the RER B.
  • Your bags. On separate tickets, you collect your bags at the first airport, take them with you and check in again at the second. The planner has you at the departure airport 90 minutes before your flight, plus 30 minutes for the bag drop, but the deadline that matters is your airline’s: Air France sets one for each flight and shows it in your booking, and at Orly easyJet closes bag drop 40 minutes before departure and Transavia its counters 30 minutes before. Check yours before you set off.
  • Evening works. Until 11 December, RER B trains stop between Châtelet–Les Halles and Charles de Gaulle at about 10:45pm on weekday evenings and some weekends, with replacement buses that take longer. From 14 to 18 December, the break moves to between Aulnay-sous-Bois and the airport, from the same time. So the planner counts no train after 10pm, in either direction, on any day. On nights without works trains run until about midnight, but don’t count on it: if you’re setting off after 10pm, take a taxi.
  • The taxi. Official taxis wait at the ranks outside every terminal, day and night, and you can book one ahead. Paris’s fixed taxi fares only cover rides between an airport and the city, so between the two airports the meter runs. Nobody publishes the ride, so these are our estimates: about an hour for the 45 km, longer in the rush hour, and very roughly €70 to €100. It’s the way across late in the evening, or when the train would leave you short.
  • The coach. FlixBus runs one to two coaches a day each way between the airports, with no change and two bags included, from €8.98, taking about 1h 25 from Charles de Gaulle and 1h 20 from Orly. Its times change from day to day, so check them on flixbus.com for your date; the planner doesn’t time your transfer by the coach. At Charles de Gaulle it leaves from the Roissypôle bus station by Terminal 3, a stop on the CDGVAL from Terminals 1 and 2; at Orly, from the coach car park by Orly 4. With so few, it suits a long layover; if it’s full or late, the train is the way.
  • Overnight. Allowing an hour for the border and your bags, a landing after about 9pm misses the last train counted. Take a taxi, or rest and go in the morning: RER B trains leave Charles de Gaulle from 4:50am and reach Orly by about 6:10am, and line 14 leaves Orly from about 5:30am, reaching Charles de Gaulle by about 7am. At Charles de Gaulle, the Sheraton is at the Terminal 2 station, and more hotels are at Roissypôle on the CDGVAL. Orly’s hotels are all before security, two by Orly 4. No flights leave Orly between about 11:20pm and 6am.
  • Christmas and New Year. RATP hasn’t published its holiday times for the RER B or line 14 yet, so from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day the planner uses the usual ones and says so for the day you pick.

Landing and flying out of the same airport? There’s no transfer: Charles de Gaulle’s guide and Orly’s guide plan the layover.

Sources and last check

Timetables, fares and check-in times change. We last checked this page on 9 November 2026 against these sources, each the operator’s or airport’s own page. Always confirm entry rules with your airline and the official source before you fly.