Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Paris-Orly Airport

Paris - Orly Airport (French: Aéroport de Paris - Orly) (IATA: ORY, ICAO: LFPO) is an airport located partially in Orly and partially in Villeneuve-le-Roi, south of Paris, France. It has flights to cities in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, and North America. Prior to the construction of Charles de Gaulle Airport, 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 terms of passenger boardings. Orly Airport extends over 15.3 km² (5.9 sq. miles) of land. It straddles two départements and seven communes: Essonne département (61.7%): communes of Paray-Vieille-Poste (27.4%) (West Terminal and half of South Terminal), Wissous (15.5%), Athis-Mons (13.6%), Chilly-Mazarin (2.8%), and Morangis (2.4%) Val-de-Marne département (38.3%): communes of Villeneuve-le-Roi (22.5%) and Orly (15.8%) (half of South Terminal) Management of the airport, however, is solely under the authority of Aéroports de Paris, which also manages Charles de Gaulle Airport, Le Bourget Airport, and several smaller airports in the suburbs of Paris. Orly Airport has two terminals: west and south. They are linked to Paris by freeways, Air France buses, RATP buses (called OrlyBus) and the Orlyval automatic metro service, which connects to the Antony (Paris RER) station. A tramway link is planned for the near future.

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