About Paris Orly Airport

Paris Orly Airport (IATA: ORY), often also referred to as Orly Airport, Aéroport de Paris-Orly, or even just Orly, is an international airport located just outside of Paris, France. It's location is actually part in Orly, with the other portion in Villeneuve-le-Roi. Orly airport is Paris's second international airport, with the first and main being Charles de Gaulle Airport. Orly, however, remains the busiest airport in France for domestic traffic, and the second-busiest in all of France for overall passenger traffic, with 2018 seeing Orly handle over 33.12 million passengers.

The airport is the hub for many airlines such as Aigle Azur, French Bee, HOP!, Air France and Transavia France, although there are plenty more airlines which operate from this airport to destinations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Caribbean, North America and Asia (both East and Southeast).

The airport was first opened in 1932 where it was originally known as Villeneuve-Orly Airport. Now, however, the airport has developed into a 4-terminal airport, with future plans to develop this into one, large terminal.

Facilities

The total airport covers 15.3 square km in area, including its terminals and runways.

Facilities Include:

Unlimited Free WiFi

Post Office

Baby Care facilities including changing rooms and free strollers

Children's play areas

Vintage video games

Food and Drink options

Luggage wrapping

Mobile charging stations

ATMs

Chapel

Multifaith Prayer Area

Duty-free shopping

Parisian art on display

Lounges Include:

Icare Lounge: With a lounge pass, travellers departing on international and non-Schengen flights can access this airport lounge for a relaxing wait in the airport. This lounge includes drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic), snacks, reading materials, TV and telephone access to help make waiting and layovers at the airport more comfortable.

Premium Traveller Lounge: Available to passengers departing on Schengen flights and those with an access pass, this airport lounge includes drinks and snacks, and also WiFi, newspapers and magazines and TVs to help pass the time.

Book Lounge Passes for Paris Orly Airport

Did you know that you can buy lounge passes for Paris Orly Airport with Alternative Airlines? You can purchase them for Icare Lounge and Premium Traveller Lounge.

Terminals

Terminals 1 and 2

This was known as the West Terminal until March 2019, when it was separated into two terminals. There are two floors, one which includes arrivals features such as baggage reclaim, service facilities and shops, and the other floor with even more stores and restaurants.

Terminal 3

Terminal 3 was only opened in April 2019, and is a small junction building which connects Terminals 1, 2 and 4. This terminal allows passengers to travel between all areas and terminals of the airport. It also comes with 5,000 square metres of duty-free shops and new food restaurants and retails.

Terminal 4

Terminal 4 was previously known as the South Terminal and has many floors with passenger facilities such as restaurants and shops, technical facilities such as baggage reclaims, security and service counters, but also airport offices for example.

Top Destinations

Popular Domestic Destinations

• Montpellier
• Nantes
• Toulouse
• Lyon
• Calvi

Popular International Destinations

• Algiers
• Milan
• Athens
• Naples
• Lisbon
• Barcelona
• Dublin