Charles de Gaulle Airport

Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (French: Aéroport de Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle, IATA: CDG, ICAO: LFPG), kent as Roissy Airport (or juist Roissy in French) an aw, is ane o the warld's principal aviation centres, as well as Fraunce's lairgest airport. It is namit efter Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970), leader o the Free French Forces an foonder o the French Fift Republic, as well as the Preses o Fraunce frae 1959 tae 1969. The airport is locatit athin portions o several communes, 25 km (16 mi) tae the northeast o Paris. The airport serves as the principal hub for Air France. In 2013, the airport handled 62,052,917 passengers an 497,763 aircraft muivements, makkin it the warld's aicht busiest airport an Europe's seicont busiest airport (efter Lunnon Heathrow) in passengers servit. It is the warld's tenth busiest an Europe's busiest airport in aircraft muivement an aw. In cargo traffec, the airport is the aicht busiest in the warld an the busiest in Europe, haein handled 2,150,950 metric tonnes o cargo in 2012. Notes an references