Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (French: Aéroport de
Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle, IATA: CDG, ICAO: LFPG), also known as Roissy Airport
(name of the local district), is the largest international airport in France.
It is named after Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970), leader of the Free French
Forces during the Second World War, founder of the French Fifth Republic and
President of France from 1959 to 1969. Charles de Gaulle Airport is located
within portions of several communes 25 km (16 mi) to the northeast of Paris.
Charles de Gaulle Airport serves as the principal hub for Air France as well as
a European hub for fellow SkyTeam alliance partner Delta Air Lines.
Additionally, the airport serves as a focus city for low-cost carriers Vueling
and Norwegian Air Shuttle.
In 2016, the airport handled 65,933,145 passengers and
472,950 aircraft movements, thus making it the world's ninth-busiest airport,
Europe's second-busiest airport (after London Heathrow) in terms of passenger
numbers. It is also the world's tenth-busiest and Europe's second-busiest
airport (after London Heathrow) in aircraft movements. In terms of cargo
traffic, the airport is the twelfth-busiest in the world and the second-busiest
in Europe (after Frankfurt Airport), handling 2,150,950 metric tonnes of cargo
in 2012.The incumbent director of the airport, Franck Goldnadel, was appointed
to his position on 1 March 2011.