Paris busiest airport system in the world. The city is served by three commercial international airports: Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly and Beauvais-Tillé. Together these three airports recorded traffic of 96.5 million passengers in 2014. There is also one general aviation airport, Paris-Le Bourget, historically the oldest Parisian airport and closest to the city centre, which is now used only for private business flights and air shows. Orly Airport, located in the southern suburbs of Paris, replaced Le Bourget as the principal airport of Paris from the 1950s to the 1980s. Charles de Gaulle Airport, located on the edge of the northern
Châlons Vatry Airport Châlons Vatry Airport Châlons Vatry Airport is a minor international airport serving Châlons-en-Champagne (formerly Châlons-sur-Marne) in northeastern France. It is located southeast of Châlons-en-Champagne, near Vatry, in the Marne department. It opened as Vatry Air Base in 1953 and switched from military to civilian use in 2000. For freight operations, it is marketed as "Vatry Europort" and gave its name to the former communauté de communes de l'Europort. For passenger traffic, it is also unofficially marketed as "Paris-Vatry" or "Paris-Vatry (Disney)", although it is east of downtown Paris and approximately away from Disneyland Paris. Châlons Vatry Airport's origins began in