Charles de Gaulle Airport least Brussels and Amsterdam. Charles de Gaulle Airport is directly connected to Autoroute A1 which connects Paris and Lille. The two other airports serving Paris are Orly Airport (south of Paris, the other major airport in Paris) and Le Bourget Airport (for general aviation and private jets). Some low-cost airlines also advertise Beauvais–Tillé Airport and Châlons Vatry Airport, respectively 85 km and 165 km from Paris proper, as serving "Paris" with "Paris–Beauvais" and "Paris–Vatry". Beauvais airport has no railway connections, but there is a shuttle bus to central Paris 15 times daily. The grassy lands on which the airport is
George Bush Intercontinental Airport was the third terminal to be built at the airport, opening in 1981. It was designed by the Houston firm of Airport Architects, a joint venture of Golemon & Rolfe Architects and Pierce and Pierce Architects. Terminal C has 31 gates. The terminal includes the airport's interfaith chapel. The terminal underwent renovations from 2000 to 2005, designed by Gensler. On May 11, 2015, the airport broke ground on the airport's new Terminal C north concourse, which opened in March 2017. In March 2017 United also opened a Global Reception area for Global Services and Global First check-in which directly connects