Paris-CDG’s new terminal names may already be on your 2027 ticket - Ouest-France

Paris-CDG renames its terminals on 16 March 2027. Match old names to new ones and understand why some tickets already say Terminal 5 instead of 2E.

A ticket for Paris-Charles de Gaulle can already say Terminal 5 where an older airport guide says 2E. From 16 March 2027, CDG, also known as Roissy, will use a new set of terminal names. Some bookings for travel from that date already show them. The date of your flight is what matters here, rather than the date you bought the ticket.

Air Mauritius’s passenger notice says Air France and KLM tickets bought from 6 October 2026 use the new names for travel on or after 16 March 2027. Air Mauritius also uses them for journeys from that date. That explains why the change can appear in a booking months before it reaches the airport signs.

Take a flight booked for April 2027: Terminal 5 is the new name for the building currently called 2E. It does not mean that the airline has moved to a newly built terminal.

The easily missed switch is today’s Terminal 3 becoming Terminal 2. Terminal 2 will therefore mean something quite different from the present collection of 2A–2G names. Keep the travel date beside any old terminal reference you are using.

Airport operator Groupe ADP describes the new logic as numbers for terminals and letters for departure lounges beyond the controls. A terminal’s car park will carry the same number as the terminal. The aim is to remove combinations such as “2E, hall M” from the passenger’s route.

Air France’s guidance says passengers do not need to take action simply because travel documents still show an old name. The documents issued at check-in will update automatically. It also says the locations of its services and the route through the airport remain unchanged.

The letters inside the airport change too. In Air France’s published conversion, K becomes D, L becomes C and M becomes B; F becomes E and G becomes N. Its lounge in Terminal 2E, hall M, for example, becomes the lounge in Terminal 5, gate B.

Use your airline’s check-in documents and the airport’s flight-information screens for your actual terminal and gate on departure day. The table translates the names; it cannot assign a terminal to an individual flight.

If you are flying into CDG and continuing to another French region by rail, our Train + Air guide explains which journeys can be combined in one booking.

Michel turned a love of travel into a career, working with a travellers’ association, guidebook publishers and the media, and leading groups for travel agencies.