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LFPG - Paris, Charles de Gaulle International
Charles de Gaulle International Airport, also known as Roissy Airport (or just Roissy in French), in Paris, is one of world's principal aviation centres, as well as France's main international airport. It is named after Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), leader of the Free French Forces and founder of the French Fifth Republic. It is located within portions of several communes, including Roissy, 25 km to the north-east of Paris.

In 2006, Charles de Gaulle Airport was number one in terms of aircraft movements in Europe with 541,566 landings and take-offs , above Frankfurt International Airport (489,406) and Heathrow (477,029). In terms of cargo traffic, Charles de Gaulle Airport was also number one in Europe with 2,130,724 tonnes, just above Frankfurt (2,127,646 tonnes), and above Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (1,566,828 tonnes) and Heathrow (1,343,930 tonnes). In terms of passenger traffic Charles de Gaulle Airport ranked second in Europe with 56,849,567 passengers, behind London Heathrow Airport (67,530,197), and above Frankfurt International Airport (52,810,683).

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