Are there Arrival/Departure Boards in CDG Terminal 2 that will list arrivals of planes in halls other than the one in which we land? We will arrive on NW in T2-E and will want to check on the status of an AA flight due to arrive an hour later in T2-A. If there is board, will it list %26quot;On Time%26quot; or %26quot;Delayed%26quot;?
On the advice received from a previous post, I now have a separate printout of Terminals 2ABCD and 2E%26amp;F; but find it impossible to read the legend at the bottom of both pages. Another printout obtained from easycdg.com indicates that there are 5 levels, further complicating my attempt to visualize a good place for us to meet our friend who is supposed to arrive about one hour later than we will (a change of schedule from my original query that makes waiting more feasible.)
Will you please walk me through this one more time, perhaps noting the Levels on which we should be walking and meeting. Many thanks.
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you can check the CDG website www.adp.fr or at this link
www.aeroportsdeparis.fr/ADP/fr-fr/Passagers/
It%26#39;s in French but you can find %26quot;horaires des vols%26quot; on the right side of the page and check %26quot;arrivees%26quot;
(arrivals)
Then enter the City it departed from and the date.
You can probably enter an approximate time (military, European time.)
You%26#39;ll get an answer that says %26quot;prevu at %26quot; which means it is supposed to arrive at that time.
or %26quot;estime%26quot; which is the Estimated time.
You might have to wade through a little French, but you%26#39;ll get an accurate answer. I%26#39;m sure your AA website has a list like this too.
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YES...there are Flight Status boards in several locations around each CDG terminal building that you can check.
I%26#39;m not sure how you got the impression that there are five(5) levels to the CDG #2 terminal building (unless you are confusing them with CDG #1...which has nothing to do with you and is nowhere near where you%26#39;ll be). There are basically two(2) levels to the CDG terminal buildings--Arrivals on the upper levels and Departures on the lower levels. As for reading the %26#39;..legends..%26#39; at the bottoms of the CDG #2 terminal diagrams, they are in .pdf format and you can ZOOM to enlarge the font and SCROLL to read.
All you really need to know about CDG #2-A is that you must go to the French Customs exit at the ARRIVALS level of #2-A building to meet your friends....who MUST pass through this check-point (as you had to at #2-E) to get out onto the main concourse of the terminal. THAT%26#39;s the best place to meet your friends....making sure that they KNOW and UNDERSTAND that THEY are to stand and WAIT (come hell or high water) FOR YOU TO FIND THEM there. Otherwise, the whole business can quickly deteriorate into mice-in-a-maze. None of this is %26#39;..rocket surgery..%26#39;.
From the French Customs exit check point at your CDG #2-E ARRIVAL terminal, you simply turn LEFT onto the main concourse and walk straight ahed, to and through the attached SNCF/TGV/RER train station, across the glassed-in %26#39;bridge%26#39; to CDG #2-C....then straight ahead along the main concourse of #2-C, until you come to the attached #2-C (the McDonald%26#39;s previously mentions is between #2-C %26amp; #2-A, then straight ahead along the main concourse of #2-A until you come to the French Customs exit check point (it will be on your left). If at any point along the way you become disoriented or confused, you can simply ask any airport personnel to point you in the right direction. At a normal walking pace, while rolling luggage along in your wake, it should take 1-=15 minutes to get from your ARRIVAL exit at #2-E...to their arrival exit at #2-A.
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There are at least 5 levels at CDG-2 if you count the RER level, the ticket office level, the arrivals level, the departure level and the street / shuttle level. I swear we had to punch %26#39;5%26#39; for the shuttle level.
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Travelnutty - for people in the train station level (TGV, RER) that%26#39;s undoubtedly true. I%26#39;m only really familiar with the sections where American has its gates (as well as the train station area), but in the main (airplane) section I don%26#39;t think there are nearly that many levels (maybe more like three total, as there is a mezzanine level in part of it, plus the main concourse, and a lower level where the rental car agencies and some shops and cafes are).
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Thank you KDKSAIL. I will zoom the CDG Terminal maps, but save your verbal walk through. No problem about being rooted to a specific spot; we have for years embraced the mantra %26quot;you wait there until you die%26quot;. My impression of 5 levels came from the easycdg.com.
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%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;There are at least 5 levels at CDG-2 if you count the RER level, the ticket office level, the arrivals level, the departure level and the street / shuttle level. I swear we had to punch %26#39;5%26#39; for the shuttle level.%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;
This may be true for the inter-connected, SNCF/TGV/RER train station portion of the much greater CDG #2 %26#39;..compex..%26#39;--CDG #2-A, B, C, D, E %26amp; F. But it is not so for the %26#39;complex%26#39; in general.
For the purposes of a passenger trying to get from the ARRIVALS exit of CDG #2-E to the ARRIVAL exit of CDG #2-A...there will be no need to explore the depths of the SNCF/TGV/RER train station in between.
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KDKSAIL, I am glad I have your description of how to exit Terminal 2E, because the Terminal 2E%26amp;F map only shows Departures. I could find no link to a Terminal 2E-Arrivals map (no luggage hall, no customs exit, but I presume it will be easy to find when our plane lands.)
Since the MCDonalds is closer to her arrival gate, we will choose that as our meeting place to %26quot;wait until we die%26quot;, and leave for a taxi stand together. Any problem with that?
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%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;Since the MCDonalds is closer to her arrival gate, we will choose that as our meeting place to %26quot;wait until we die%26quot;, and leave for a taxi stand together. Any problem with that?%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;
Frankly...since you evidently have an hour to get from your Arrival exit at #2-F to their Arrival exit at #2-A....I%26#39;m inclined to recommend that you meet them just outside of the French Customs-controlled EXIT at #2-A. They MUST pass through this fixed check-point...and this eliminates the possibility of their becoming confused or lost searching for the McDonald%26#39;s...and you. One party remains %26#39;rooted%26#39; to the spot while the other (you) finds them. From this point, you all walk across the main #2-A terminal concourse to the Exit doors and the regular TAXI PARISIEN rank just outside. It doesn%26#39;t get much simpler or straightforward than this.
K I S S---Keep It Simple Stupid.
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