Connecting at Paris Orly airport

Connection time calculator, immigration and security, and how to move between terminals at ORY.

How connections work at ORY

At Paris Orly airport, passengers connecting between two international flights can usually stay in the transit area without going through immigration.

The airport has 4 terminals or concourses (Orly 1, Orly 2, Orly 3, Orly 4). All of them are connected after security, so you do not need to clear security again to change.

Connection time calculator

Is your layover at ORY long enough? Pick your connection and get an estimate with the times of this airport.

Terminals / concourses: Orly 1, Orly 2, Orly 3, Orly 4

Getting between them: Walking: about 5 minutes between neighbouring terminals, under 15 minutes across the whole complex

Orly 1 to 4 form one continuous building, with Orly 3 as the central link. On a single booking you stay airside the whole way by following the yellow connecting-flight signs; on separate tickets you exit and clear security again.

Passengers arriving from outside the Schengen area clear immigration before connecting to Schengen flights.

  • Schengen to Schengen on one booking: about 1 hour is usually workable.
  • Arriving from outside Schengen you clear immigration first (20 to 45 minutes): plan at least 90 minutes, ideally 2 hours.

Estimate based on typical times at this airport, not your airline's official minimum connection time. Immigration and security lines change with the time of day and season. On a single ticket, the airline must rebook you if you miss the connection; on separate tickets, it does not.

Sources: layoverindex.com.

Times are estimates: always check with your airline.

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