Paris-Orly airport passengers, France
Paris-Orly airport passengers, France stood at 2,727,672 Passengers in Mar 2026, according to DGAC – Direction générale de l'Aviation civile (data.gouv.fr). It is one of the indicators in the Monthly air traffic table (Value · Monthly), with a complete series running from Jan 2002 to Mar 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Monthly air traffic table
| Indicator | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | 10-2025 | 09-2025 | 08-2025 | 07-2025 | 06-2025 | |
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| Passengers by airport | |||||||||||
| Paris-Orly | 2,727,672 | 2,433,286 | 2,469,606 | 2,640,289 | 2,423,967 | 3,148,662 | 3,100,591 | 3,479,956 | 3,383,130 | 3,260,016 | |
| Nice-Côte d'Azur | 1,014,776 | 818,092 | 754,553 | 920,896 | 844,801 | 1,371,259 | 1,530,011 | 1,797,607 | 1,772,985 | 1,636,383 |
Understanding paris-Orly airport passengers, France
Travelers passing through the secondary metropolitan civil aviation facility serving the capital region are enumerated within this metric, encompassing both arriving and departing individuals on commercial flights. Counting includes all revenue-generating scheduled and charter travelers, while infants under standard carrier age thresholds traveling without dedicated seats alongside direct transit passengers who remain airside without completing terminal clearance procedures are omitted. This specific terminal count differs from primary national hub totals by isolating operations centered on point-to-point European and Mediterranean corridors rather than intercontinental networks.
Interpreting fluctuations requires evaluating heavy seasonal swings driven by holiday migration and leisure demand, which can distort sequential month-to-month comparisons. Analysts should prioritize matching-month evaluations against prior annual cycles to isolate structural changes from calendar effects. Initial operational counts are subject to routine carrier reporting adjustments before being finalized. Comparing this facility directly with primary capital hubs risks misinterpreting differences in network breadth as operational efficiency.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this metric count travelers changing planes without leaving the terminal?
- Direct transit passengers who remain airside during a layover are excluded from the passenger count.
- Why are matching-month comparisons preferred over consecutive month evaluations?
- Strong seasonal patterns in leisure travel make annual matching-month checks more reliable for tracking underlying demand shifts.
- Are private business aviation flyers included in the total counts?
- Commercial charter flights are captured, but private non-revenue general aviation movements are excluded.