Paris Beauvais Airport Guide 2026: Terminals, Arrivals and Tips
Paris Beauvais Airport is the smallest and most distant of the three Paris airports: two compact terminals at Tillé, in the Oise, 85 km north of the capital. This guide covers what the airport is really like — the terminals, arrivals and departures, the practical details and your options for reaching Paris, Disneyland or CDG — written by a team that meets flights there week in, week out.
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- Code and name. BVA (IATA). Officially Paris-Beauvais-Tillé, sold by airlines as "Paris Beauvais".
- Where it is. At Tillé, on the northern edge of the town of Beauvais, in the Oise département — Hauts-de-France, not Île-de-France. About 85 km north of Paris, roughly halfway between Paris and Amiens.
- Distance and time to Paris: 85 km, almost all on the A16 — 1h15 to 1h30 by car, nearer 1h45 at weekday rush hour.
- Two terminals. Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, small, side by side on the same site. Check which one is on your booking.
- Who flies here. Mainly low-cost carriers — Ryanair and Wizz Air first among them — on short and medium-haul European and Mediterranean routes.
- No train at the terminal. Getting to Paris means the official coach to Porte Maillot, a bus-plus-TER combination via Beauvais station, a taxi on the spot or a pre-booked car.
Live information — flight status, terminal allocations, works and disruptions — is published by the airport on aeroportbeauvais.com. What follows is the stable picture you can plan around.
Where is Paris Beauvais Airport, and how far is it from Paris?
Start with the map, because the name misleads more travellers than anything else about this airport. Beauvais–Tillé sits in the Oise, in the Hauts-de-France region, on the fields just north of Beauvais, a cathedral town of about 56,000 people. From the terminal to the Arc de Triomphe is about 85 km, and the road is simple: the A16 motorway south, then the périphérique. Orly is roughly 18 km from central Paris and Charles de Gaulle about 26 km; Beauvais is in a different league, and the transfer deserves ten minutes of planning before you even book the flight.
By road, the honest figure is 1h15 to 1h30 door to door. The motorway stretch is quick and predictable; the last ten kilometres through the périphérique and the city are where the variation lives, which is why a weekday arrival between 17:00 and 19:30 can run closer to 1h45. There is no metro, no RER and no direct train from the terminal — the railway station is in Beauvais town, about 4 km away.
Address and access by car. The airport is signposted "Aéroport" from the A16 (exit for Beauvais) and from the Beauvais ring road; the terminals, drop-off area and car parks are all on one compact site at Tillé, postcode 60000. Use "Aéroport de Beauvais-Tillé" in your navigation app rather than a street address and you will be taken to the right forecourt.
Terminal 1 or Terminal 2? The two terminals explained
Beauvais has two terminals, and the word "terminal" flatters them a little: each is a single-level, functional building where check-in, security, departure gates and the arrivals exit are a few minutes apart. The two stand side by side on the same site, linked by a signposted footpath, so moving from one to the other is a short walk with your bags rather than a shuttle ride. There are no air bridges — you walk across the apron, or take a short bus, to board.
Terminal 1
The original terminal, extended over the years, with its own check-in hall, security lanes, departure lounge and arrivals exit. The shuttle coaches to Paris, the taxi rank and the pick-up area for pre-booked cars are a short walk from the arrivals doors.
Terminal 2
The newer, slightly larger terminal, built to absorb the airport's growth, laid out on the same simple pattern: one hall in, security, a departure area with gates on the apron side, and an arrivals exit on the landside. It shares the forecourt, car parks and coach stop with Terminal 1.
Which terminal is my flight? Airlines are assigned to a terminal and the allocation can change by season or route, so this guide deliberately does not publish a table. The terminal is shown on your booking confirmation, in your airline's app and on the departures page of aeroportbeauvais.com. Check it the day before you travel; if you do arrive at the wrong one, the walk across is the only penalty. For a pick-up, give us your flight number and we work out the terminal ourselves.
Beauvais Airport arrivals: what to expect
Passport control
A large share of Beauvais flights come from outside the Schengen area — the United Kingdom, Morocco, the Balkans and other non-EU destinations — so expect border control before baggage claim on those routes. Beauvais is a small airport with a small border post, and when two full aircraft land within a few minutes of each other the queue can be long out of proportion to the size of the building. Automated e-gates exist for eligible biometric passports; everyone else sees an officer. Non-EU travellers are now registered in the European Entry/Exit System on first entry, which adds time on busy days. On a flight from inside Schengen you walk straight through to the belts.
Baggage and the arrivals hall
Baggage belts are a few steps from border control, and the arrivals exit a few steps beyond that. You come out into a small public hall shared by everyone meeting the flight, then onto the forecourt where the Paris coaches, the taxi rank and the car parks are. Ignore anyone inside the hall offering a ride: only the official taxi rank outside and a driver you booked in advance are legitimate, and remember that unlike CDG and Orly, Beauvais has no regulated flat taxi fare to Paris.
Where your driver waits at Beauvais
Book before you fly and a driver waits in arrivals with your name, tracks your flight, helps with the luggage and drives you straight to your hotel entrance. Meet & greet in the arrivals hall with a name board and luggage assistance; flight tracking — we adjust the pick-up to the real landing time; a delay costs you nothing. You receive the driver's name and mobile number before landing, and 60 minutes of waiting after landing are included, enough for passport control and the baggage belt. Details and prices on the Beauvais airport transfer page.
Beauvais Airport departures: low-cost rules apply
How early to arrive
Two hours before departure is the sensible minimum at Beauvais, and the low-cost model makes it a real deadline rather than a suggestion: bag-drop desks and boarding gates close at a fixed time before departure and the airlines are strict about it. Add a margin at peak holiday periods, on strike days and early in the morning, when several flights leave within the same hour and the single security checkpoint of each terminal takes the strain. Your airline's own recommendation, shown in its app, is the one to follow.
Check-in and luggage
Check in online before you reach the airport and have your boarding pass on your phone or printed; some carriers charge for check-in at the desk. Cabin and hold baggage allowances differ from one airline — and one fare type — to another, and bag sizers at the gate are used. Measure and weigh at home; the terminal is the most expensive place to discover a bag is too big. If you need a hold bag dropped, that is the queue to arrive early for.
Security, shopping and tax refund
Liquids remain limited to 100 ml containers in a clear bag unless the lane you pass through is equipped with new-generation scanners; follow the signs on the day. Once airside, each terminal has a modest selection of shops and places to eat — adequate for a coffee and a sandwich, not a destination in itself. Non-EU residents reclaiming VAT on French purchases should confirm where the customs validation point is located on aeroportbeauvais.com before counting on it, and complete the formality before dropping any bag that contains the goods.
Practical information: opening hours, food, Wi-Fi, luggage
Opening hours
Beauvais is not a round-the-clock airport: the terminals open ahead of the first departures of the morning and close after the last arrival of the night, and no commercial flights operate in the small hours. If you are planning to sleep in the terminal before a dawn flight, check the current opening hours on the official site first; it may not be possible. An early departure is one of the situations where a car picking you up at your door in Paris, on time and whatever the hour, earns its price.
Food and drink
Both terminals have cafés and snack outlets landside and airside, with the usual sandwiches, pastries, hot drinks and a limited hot menu. Choice is narrower than at CDG or Orly and queues form when several flights board together. If you want a proper meal before a late flight, eat in Paris or in Beauvais town before you come.
Wi-Fi and power
Wi-Fi is available in the terminals; connect to the airport network and follow the portal. Power sockets are limited, so arrive with your devices charged.
Luggage storage
Do not plan around leaving bags at the airport: there are no self-service lockers, and any staffed service should be confirmed on the official site before you rely on it. If you land in the morning and want your luggage out of the way until an evening check-in, a chauffeur by the hour keeps it in the boot while you move around Paris.
Strikes and disruptions at Beauvais
French air-traffic-control strikes are the ones that touch Beauvais most: they are announced in advance and usually mean a percentage of flights cancelled, with the low-cost carriers publishing their cancellation lists the day before. Airport or airline staff strikes are rarer and more local. In every case, check your airline's app and aeroportbeauvais.com the evening before and again the morning of travel, and allow more time for security. Rail strikes affect the train option via Beauvais station far more than they affect the road: the A16 keeps running, and so does the coach. Our guide to strikes and protests in Paris explains how to keep moving on the day.
Getting from Beauvais Airport to Paris — and back
Four real options, each the right choice for someone. The full comparison, with night-arrival scenarios and the mistakes to avoid, is in our Beauvais to Paris transport guide; here is the short version.
- The official shuttle coach — from the forecourt to Porte Maillot, on the western edge of Paris, in about 1h15; departures follow the day's flights. Good value for a solo traveller with hand luggage — just add the metro or taxi leg from Porte Maillot to your hotel.
- Train via Beauvais station — local bus to the town station, then a TER to Paris Gare du Nord. About 1h15 on the train, 2 to 2.5 hours door to door with connections.
- Taxi or app on arrival — no regulated flat fare from Beauvais: the meter runs for the full 85 km, and cars are scarce late at night.
- Private chauffeur — a driver in arrivals with your name, flight tracked, 60 minutes of waiting included, door to door for a fixed €220 (Business Class, up to three passengers), €250 for the Business Van (up to seven) or €499 in First Class. Tolls included, identical at night and on Sundays. Beauvais airport transfer.
Getting to Beauvais Airport from Paris. The same options in reverse. Coaches leave Porte Maillot well ahead of each departure — earlier than feels natural — so check the operator's schedule against your flight time. A pre-booked car collects you at your Paris address at the time you choose and drops you at the right terminal; for a dawn Ryanair or Wizz Air departure, that is the difference between a night's sleep and an alarm set for the first metro.
Beauvais Airport to Disneyland Paris, CDG or Orly
Disneyland Paris. No public link goes direct: every route crosses central Paris with your bags. A private car drives from the terminal to the Disneyland hotels and parks by motorway without entering the city — about 115 km, usually 1h30 to 1h45 — with the fare quoted and fixed at booking. Everything you need is on our Beauvais Airport to Disneyland Paris page.
Charles de Gaulle and Orly. Connecting between Beauvais and another Paris airport is the journey public transport handles worst — coach, metro and RER, with a tight connection at the end of it. A chauffeur drives you across by motorway, timed to your onward flight, on a fixed quote: see the CDG airport transfer and Orly airport transfer pages, and our guides to Paris CDG Airport and Paris Orly Airport if you are flying on from either.
Frequently asked questions
Where is Paris Beauvais Airport?
At Tillé, just north of the town of Beauvais, in the Oise département of the Hauts-de-France region — about 85 km north of Paris. Despite the name on your ticket, it is not in Paris or even in Île-de-France. Count 1h15 to 1h30 by road to the city centre.
How far is Beauvais Airport from Paris city centre?
About 85 km, almost all of it on the A16 motorway. By car, 1h15 to 1h30 door to door, nearer 1h45 at weekday rush hour. The shuttle coach takes about 1h15 to Porte Maillot plus 20 to 40 minutes onward; the train via Beauvais station needs 2 to 2.5 hours with connections.
What is the airport code for Paris Beauvais?
BVA is the IATA code you see on tickets and luggage tags; LFOB is the ICAO code used by pilots. The airport's full name is Paris-Beauvais-Tillé, which is why boarding passes read Paris Beauvais even though the runway is 85 km from the capital.
Does Beauvais Airport have a Terminal 1 and a Terminal 2?
Yes, two terminals, both small and standing side by side on the same site. Your terminal is shown on your booking and in your airline's app; check it the day before, as allocations can change. Arriving at the wrong one is a short walk away, not a shuttle ride.
Where does my private driver wait at Beauvais Airport?
In the arrivals hall of your terminal, with a name board and luggage assistance. You receive the driver's name and mobile number before you land; we track your flight and 60 minutes of waiting after landing are included, so a delay changes nothing for you.
How do I get from Beauvais Airport to the train station?
There is no station at the airport. Beauvais town station is about 4 km away, reached by a local bus or a short taxi ride; from there TER trains run to Paris Gare du Nord in about 1h15 to 1h20. Allow 2 to 2.5 hours door to door with the connections.
How early should I arrive at Beauvais Airport for my flight?
Two hours before a European flight is the sensible minimum, more at peak holiday periods or on a strike day. Low-cost airlines close bag drop and boarding gates strictly on time, so check in online beforehand and have your boarding pass ready. Your airline's own recommendation always takes precedence.
Can I go from Beauvais Airport straight to Disneyland Paris or Charles de Gaulle?
Not by public transport: every route goes through central Paris. A private car drives directly by motorway without entering the city — about 115 km and 1h30 to 1h45 to Disneyland Paris, with the fare quoted and fixed at booking. Beauvais to CDG is quoted on request, timed to your onward flight.
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