air traffic prohibited up to 150 km from the capital during the opening ceremony

Air traffic will be prohibited within a radius of 150 km around Paris during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation told AFP on Monday November 27. “During the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on Friday July 26, 2024, a strict temporary prohibition zone, with a radius of 150 km and without altitude limit, will be set up around Paris between 7:00 p.m. and midnight”, the DGAC told AFP. As a result, operations at the two largest French airports, Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle and Paris-Orly, as well as that of Beauvais (Oise) will be completely interrupted, at the start of a weekend in the middle of the high summer season.

However, the DGAC assured that “emergency services flights and flights which may benefit, exceptionally, from an exemption granted by the Air and Space Force” will be able to fly. From the same source, “usual users, airlines, professionals and individuals, will be invited to postpone their activity or to bypass this zone during the period considered”. Furthermore, traffic regulations “will be implemented from 5:00 p.m. on Friday July 26,” insists the DGAC.

Please note that other measures governing air traffic will be put in place during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Currently being developed, they will be clarified in spring 2024, according to the administration.