Orly Airport Transfer — Paris

Paris Orly Airport (ORY) sits 13 km south of the city centre and handles millions of domestic and international passengers a year. It is the closer of the capital's two major airports, which does not automatically make getting out of it simple: taxi queues can stretch to 30 minutes or more at peak times. With LocalsRide your driver is already waiting when you clear baggage claim.

Transfers start from €40, fixed price, confirmed at booking. No meter, no hidden fees, no surge pricing.

Transfer time and distance

• Distance to Paris centre: approximately 13 km
• Average transfer time: 30 to 45 minutes, longer during peak hours
• Terminals served: Orly 1, 2, 3 and 4

The terminals were renumbered from the old West and South buildings, and the halls now run as a single connected sequence. Your driver reads the terminal from your flight number, so a last-minute gate change is not your problem to solve.

Why book a private transfer from Orly?

• No taxi queue. Your driver is waiting before you reach the exit
• Fixed price upfront, quoted before you book and unchanged on arrival
• Flight monitoring and free waiting. Delays are absorbed automatically, with up to 60 minutes of waiting after landing
• Driver details sent in advance, name, photo, car and WhatsApp, so you know exactly who to look for
• All group sizes, sedan, minivan or minibus, priced per vehicle

Where do most travellers go from Orly?

• Orly to central Paris, all hotels, apartments and neighbourhoods
• Orly to Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Montparnasse and the Rive Gauche
• Orly to Versailles, roughly 40 minutes direct
• Orly to Gare Montparnasse, for TGV connections south and west
• Orly to Charles de Gaulle, the inter-airport run for connecting flights

Because Orly sits south of the city, the Left Bank and the southern suburbs are genuinely quicker from here than from CDG, which is worth weighing when you book flights rather than after.

Connecting between Orly and CDG

Separate tickets through the two Paris airports is a common itinerary and an awkward one. There is no direct rail link, so the public route involves crossing the city. Allow at least two hours between your Orly landing and your CDG departure, book the leg as a single transfer, and the driver handles the rest of it.

What vehicle should you book?

• Sedan, up to 4 passengers, suited to couples and solo travellers
• Minivan, up to 8 passengers, for families travelling with cases
• Minibus, up to 15 passengers, for groups moving together

Getting from Orly Airport to Paris

Since June 2024, Metro line 14 has run directly from Orly into central Paris in about 25 to 30 minutes, which is the fastest public link the airport has ever had. Orlyval connects to Antony on the RER B, the Orlybus runs to Denfert-Rochereau, and tram T7 serves Villejuif. All of them end at a station rather than at your door, and all of them stop overnight. A private transfer covers the same 13 km in 30 to 45 minutes with no changes, at any hour.

Is Orly cheaper than Charles de Gaulle?

Yes, and the reason is simply distance. Orly is roughly half as far from the centre as CDG, so the fixed price is lower: transfers here start from approximately €40 against €55 from Charles de Gaulle. Both are quoted the same way, before you book, with tolls and fees included.

Travelling on from Paris

The same fixed-price service runs across France, including Nice and Lyon, with dedicated airport pages for Nice Côte d'Azur and Lyon Saint-Exupéry. Orly handles a large share of French domestic traffic, so booking the transfer at the far end at the same time is often the natural next step.