Paris to Orly Airport: How to Get There — Metro, Taxi & Private Transfer
Orly is the closer of the two Paris airports, and since 2024 a metro runs straight to it. Here is every realistic way out of the city in 2026 — with the fares actually in force, honest journey times, and the hours of the day when only a car will do.
Sep 18, 2026
Quick summary
Leaving Paris for Orly in 2026 comes down to five options. Metro line 14 is the fastest for most people — about 25 minutes from Châtelet–Les Halles — but it needs the €14 'Paris Région <> Aéroports' ticket rather than an ordinary metro ticket, and it does not run before 5:30 am. An official taxi charges a flat fare fixed by decree: €36 from the Left Bank, €45 from the Right Bank, identical day and night. A private KAR GO transfer is €75 per car in a Mercedes E-Class for up to three passengers, or €95 in a V-Class for up to seven, fixed at booking and collected from your door. The budget routes are bus 183 at €2.05 and tram T7 at roughly €4.60 — the only links to Orly exempt from the €14 airport fare, and by some distance the slowest.
Orly sits about 13 km south of central Paris — roughly half the distance of Charles de Gaulle, which is 23 km to the north-east. On paper that makes the departure the easy one. In practice the journey out is the one that carries the consequences: arriving late into a city costs you an evening, arriving late at an airport costs you the ticket.
This guide covers every realistic way to get from Paris to Orly — metro line 14, a private transfer, the official taxi flat fare, bus 183 and tram T7 — with the fares in force in September 2026, honest journey times, and a clear recommendation for each kind of traveller.
One thing to know before comparing prices: Île-de-France Mobilités overhauled its fare system in January 2025. Paper tickets were withdrawn, the old single was replaced, and the airport links moved onto a dedicated fare, so several figures still circulating online no longer exist.
Flying into Orly rather than out of it? See our Orly Airport to Paris arrival guide.
Paris to Orly — All the Options at a Glance
| Option | Price | Time / frequency | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metro Line 14 | €14 per adult (airport ticket) | ~25 min from Châtelet–Les Halles · every 85 seconds at peak | One or two travellers, light luggage, daytime flights |
| Private transfer (KAR GO) | €75 per car (E-Class, up to 3) · €95 (V-Class, up to 7) | 30–50 min door to door | Families, groups, heavy luggage, early departures |
| Official taxi (flat fare) | €36 Left Bank · €45 Right Bank | 30–50 min, traffic-dependent | One to three passengers, nothing booked in advance |
| Bus 183 | €2.05 (Bus-Tram ticket) | Every 15–20 min from Porte de Choisy, ~5:00 am to 12:30 am | Budget travellers with light bags and time to spare |
| Tram T7 | ≈€4.60 including the metro to reach it | ~80 min from central Paris · Orly 4 only | The cheapest route, and the one that avoids the airport fare |
Your terminal matters more at Orly than at CDG. There are four, and since 2019 their official names have been Orly 1, Orly 2, Orly 3 and Orly 4. Orly 1 and 2 handle domestic and Schengen flights, Orly 3 mixes Schengen and international traffic, and Orly 4 is the international terminal. Orly 1, 2 and 3 form one continuous building; Orly 4 stands apart. The metro station opens in front of Orly 3 and the T7 tram stops at Orly 4, so the terminal on your boarding pass genuinely changes which route makes sense.
If you end up on the wrong side of the airport, the Orlyval shuttle links Orly 1-2-3 to Orly 4 in one minute and that hop is free — no ticket, no barrier. It runs daily from 6:00 am to 11:35 pm.
Metro Line 14 — Fast and Cheap, but Closed Before 5:30 am
Line 14 has run directly to Orly since June 2024, and it changed the picture completely. It is fully automated, it has no traffic to sit in, and at peak times a train leaves every 85 seconds — the shortest interval on the network. From Châtelet–Les Halles the airport is about 25 minutes away; from Saint-Lazare, at the northern end of the line, allow around 35. The line also calls at Madeleine and Gare de Lyon, so much of central Paris is one ride away.
The €14 airport ticket — and the ticket that will not work
The fare is the point most visitors get wrong. Travelling to the Aéroport d'Orly station requires the 'Ticket Paris Région <> Aéroports', which costs €14 per adult one way in 2026, or €7 at the reduced fare for children aged 4 to 9. The ordinary Métro-Train-RER single, at €2.55, is not valid at the airport station: present it at the barrier and you will not get through.
The airport ticket is sold digitally only — loaded onto a Navigo Easy card or bought in the Île-de-France Mobilités app. There is no cardboard version any more. If you already hold an all-zones Navigo pass or a Paris Visite pass, you travel to Orly at no extra cost.
The hours are the real catch
Line 14 serves Orly from 5:30 am until about 12:30 am. Before 5:30 am there is no metro to the airport at all — not a reduced service, none. The only public transport in that window is the Noctilien night bus network, whose lines N22, N31, N131 and N139 serve the Aéroport d'Orly stop.
Work backwards from your flight and the constraint is obvious. A 7:00 am departure means being at Orly by about 5:30 am — the exact minute the first train pulls out of central Paris, half an hour's ride away. Even an 8:00 am flight has you catching the very first metro of the day with no margin if anything goes wrong. That fact, more than any comfort argument, is why early departures from Paris are made by road.
When line 14 is the wrong choice
Three situations make the metro harder than it looks: large suitcases or a pushchair, because escalators are not guaranteed and nobody will help you with the bags; three or more passengers, because the logistics get worse with every extra case; and a hotel that is not on line 14, since a taxi to the metro followed by the metro to Orly is rarely faster or cheaper than a single door-to-door ride.
Private Transfer from Paris to Orly — The Stress-Free Departure
A pre-booked transfer takes the variables out of your departure morning instead of leaving you to manage them. The driver is at the door at the agreed time, the luggage goes in the boot, and the car goes directly to your terminal — no platform to find, no ticket machine to decipher, no decision to take under time pressure.
How it works with KAR GO
- You give your terminal — Orly 1, 2, 3 or 4 — and your flight time when you book
- Your driver arrives at your hotel or apartment door with a traffic buffer already built in
- Direct drive to your departure terminal, no intermediate stops
- The driver handles loading and unloading the luggage
- Fixed price confirmed at booking: no meter, no surge pricing, no luggage supplement
- Child seats at no charge, WiFi and water on board
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup
Paris to Orly — the fixed prices
| Vehicle | Passengers | Paris → Orly (daytime) |
|---|---|---|
| Mercedes E-Class | Up to 3 passengers | €75 |
| Mercedes V-Class | Up to 7 passengers | €95 |
| Mercedes S-Class | Up to 3 passengers | €170 |
The per-person arithmetic is worth doing honestly. For three passengers an E-Class works out at €25 each against €14 on the metro, so you are paying a real premium for the door-to-door service. Fill a V-Class with seven and it comes to about €13.60 a head — less than a single airport ticket, with every suitcase in the boot.
Early flights are where it stops being a comfort question
If your departure has you leaving the hotel before 5:30 am, the choice is not between comfort and economy: the metro is not running. A transfer booked the night before, or a taxi at the regulated flat fare, are the only options that put a car at your door at a time you chose. The night surcharge applies from 11 pm to 6 am, so an E-Class booked for a 4:30 am pickup is €90 — known in advance, with no surge and no meter.
Taxi, Bus 183 and Tram T7 — The Other Ways Out
Official taxi — a flat fare set by decree
Paris taxis do not run the meter to Orly. They charge a flat fare fixed by decree — the current figures come from the arrêté of 24 December 2025 — of €36 from the Left Bank and €45 from the Right Bank, in both directions. The fare is identical by day and by night, at weekends and on public holidays, and it already covers your luggage and any time lost in traffic.
The only legal extras are a booking fee of €4 for an immediate booking or €7 for one made in advance, and €5.50 per passenger from the fifth onwards. Anyone quoting a range rather than one of those two figures is not quoting the regulated fare. Because Orly is south of the city, the Left Bank is the cheaper side here — the reverse of Charles de Gaulle, where the flat fares are €56 from the Right Bank and €65 from the Left Bank.
Use an official rank or a licensed app such as G7, and book the night before if you are leaving at a busy hour. For one or two passengers with standard luggage the flat-fare taxi is a sound choice; from three upwards, a pre-booked car with a confirmed vehicle and a known pickup time tends to win on practicality rather than on price.
Bus 183 — the cheapest door to the airport
RATP bus 183 links Porte de Choisy, on metro line 7, to Orly 4 and Orly 1-2-3 for a standard Bus-Tram ticket at €2.05, roughly every 15 to 20 minutes from about 5:00 am to 12:30 am. It is an ordinary city bus, which makes it a genuine option with a cabin bag and a poor one with two large suitcases — but it is the cheapest way to reach the terminal doors.
Tram T7 — cheap, and slow
The T7 runs from Villejuif–Louis Aragon, the southern terminus of metro line 7, to a stop that serves Orly 4 — and only Orly 4. The tram takes a €2.05 Bus-Tram ticket, to which you add a €2.55 Métro-Train-RER ticket to reach Villejuif, so about €4.60 all in. The RATP quotes around 40 minutes from Villejuif and roughly 80 minutes from central Paris, which makes it the slowest option on this page by a wide margin. For Orly 1, 2 or 3 you then walk or take the free Orlyval shuttle.
Bus 183 and tram T7 share one useful property: they are the only links to Orly not subject to the €14 airport fare. If your budget matters more than your morning, they are the two routes to look at.
How Much Time to Allow — Paris to Orly
Check-in and security requirements vary by airline, so treat the times below as practical guidance rather than a guarantee, and check what your own carrier asks for.
| Flight type | Be at Orly | Leave Paris (private transfer or taxi) | Leave Paris (metro line 14) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short-haul European or Schengen (usually Orly 1, 2 or 3) | 90 min before departure | 2h 15 min before departure | 2h 15 min before departure |
| Long-haul intercontinental (usually Orly 4) | 2h 30 min before departure | 3h 15 min before departure | 3h 15 min before departure |
| Any departure before 8:00 am | Same, with no margin to spare | The dependable option — book the night before | No metro before 5:30 am; check the first train the evening before |
The good news is that Orly is compact: the walk from the drop-off to the check-in desks is short, and the free Orlyval hop puts the other side of the airport a minute away if you misread your boarding pass. Time spent at Orly is rarely wasted; it is the time getting there under pressure that causes problems.
By road, the pinch point is the A6 in the morning peak. If you are travelling by car between roughly 7:30 and 9:30 am, or in the late afternoon, allow extra time — a driver who knows the route builds that buffer in, which is why the pickup time you are offered can look early.
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Key takeaways
- Metro line 14 reaches Orly in about 25 minutes from Châtelet–Les Halles, but the fare is the €14 'Paris Région <> Aéroports' ticket (€7 for children aged 4 to 9). The ordinary €2.55 Métro-Train-RER ticket is not valid at the airport station, and singles are digital only — a Navigo Easy card or the Île-de-France Mobilités app.
- The metro serves Orly from 5:30 am to about 12:30 am. Before 5:30 am nothing runs but the Noctilien night buses N22, N31, N131 and N139 — the single strongest reason to pre-book a car for an early departure.
- A KAR GO transfer from central Paris is €75 in a Mercedes E-Class (up to 3 passengers) or €95 in a V-Class (up to 7), per car and fixed at booking. Between 11 pm and 6 am those two fares rise by 20 percent, to €90 and €115.
- Official Paris taxis charge a regulated flat fare: €36 from the Left Bank, €45 from the Right Bank, identical day and night, luggage and traffic delays covered. Any quote outside those two figures is not the regulated fare.
- The cheapest routes are bus 183 from Porte de Choisy (€2.05) and tram T7 (about €4.60 with the metro to Villejuif–Louis Aragon). They are the only Orly links exempt from the €14 airport ticket, and the T7 takes roughly 80 minutes from central Paris.
- Check your terminal before you leave: the line 14 station opens in front of Orly 3, the T7 stops at Orly 4, and the Orlyval shuttle links the two sides of the airport in one minute, free of charge.
