Cayenne – Félix Éboué Airport (French: Aéroport de Cayenne – Félix Éboué, IATA: CAY, ICAO: SOCA) is French Guiana's main international airport. It is located near the commune of Matoury, 13 kilometres (8 mi) southwest of French Guiana's capital city of Cayenne. It is managed by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of French Guiana (CCI Guyane).[1]
The first airfield at Cayenne, called "Gallion," was built in 1943 in ten months by the U.S. Army Air Corps as a base allowing bombers to reach Africa. Though quickly abandoned upon the completion of the new airport, it can still be found very close to the aerodrome.
Félix Eboué Airport serves approximately 400,000 passengers per year.[13]
Facilitiesedit
The airport has an elevation of 24 feet (7 m) above mean sea level. It has one paved runway.[4] It is open to public air traffic and international air traffic.
^"Bulletin Statistique du trafic aérien commercial - année 2021" (PDF; 4.448 KB). ecologie.gouv.fr (in French). Ministère de la Transition écologique. p. 23. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
^"Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2018" (PDF). aeroport.fr. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
^Stéphanie Bouillaguet (17 January 2012). "Rochambeau has already become Félix-Éboué". France-Guiana. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
^"Cayenne airport". Aeroports Voyages. Retrieved 22 July 2018. Comprising of a single terminal building, the airport handles roughly 400,000 passengers per year.
^ ab"Air France NS24 Cayenne Service Adjustment". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
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Cayenne Felix Eboue Airport French Aeroport de Cayenne Felix Eboue IATA CAY ICAO SOCA is French Guiana s main international airport It is located near the commune of Matoury 13 kilometres 8 mi southwest of French Guiana s capital city of Cayenne It is managed by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of French Guiana CCI Guyane 1 Cayenne Felix Eboue Airportformerly Rochambeau AirportIATA CAYICAO SOCASummaryAirport typePublicOperatorCCI Guyane 1 ServesCayenne French GuianaLocationMatouryElevation AMSL26 ft 8 mCoordinates04 49 11 N 52 21 43 W 4 81972 N 52 36194 W 4 81972 52 36194MapCAYLocation in French GuianaShow map of French GuianaCAYCAY South America Show map of South AmericaRunwaysDirection Length Surfacem ft08 26 3 205 10 515 AsphaltStatistics 2021 2 Passenger volume334 807Aircraft Movements5 634Cargo metric tons 2 903Source Aeroport fr 3 French AIP 4 UAF 5 DAFIF 6 7 Air Guyane Express has its headquarters on the airport property 8 Contents 1 History 2 Facilities 3 Airlines and destinations 4 Statistics 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editThe first airfield at Cayenne called Gallion was built in 1943 in ten months by the U S Army Air Corps as a base allowing bombers to reach Africa Though quickly abandoned upon the completion of the new airport it can still be found very close to the aerodrome The new airport was first given the name Rochambeau in reference to Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur comte de Rochambeau commander in chief of the French troops in the American Revolutionary War 9 It was purchased by France in 1949 This name was controversial because the airport s namesake s son Donatien Marie Joseph de Vimeur vicomte de Rochambeau harshly repressed the Haitian Revolution during the Saint Domingue expedition Christiane Taubira then Member of the National Assembly of France for Guiana requested in 1999 that the name be changed Multiple proposals were submitted including Ceperou a seventeenth century indigenous chief It was finally renamed Felix Eboue Airport in 2012 the change becoming official in January of that year 10 11 The code for the airport remains CAY 12 Felix Eboue Airport serves approximately 400 000 passengers per year 13 Facilities editThe airport has an elevation of 24 feet 7 m above mean sea level It has one paved runway 4 It is open to public air traffic and international air traffic Airlines and destinations editAirlinesDestinationsAir CaraibesParis OrlyAir FranceBelem Fort de France Paris Charles de Gaulle 14 Paris Orly ends 28 October 2023 14 Pointe a PitreAir GuyaneCamopi Grand Santi Maripasoula Saint Laurent du Maroni SaulSky HighSanto Domingo Las AmericasStatistics editGraphs are unavailable due to technical issues Annual passenger traffic at CAY airport See Wikidata query Passengers 15 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012457 168 375 844 374 394 386 979 385 142 400 025 423 849 435 440 495 994See also editTransport in French Guiana List of airports in French GuianaReferences edit a b CCI Guyane Bulletin Statistique du trafic aerien commercial annee 2021 PDF 4 448 KB ecologie gouv fr in French Ministere de la Transition ecologique p 23 Retrieved 23 January 2023 Resultats d activite des aeroports francais 2018 PDF aeroport fr Retrieved 31 August 2019 a b SOCA Cayenne Felix Eboue AIP from French Service d information aeronautique effective 5 October 2023 CAR SAM NAM Aeroport de Cayenne Rochambeau in French L Union des Aeroports Francais Archived from the original on 4 February 2012 Retrieved 9 June 2019 Airport information for SOCA Archived 6 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine from DAFIF effective 26 October 2006 Airport information for CAY at Great Circle Mapper Source DAFIF effective October 2006 Directory World airlines Flight International 16 22 March 2004 65 CCI Guyane Aeroport Accueil Archived from the original on 11 November 2008 Laurent Marot 21 January 2012 Guyana found memory by changing the name of the airport Le Monde in French Retrieved 7 June 2013 order of 4 January 2012 J O 8 January 2012 NOR TRAA1200009A http www legifrance gouv fr affichTexte do cidTexte JORFTEXT000025114748 Stephanie Bouillaguet 17 January 2012 Rochambeau has already become Felix Eboue France Guiana Retrieved 7 June 2013 Cayenne airport Aeroports Voyages Retrieved 22 July 2018 Comprising of a single terminal building the airport handles roughly 400 000 passengers per year a b Air France NS24 Cayenne Service Adjustment Aeroroutes Retrieved 20 July 2023 Source Site de l UAF Archived 29 February 2012 at the Wayback MachineExternal links edit nbsp Media related to Cayenne Rochambeau Airport at Wikimedia Commons CCI Guyane in French Aeronautical chart and airport information for Cayenne Felix Eboue Airport at SkyVector Current weather for Cayenne Rochambeau at NOAA NWS Accident history for Cayenne Rochambeau Airport at Aviation Safety NetworkPortals nbsp France nbsp Aviation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cayenne Felix Eboue Airport amp oldid 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