Roland Garros Airport

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Roland Garros Airport
Aéroport de La Réunion Roland Garros
IATA: RUN - ICAO: FMEE
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Saint-Denis, Réunion
Elevation AMSL 66 ft (20 m)
Coordinates 20°53′14″S, 055°30′37″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 10,499 3,200 Asphalt
14/32 8,760 2,670 Asphalt

Roland Garros Airport (French: Aéroport de La Réunion Roland Garros) (IATA: RUNICAO: FMEE), formerly known as Gillot Airport, is located in Saint-Denis, Réunion and is eponymous of the French aviator Roland Garros who was born in Saint-Denis.

Gillot Airport is the main Air Austral's Airport

Air Bourbon was formerly based out of this airport until it ceased operations in 2004.

If constructed, the Réunion Tram Train will link the airport to the capital Saint-Denis and Saint-Paul.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

  • Air Austral (Antananarivo, Dzaoudzi, Johannesburg, Lyon, Marseille, Mauritius, Moroni, Nosy Be, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Mahé (Seychelles), Saint-Pierre de la Réunion, Toamasina)
  • Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
  • Air Madagascar (Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Fort Dauphin, Île Sainte-Marie, Mahajanga, Nosy Be, Toamasina, Toliara)
  • Air Mauritius (Mauritius)
  • Corsairfly (Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Paris-Orly, Toulouse)

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