Roland Garros Airport

Roland Garros Airport
Aéroport de la Réunion Roland Garros
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Sainte-Denis, Réunion
Hub for Air Austral
Elevation AMSL 20 m / 66 ft
Coordinates 20°53′24″S 055°30′59″E / 20.89000°S 55.51639°E / -20.89000; 55.51639
Website reunion.aeroport.fr
Map
RUN

Location of airport in Réunion

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 3,200 10,499 Asphalt
14/32 2,670 8,760 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 2,014,111
Passenger traffic change Increase 0.6%
Source : Aeroport.fr,[1] French AIP,[2] DAFIF[3][4]

Roland Garros Airport (French: Aéroport de la Réunion Roland Garros) (IATA: RUN, ICAO: FMEE), formerly known as Gillot Airport, is located in Sainte-Marie on Réunion.[5] The airport is 7 kilometres (3.8 NM) east[2] of Saint-Denis; it is named after the French aviator Roland Garros who was born in Saint-Denis.

Overview

Roland Garros Airport is the hub of Air Austral and served 2,067,764 passengers in 2012. Air Austral also has its head office on the airport property.[6] When Air Bourbon existed until 2004, its head office also was on the airport property.[7] The airport resides at an elevation of 20 m (66 ft) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 12/30 measuring 3,200 by 45 metres (10,499 ft × 148 ft) and 14/32 measuring 2,670 by 45 metres (8,760 ft × 148 ft).[3]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Austral Antananarivo, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Chennai, Dzaoudzi, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, Mahé, Marseille (resumes 12 October 2017),[8] Mauritius, Moroni, Nosy Be, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air France Paris–Orly
Air Madagascar Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Guangzhou, Sainte-Marie
Air Mauritius Mauritius
Corsair International Paris-Orly, Antananarivo, Dzaoudzi
French Blue Paris-Orly
XL Airways France Lyon, Marseille, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Toulouse (begins 1 November 2017)

    Ground transport

    It planned to construct a Réunion Tram Train to link the airport to the capital Saint-Denis and Saint-Paul, but plans for the construction were abandoned in 2013.

    References

    1. ↑ "Résultats d’activité des aéroports français 2014" (PDF). aeroport.fr. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
    2. 1 2 FMEE – SAINT DENIS GILLOT. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 17 August 2017.
    3. 1 2 Airport information for FMEE from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
    4. ↑ Airport information for RUN at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
    5. ↑ "Géographie." Sainte-Marie. Retrieved on 7 October 2009.
    6. ↑ "Legal notices." Air Austral. Retrieved on 7 9 September 2010. "Air Austral Anonymous company with executive board and supervisory board With a capital of 19 206 900€ Roland Garros Airport area 97438 Sainte Marie or BP 611 - 97472 Saint-Denis Cedex."
    7. ↑ "Contact." Air Bourbon. 19 June 2004. Retrieved on 10 July 2010.
    8. ↑ http://actus.clicanoo.re/article/economie/1420945-air-austral-annonce-son-grand-retour-sur-marseille
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