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Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport (French: Aéroport de Cayenne – Félix Eboué, 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 – Félix Eboué Airport

formerly Rochambeau Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorCCI Guyane[1]
ServesCayenne, French Guiana
LocationMatoury
Elevation AMSL26 ft / 8 m
Coordinates04°49′11″N 52°21′43″W
Map
CAY
Location in French Guiana
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 3,205 10,515 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers538,782
Passenger traffic change 4.7%
Source : Aeroport.fr,[2] French AIP,[3] UAF,[4] DAFIF[5][6]

Air Guyane Express has its headquarters on the airport property.[7]


History


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.

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.[8] 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 Cépérou, a seventeenth-century indigenous chief. It was finally renamed Félix Éboué Airport in 2012, the change becoming official in January of that year.[9][10] The code for the airport remains CAY.[11]

Félix Eboué Airport serves approximately 400,000 passengers per year.[12]


Facilities


The airport has an elevation of 24 feet (7 m) above mean sea level. It has one paved runway.[3] It is open to public air traffic and international air traffic.


Airlines and destinations


AirlinesDestinations
Air Caraïbes Paris–Orly
Air France Fort-de-France, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly, Pointe-à-Pitre
Seasonal Charter: Belém
Air Guyane Camopi, Grand Santi, Maripasoula, Saint-Laurent du Maroni, Saül

Statistics


Annual passenger traffic at CAY airport. See Wikidata query.
Passengers[13]
200020052006200720082009201020112012
457 168375 844374 394386 979385 142400 025423 849435 440495 994

See also



References


  1. CCI Guyane
  2. "Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2018" (PDF). aeroport.fr. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  3. SOCA – Cayenne Félix Eboué. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 3 November 2022. CAR SAM NAM
  4. "Aéroport de Cayenne – Rochambeau" (in French). L'Union des Aéroports Français. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  5. Airport information for SOCA Archived 6 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine from DAFIF (effective 26 October 2006)
  6. Airport information for CAY at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  7. "Directory: World airlines." Flight International. 16–22 March 2004. 65.
  8. "CCI Guyane - Aéroport / Accueil". Archived from the original on 11 November 2008.
  9. Laurent Marot (21 January 2012). "Guyana found memory by changing the name of the airport". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  10. order of 4 January 2012, J.O. 8 January 2012, NOR TRAA1200009A, http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000025114748
  11. Stéphanie Bouillaguet (17 January 2012). "Rochambeau has already become Félix-Éboué". France-Guiana. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  12. "Cayenne airport". Aeroports Voyages. Retrieved 22 July 2018. Comprising of a single terminal building, the airport handles roughly 400,000 passengers per year.
  13. Source : Site de l'UAF Archived 29 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine


Media related to Cayenne-Rochambeau Airport at Wikimedia Commons


На других языках

[de] Aéroport international Félix Éboué

Der Aéroport international Félix Éboué (IATA-Code CAY, ICAO-Code SOCA, bis 2012 Aéroport Cayenne-Rochambeau) ist der internationale Flughafen des französischen Überseedepartements Französisch-Guayana. Er liegt rund 16 Kilometer südwestlich der Hauptstadt Cayenne.
- [en] Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport

[es] Aeropuerto de Cayenne-Rochambeau

El Aeropuerto Cayena-Rochambeau (en francés: Aéroport de Cayenne-Rochambeau) (IATA: CAY, OACI: SOCA) es un aeropuerto localizado en la comuna de Matoury, un suburbio al sur de Cayena, Guyana Francesa. Es la principal puerta de entrada de extranjeros al país.

[fr] Aéroport international Félix-Éboué

L'aéroport international de Cayenne-Félix-Éboué (code IATA : CAY • code OACI : SOCA), anciennement aéroport de Cayenne-Rochambeau, est un aéroport situé dans le département français de la Guyane. Il est d'une capacité de 600 000 passagers par an. Il est situé sur le territoire de la ville de Matoury, à 13,5 kilomètres au sud-ouest de Cayenne. Il possède une piste et s'étend sur 1 300 hectares (13 km2).

[it] Aeroporto di Caienna-Félix Éboué

L'aeroporto di Caienna-Félix Éboué è un aeroporto francese situato vicino alla città di Matoury nel dipartimento della Guyana francese. L'aeroporto è intitolato a Félix Éboué (1884-1944), uomo politico e amministratore delle colonie francesi.

[ru] Аэропорт имени Феликса Эбуэ

Международный аэропорт имени Феликса Эбуэ (фр. L' aéroport international de Cayenne - Félix Eboué) — международный аэропорт в Матури, во Французской Гвиане, заморском департаменте Франции, основанный в 1943 году, как военный и реорганизованный в гражданский в 1949 году. Находится в 13,5 км к юго-западу от столицы Кайенны[1].


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