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, France.[6] 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.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Saint-Denis, Réunion, France | ||||||||||||||
Hub for | Air Austral | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 20 m / 66 ft | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 20°53′24″S 055°30′59″E | ||||||||||||||
Website | reunion.aeroport.fr | ||||||||||||||
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Roland Garros Airport is the hub of Air Austral and served 2,293,042 passengers in 2017 (8.8% more than in 2016).[7] Air Austral also has its head office on the airport property.[8] When Air Bourbon existed until 2004, its head office also was on the airport property.[9] The airport is 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 | Destinations |
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Air Austral | Antananarivo, Antsiranana,[10] Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Chennai, Dzaoudzi, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, Mahé, Marseille,[11] Mauritius, Moroni, Nosy Be, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Toamasina |
Air France | Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly |
Air Madagascar | Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Guangzhou, Sainte-Marie, Tôlanaro[12] |
Air Mauritius | Mauritius |
Corsair International | Dzaoudzi,[13] Lyon, Marseille, Mauritius, Paris–Orly |
Etihad Airways | Seasonal charter: Abu Dhabi[14] |
Ewa Air | Dzaoudzi |
French Bee | Paris–Orly |
It was once 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.
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