Aéroport international Félix Éboué
| Aéroport international Félix Éboué | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | ABOUT |
| IATA code | CAY |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 8 m (26 ft ) |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1943 |
| Passengers | 514,185 (2016) |
| Air freight | 2,878 t (2016) |
| Flight movements |
7,612 (2016) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 08/26 | 3196 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Aéroport international Félix Éboué ( IATA code CAY , ICAO code SOCA until 2012 Aéroport Cayenne-Rochambeau ) is the international airport of the French overseas departments French Guiana . It is located around 16 kilometers southwest of the capital Cayenne .
history
The airport was built in 1943 under Governor Jean Rapenne for the United States Army Air Forces . On the occasion of a visit by French President Nicolas Sarkozy in January 2012, the airport was officially named after the colonial politician Félix Éboué . Born in Cayenne, Éboué was one of the leaders of Free France in Africa during World War II .
links
The airport is not served directly from German-speaking countries. Air France and Air Caraïbes also fly to it via Paris-Orly . Air France also flies to Pointe-à-Pitre in Guadeloupe, Fort-de-France in Martinique, Port-au-Prince in Haiti and Miami . Azul Linhas Aéreas serves Fortaleza and Belém in Brazil once a week . Air Guyane Express connects it with various domestic destinations.
Military use
The base aérienne 367 Cayenne-Rochambeau (BA367) of the French air force is also located at Aéroport international Félix Éboué . The base houses (as of 2015) the ET 0/68 "Antille Guyane", a transport group of the air force with CN235-200 , SA330 and AS555 (since July 2012). There are also some non-flying formations.
See also
Web links
- Airport website (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Statistics on the website of the Ministère de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l'énergie. (PDF; 2.55 MB) (No longer available online.) In: developpement-durable.gouv.fr. Ministère de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l'énergie, archived from the original on April 29, 2017 ; accessed on May 12, 2017 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Fitzroy André Baptiste: War, Cooperation, and Conflict. The European Possessions in the Caribbean, 1939-1945 . Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut 1988, ISBN 0-313-25472-9 , p. 205.
