Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport
| Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport Aéroport de Cayenne – Félix Eboué | |||||||||||
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| IATA: CAY – ICAO: SOCA | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | CCI Guyane | ||||||||||
| Serves | Cayenne | ||||||||||
| Location | Matoury, French Guiana | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 24 ft / 7 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 04°49′11″N 52°21′43″W / 4.81972°N 52.36194°WCoordinates: 04°49′11″N 52°21′43″W / 4.81972°N 52.36194°W | ||||||||||
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  CAY Location in French Guiana | |||||||||||
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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 in the commune of Matoury, 13 km (8 mi) southwest of French Guiana's capital city of Cayenne. Its management is provided by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of French Guyana. Air Guyane Express has its head office on the airport property.[6]
History
The airfield of Cayenne was built in 1943 in 10 months by the American army who wanted to be able to reach Africa when flying there with its bombers. Very close to the aerodrome, one can find the former airfield "Gallion", used in 1943 and then quickly abandoned when using the new airport.
The name of Rochambeau is first attributed in reference Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, commander of the French troops who participated in the American Revolutionary War.[7] It was purchased by France in 1949.
The name of Rochambeau creates controversy because of the bad reputation of the son of the dedicatee of the airport, Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau who during the Saint-Domingue expedition harshly repressed the Haitian Revolution. Member of Guyana Christiane Taubira request a change of name in 1999. After the proposal of Cépérou (Indian chief of the 17th century), it was finally renamed in 2012 to the name of Félix Éboué which is retained and change became official in January 2012.[8][9] The code for the airport remains CAY.[10]
In 2009, passenger traffic totaled 400,025 passengers (+3.9%) compared to 2008 with 385,142 passengers.
Facilities
The airport has an elevation of 24 feet (7 m) above mean sea level. It has one paved runway, designated 08/26, which measures 3,200 by 45 metres (10,499 ft × 148 ft).[2] It is open to public air traffic, international traffic and classified as Category A of section D. 222-2 of the Code of Civil Aviation and classified SSLIA in category 7 (rank A). The terminal has an area of 12,000 square metres.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
| 2000 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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| 457 168 | 375 844 | 374 394 | 386 979 | 385 142 | 400 025 | 423 849 | 435 440 | 495 994 |
References
- ↑ "Résultats d’activité des aéroports français 2014" (PDF). aeroport.fr. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- 1 2 SOCA – Cayenne "Rochambeau" (PDF). AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 28 Apr 2016.
- ↑ "Aéroport de Cayenne – Rochambeau" (in French). L'Union des Aéroports Français. Retrieved 9 June. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ Airport information for SOCA from DAFIF (effective 26 October 2006)
- ↑ Airport information for CAY at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ↑ "Directory: World airlines." Flight International. 16–22 March 2004. 65.
- ↑ http://www.guyane.cci.fr/fr/aeroport
- ↑ Laurent Marot (21 January 2012). "Guyana found memory by changing the name of the airport". LeMonde (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ↑ order of 4 January 2012, J.O. 8 January 2012, NOR TRAA1200009A, http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000025114748
- ↑ Stéphanie Bouillaguet (17 January 2012). "Rochambeau has already become Félix-Éboué". France-Guiana. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ↑ Source : Site de l'UAF
External links
Media related to Cayenne-Rochambeau Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- CCI Guyane (French)
- Current weather for SOCA at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for CAY at Aviation Safety Network
