Roland Garros Airport

20°53′24″S 055°30′59″E

Roland Garros Airport Aéroport de la Réunion Roland Garros
IATA: RUN ICAO: FMEE
Summary
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
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 12/30 3,200 10,499 Asphalt 14/32 2,670 8,760 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers 2,689,954 Passenger traffic change 14.7% Aircraft movements 32,900 Aircraft movements change 8.0%
Source : Aeroport.fr,[1] French AIP,[2] DAFIF,[3][4] Statistics[5]

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.

Overview

Terminal gates

Terminal

Check-in counters

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]

It is notable for operating the world's three longest domestic flight routes; to Paris (CDG and Orly) and to Marseille.^[10]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Austral	Antananarivo, Antsiranana,[11] Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Dzaoudzi, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, Mahé, Mauritius, Moroni, Nosy Be, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Toamasina
Air France	Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[12] Paris–Orly[13]
Air Mauritius	Mauritius
Corsair International	Antananarivo,[14] Dzaoudzi,[15] Lyon, Marseille, Mauritius, Paris–Orly
Etihad Airways	Seasonal charter: Abu Dhabi[16]
Ewa Air	Dzaoudzi
French Bee	Paris–Orly

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at RUN airport. See Wikidata query.

Ground transport

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.

See also

• Pierrefonds Airport