Roland Garros Airport

Roland Garros Airport

Aéroport de la Réunion Roland Garros
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 / 20.89000°S 55.51639°E
Website	reunion.aeroport.fr
Map
	RUN Location of airport in Réunion RUN RUN (Indian Ocean) RUN RUN (Africa)
Runways
Statistics (2023)
Passengers
Passengers	2,689,954
Passenger traffic change	14.7%
Aircraft movements	32,900
Aircraft movements change	8.0%
	Source : Aeroport.fr, French AIP, DAFIF, Statistics

20°53′24″S 055°30′59″E / 20.89000°S 55.51639°E / -20.89000; 55.51639

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

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.