Roland Garros Airport

Roland Garros Airport Aéroport de la Réunion Roland Garros
IATA: RUN ICAO: FMEE
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Sainte-Denis, Réunion
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 / -20.89000; 55.51639
Website	reunion.aeroport.fr
Map
RUN Location of airport in Réunion
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 12/30 3,200 10,499 Asphalt 14/32 2,670 8,760 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 2,014,111 Passenger traffic change 0.6%
Source : Aeroport.fr, French AIP,DAFIF

Passengers	2,014,111
Passenger traffic change	0.6%

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. The airport is 7 kilometres (3.8 NM) east of Saint-Denis; it is named after the French aviator Roland Garros who was born in Saint-Denis.

Roland Garros Airport is the hub of Air Austral and served 2,067,764 passengers in 2012. Air Austral also has its head office on the airport property. When Air Bourbon existed until 2004, its head office also was on the airport property. The airport resides 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).

It 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.