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Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport

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The first airfield at Cayenne, called "Gallion," was built in 1943 in ten months by the U.S. Army Air Corps as a base allowing bombers to reach Africa. Though quickly abandoned upon the completion of the new airport, it can still be found very close to the aerodrome.
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for Guiana, requested in 1999 that the name be changed. Multiple proposals were submitted, including
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Comprising of a single terminal building, the airport handles roughly 400,000 passengers per year.
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Airport in 2012, the change becoming official in January of that year. The
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Félix Eboué Airport serves approximately 400,000 passengers per year.
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The new airport was first given the name "Rochambeau" in reference to
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at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
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This name was controversial because the airport's namesake's son,
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order of 4 January 2012, J.O. 8 January 2012, NOR TRAA1200009A,
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The airport has an elevation of 24 feet (7 m) above
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Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau
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Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
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airport information for Cayenne Felix Eboue Airport
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IATA
ICAO
Cayenne
French Guiana
Matoury
AMSL
Coordinates
04°49′11″N 52°21′43″W / 4.81972°N 52.36194°W / 4.81972; -52.36194
CAY is located in French Guiana
Runways
Direction
UAF
DAFIF
IATA
ICAO
French Guiana
commune
Matoury
Cayenne
Air Guyane Express
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
American Revolutionary War
Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau
Haitian Revolution
Saint-Domingue expedition
Christiane Taubira
National Assembly of France
Cépérou
Félix Éboué

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