# Roland Garros Airport (RUN / FMEE) **Roland Garros Airport** (IATA: RUN, ICAO: FMEE) is a large airport in Sainte-Marie, Saint-Denis Arrondissement, Réunion. It opened on 26 Nov 1929. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,200 m (10,499 ft). In 2025 it handled 2.8 million passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmee ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: RUN / FMEE - Type: Large airport - Serves: Sainte-Marie, Saint-Denis Arrondissement, Réunion - Opened: 26 Nov 1929 - Elevation: 20 m / 66 ft - Coordinates: -20.8901, 55.5189 - Runways: 2 - Longest runway: 3,200 m / 10,499 ft - Passengers: 2,766,694 (2025) - Time zone: UTC+4 · Indian/Reunion - Website: https://www.reunion.aeroport.fr/ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Garros_Airport (29 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17430 - Weather station: FMEE · WMO 61980 - Ident: FMEE ## Timeline - 26 Nov 1929: Roland Garros Airport opens. - 9 Mar 1968: 1968 Sainte-Marie Douglas DC-6 crash. 16 killed. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 12/30 | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 102° / 282° | yes | | 14/32 | 2,670 m / 8,760 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 116° / 296° | yes | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2014 | 1,990,748 | Eurostat | | 2015 | 2,057,727 | Eurostat | | 2016 | 2,084,936 | Eurostat | | 2017 | 2,252,120 | Eurostat | | 2018 | 2,422,564 | Eurostat | | 2019 | 2,450,824 | Eurostat | | 2020 | 1,035,747 | Eurostat | | 2021 | 1,161,808 | Eurostat | | 2022 | 2,296,481 | Eurostat | | 2023 | 2,639,127 | Eurostat | | 2024 | 2,659,254 | Eurostat | | 2025 | 2,766,694 | Eurostat | ## Routes 12 destinations in 8 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (12) - [MRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fimp.md) Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport · Mauritius · 231 km / 144 mi · Air Austral, Air Mauritius - [TMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmmt.md) Toamasina Ambalamanasy Airport · Madagascar · 712 km / 442 mi · Air Austral - [TNR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmmi.md) Ivato International Airport · Madagascar · 872 km / 542 mi · Air Austral - [NOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmnn.md) Nosy Be International Airport · Madagascar · 1,138 km / 707 mi · Air Austral - [DIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmna.md) Arrachart Airport · Madagascar · 1,158 km / 720 mi · Air Austral - [DZA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmcz.md) Dzaoudzi Pamandzi International Airport · Mayotte · 1,411 km / 877 mi · Ewa Air, Air Austral - [HAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmch.md) Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport · Comoros · 1,669 km / 1,037 mi · Air Austral - [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 2,836 km / 1,762 mi · Air Austral - [MAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vomm.md) Chennai International Airport · India · 4,631 km / 2,878 mi · IndiGo - [BKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbs.md) Suvarnabhumi Airport · Thailand · 6,259 km / 3,889 mi · Air Austral - [ORY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpo.md) Paris-Orly Airport · France · 9,360 km / 5,816 mi · French Bee - [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 9,370 km / 5,822 mi · Air France, Air Austral ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from RUN, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Hub airlines (1) - UU [Air Austral](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-austral) · 10 ### Passenger (5) - AF [Air France](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-france) · 1 - MK [Air Mauritius](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-mauritius) · 1 - ZD [Ewa Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ewa-air) · 1 - BF [French Bee](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/french-bee) · 1 - 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 1 Former hub of [Air Bourbon](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-bourbon). ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 2.8M (2025) | #494 of 3,974 | #22 in Africa | #1 in RE | | Longest runway | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | =818 of 29,858 | =126 in Africa | #1 in RE | | Elevation | 20 m / 66 ft | =38,344 of 43,403 | =2,927 in Africa | #4 in RE | | Age | Opened 1929 | =369 of 15,079 | =13 in Africa | #1 in RE | | Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | #1 in RE | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | A/G | GILLOT RDO | 347.600 | | APP | GILLOT APP | 119.400 | | ATIS | ATIS | 126.800 | | GND | GILLOT GND | 121.900 | | TWR | GILLOT TWR | 118.400 | ## Nearby airports - [RE-0002](https://dromopedia.com/airports/re-0002.md) Uca Airfield · 18 km / 11 mi - [RE-0008](https://dromopedia.com/airports/re-0008.md) Cambaie Airfield · 26 km / 16 mi - [RE-0001](https://dromopedia.com/airports/re-0001.md) Adventure Reunion Paramotor Field · 36 km / 23 mi - [RE-0006](https://dromopedia.com/airports/re-0006.md) Saint-Leu Paraglider Field · 38 km / 24 mi - [RE-0009](https://dromopedia.com/airports/re-0009.md) Grand Coude Altisurface · 46 km / 28 mi - [ZSE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmep.md) Saint-Pierre Pierrefonds Airport · 49 km / 30 mi ## Sources - [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0)) - [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government)) - [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain) - [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0) - [Wikipedia: “Roland Garros Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roland_Garros_Airport&oldid=1371378200), revision of 26 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0) - [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0) - Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmee/data