# Desroches Airport (DES / FSDR)

**Desroches Airport** (IATA: DES, ICAO: FSDR) is a small airport in Desroches Island, Outer Islands, Seychelles. It has one runway, 1,381 m (4,531 ft) long, concrete.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/fsdr

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DES / FSDR
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Desroches Island, Outer Islands, Seychelles
- Elevation: 3 m / 10 ft
- Coordinates: -5.6967, 53.6558
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,381 m / 4,531 ft
- Time zone: UTC+4 · Indian/Mahe
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desroches_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1656047
- Ident: FSDR

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 1,381 m / 4,531 ft | 10 m / 33 ft | Concrete | 110° / 290° |  |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Charter (1)

- [SEZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fsia.md) Seychelles International Airport · Seychelles · 236 km / 147 mi · Air Seychelles

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from DES, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- HM [Air Seychelles](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-seychelles) · 1 · charter

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,381 m / 4,531 ft | =8,036 of 29,858 | =716 in Africa | #2 in SC |
| Elevation | 3 m / 10 ft | =42,364 of 43,403 | =3,111 in Africa | =2 in SC |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =1 in SC |

## Nearby airports

- [SC-0007](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sc-0007.md) Poivre Airport · 39 km / 24 mi
- [FSDA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fsda.md) D'Arros Island Airport · 51 km / 31 mi
- [FSSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fssr.md) Remire Island Airport · 75 km / 46 mi
- [FSMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fsma.md) Marie-Louise Airport · 78 km / 48 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Desroches Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Desroches_Airport&oldid=1371416253), 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/fsdr/data