CAY

Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport

ICAO SOCA4.8200°N 52.3613°W8 m / 26 ftLarge airport
On the map

Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport (IATA: CAY, ICAO: SOCA) is a large airport in Matoury, Cayenne, French Guiana. It opened in 1943. It has one runway, 3,196 m (10,486 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 562 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1943–1943
1943
OpenedCayenne – Félix Eboué Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
08/26065° / 245° · LIT
LENGTH3,196 m10,486 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
430K
443K
493K
489K
531K
560K
270K
335K
490K
487K
530K
562K
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Routes

6 destinations · 5 countries

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CAY. From the Wikipedia article “Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport” (revision of 15 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers562K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,066of 3,974 · #92 South America · #1 GFLongest runway3,196 m10,486 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#888of 29,823 · #38 South America · #1 GFElevation8 m26 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,726of 43,341 · =8,571 South America · #11 GFAgeOpened 19432026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,016of 15,079 · =32 South America · #1 GFRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =181 South America · =1 GF
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels
APPAPP119.900
ATISATIS132.200
TWRTWR118.100