# Maripasoula Airport (MPY / SOOA)

**Maripasoula Airport** (IATA: MPY, ICAO: SOOA) is a medium airport in Maripasoula, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana. It has one runway, 1,200 m (3,938 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by general council of Guyane. In 2022 it handled 17 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MPY / SOOA
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: general council of Guyane
- Serves: Maripasoula, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana
- Elevation: 124 m / 406 ft
- Coordinates: 3.6559, -54.0394
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,200 m / 3,938 ft
- Passengers: 17,346 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Cayenne
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maripasoula_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q649881
- Ident: SOOA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 1,200 m / 3,938 ft | 15 m / 49 ft | Asphalt | 055° / 235° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 28,075 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 29,891 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 30,086 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 31,732 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 38,695 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 40,486 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 36,368 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 35,442 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 41,714 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 24,854 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 34,637 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 17,346 | Wikidata |

## Routes

4 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [GSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sogs.md) Grand-Santi Airport · French Guiana · 79 km / 49 mi · Guyane Express Fly
- [XAU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/soos.md) Saül Airport · French Guiana · 93 km / 58 mi · Guyane Express Fly
- [LDX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/soom.md) Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni Airport · French Guiana · 203 km / 126 mi · Guyane Express Fly
- [CAY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/soca.md) Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport · French Guiana · 227 km / 141 mi · Guyane Express Fly

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- Guyane Express Fly · 4

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 17K (2022) | #2,502 of 3,974 | #263 in South America | #2 in GF |
| Longest runway | 1,200 m / 3,938 ft | =10,127 of 29,858 | =1,344 in South America | #2 in GF |
| Elevation | 124 m / 406 ft | =28,933 of 43,403 | =6,590 in South America | #3 in GF |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =1 in GF |

## Nearby airports

- [SMTA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/smta.md) Tabiki Airstrip · 5.7 km / 3.6 mi
- [SMAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sman.md) Lawa Antino Airstrip · 12 km / 7.5 mi
- [SMLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/smla.md) Lawa Anapaike Airstrip · 27 km / 17 mi
- [SMCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/smct.md) Cottica Airstrip · 30 km / 19 mi
- [GSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sogs.md) Grand-Santi Airport · 79 km / 49 mi
- [SMOL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/smol.md) Oelemari Airport · 83 km / 52 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: “Maripasoula Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maripasoula_Airport&oldid=1363057344), revision of 7 Jul 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/sooa/data