# Saül Airport (XAU / SOOS)

**Saül Airport** (IATA: XAU, ICAO: SOOS) is a small airport in Saül, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana. It is operated by general council of Guyane. In 2022 it handled 4 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: XAU / SOOS
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: general council of Guyane
- Serves: Saül, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana
- Elevation: 200 m / 656 ft
- Coordinates: 3.6136, -53.2042
- Passengers: 4,180 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Cayenne
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%C3%BCl_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7429454
- Ident: SOOS

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 5,854 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 6,112 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 6,074 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 6,417 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 8,849 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 8,977 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 7,608 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 3,861 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 9,249 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 2,907 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 6,584 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 4,180 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [MPY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sooa.md) Maripasoula Airport · French Guiana · 93 km / 58 mi · Guyane Express Fly
- [CAY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/soca.md) Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport · French Guiana · 163 km / 101 mi · Guyane Express Fly

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- Guyane Express Fly · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 4K (2022) | #2,964 of 3,974 | #300 in South America | #5 in GF |
| Elevation | 200 m / 656 ft | =24,245 of 43,403 | =5,471 in South America | #1 in GF |

## Nearby airports

- [MPY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sooa.md) Maripasoula Airport · 93 km / 58 mi
- [SMLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/smla.md) Lawa Anapaike Airstrip · 94 km / 59 mi
- [SMTA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/smta.md) Tabiki Airstrip · 98 km / 61 mi
- [SMAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sman.md) Lawa Antino Airstrip · 104 km / 65 mi
- [OYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gf-0004.md) Camopi Airport · 108 km / 67 mi
- [SMCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/smct.md) Cottica Airstrip · 117 km / 72 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: “Saül Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saül_Airport&oldid=1363077656), 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/soos/data