Cayenne–Félix Eboué Airport – CAY Rochambeau
Cayenne–Félix Eboué Airport is the main international airport in French Guiana. It is located eight miles (13 kilometers) southwest of French Guiana’s capital city of Cayenne. It was originally called Rochambeau after Jean-Baptiste Donatiende Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, who was commander-in-chief of the French troops in the American Revolutionary War. It was renamed Félix Éboué Airport in January of 2012.
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CAY-Cayenne–Félix Eboué Airport has one paved asphalt runway, the 08/26, which measures 10,499 × 148 feet (3,200 x 45 meters). It has a terminal with an area of 12,000 square meters and serves an average of 400,000 passengers each year. Get to tour the city of Cayenne when you arrive at the airport.
What to Do & Area Attractions
There are many places to stay within close proximity of Cayenne–Félix Eboué Airport (CAY). Among the closest hotels are the three-star Hotel L'ebeneVerte just 19 minutes away via N2, or the Hotel Ker Alberte. Alternatively, the Central Hotel Cayenne on Mole and Becker Street is just 13.9 kilometers from CAY airport, while the Hôtel des Palmistes is only 14 kilometers from the airport and just a three-minute walk from Saint-Sauveur Cathedral. Or get to stay at the nearby Grand Hotel Montabo.
Regina Airport is the closest local airport, about 116 kilometers from the Cayenne- Félix Eboué Airport. The nearest major airport is Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport321 kilometers away in Paramaribo, Suriname. The Macapa International Airport, and the Monte Dourado Airport in Brazil are the closest domestic airports, 561 and 648 kilometers away, respectively.
