Roland Garros Airport
Roland Garros Airport , formerly known as Gillot Airport, is located in Sainte-Marie on Réunion, France. The airport is east of Saint-Denis; it is named after the French aviator Roland Garros who was born in Saint-Denis.Overview
Roland Garros Airport is the hub of Air Austral and served 2,293,042 passengers in 2017. Air Austral also has its head office on the airport property. When Air Bourbon existed until 2004, its head office also was on the airport property. The airport is at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 12/30 measuring and 14/32 measuring.It was once planned to construct a Réunion Tram Train to link the airport to the capital Saint-Denis and Saint-Paul, but plans for the construction were abandoned in 2013.
