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Plaine Corail Airport

Aéroport de Plaine Corail
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAirport of Rodrigues Ltd - Licensed Aerodrome Operator
ServesPort Mathurin
LocationPlaine Corail, Rodrigues, Mauritius
Elevation AMSL93 ft / 28 m
Coordinates19°45′27″S 063°21′39″E / 19.75750°S 63.36083°E / -19.75750; 63.36083
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 1,287 4,223 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Plaine Corail Airport (IATA: RRG, ICAO: FIMR) is an airport located near Plaine Corail on Rodrigues, an island dependency of Mauritius. Prior to being renamed in 2017,[3] it was known as Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport, after Gaëtan Duval (1930–1996), a former deputy Mauritian prime minister, who oversaw much of the development of Rodrigues. Airport of Rodrigues Ltd (ARL) was incorporated on 8 February 2000 as a public company.

In 2006, the airport handled 49,500 passengers. It has an asphalt runway which measures 1,287 by 30 metres (4,222 ft × 98 ft). In addition to Air Mauritius service to Mauritius, Air Austral started seasonal service to Reunion's Pierrefonds airport in 2015, [4] later transferring the service to Saint-Denis de la Réunion in 2022.[5]

Airlines and destinations

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AirlinesDestinations
Air Austral Saint-Denis de la Réunion
Air Mauritius Port Louis

References

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  1. ^ Airport information for FIMR[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ^ Airport information for RRG at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ^ "Rodrigues: l'Aéroport Sir Gaëtan Duval devient l'aéroport Plaine-Corail". 12 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Ouvertures de lignes : les annonces de la semaine!" (in French). Tour Hebdo. 22 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Air Austral cet hiver : Un programme à 100% des niveaux d’avant la pandémie | Air Journal". 10 October 2022.
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