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Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (FIMP/MRU) is the sole international gateway to Mauritius, sited at Plaine Magnien in the Grand Port District some 48 km southeast of Port Louis. A single long runway handles everything from ATR turboprops to the Airbus A380, making it a striking arrival point for any simulator pilot flying into the Indian Ocean.
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, known by its ICAO code FIMP and IATA code MRU, is the primary and only international airport serving Mauritius. It is operated by Airports of Mauritius Co. Ltd (AML), with the Government of Mauritius as majority shareholder, and it serves as the hub for the national carrier Air Mauritius. Named after Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, the first Prime Minister of Mauritius, the airport is a natural focus for any virtual flight to the island, offering a long precision-equipped runway set among tropical terrain in the island's southeast.
The airport lies at Plaine Magnien in the Grand Port District of Mauritius, about 48 km southeast of the capital, Port Louis. It sits at an elevation of 138 feet and is the country's only international aerodrome, meaning all commercial and most general aviation traffic to Mauritius routes through its airspace.
The airport has a single physical runway, 14/32. Runway 14/32 is 9,960 feet long with a hard surface, lit, and equipped with an ILS on the 14 approach; the reciprocal direction, runway 32, extends to 11,049 feet, also hard-surfaced and lit.
Pilots can expect an air-to-ground information service on 347.6 MHz, approach control on 119.1 MHz, an ATIS broadcast on 126.2 MHz, and tower on 118.1 MHz. An ILS is available for runway 14, supporting instrument approaches into the field.
The airfield's origins lie in wartime defence needs: in 1942, while Mauritius was a Crown colony, the government began building a Royal Naval Air Station at Plaisance near Mahebourg. At the end of the Second World War the station passed to the Royal Air Force, and civilian operations began shortly afterwards, giving an early boost to the Mauritian economy. In 1960 the airfield, then known as Plaisance Airfield, underwent an electrical refit that included new airfield lighting and telecommunications equipment, along with a contract to rebuild the runway. The airport's regional significance grew on 10 September 1972, when Air Mauritius flew the first service to Rodrigues Island, from Plaisance to Plaine Corail Airport, using a Twin Otter (registration 3B-NAB); these aircraft were later replaced by ATR 42-300 and ATR 42-500 turboprops. Further infrastructure works in 1986 enabled the airport to accommodate larger aircraft, with a new two-floor terminal featuring airbridges able to handle up to four aircraft simultaneously, along with an international customs service.
Today the airport operates as the country's only international gateway, home to Air Mauritius and served by a range of international carriers connecting the island to Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe. A new passenger terminal, designed after the shape of the traveller's palm tree and covering 57,000 square metres, was inaugurated on 30 August 2013 and became fully operational the following month; it offers five boarding gates with airbridges, one of which is compatible with the Airbus A380. The terminal incorporates solar photovoltaic energy, rainwater recovery and thermo-insulated facades as part of the Maurice Ile Durable sustainability concept.
