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Roland Garros Airport (ICAO FMEE, IATA RUN) is Réunion's principal international gateway, sited on the island's north coast at Sainte-Marie, a few kilometres east of the capital Saint-Denis. Named after the pioneering French aviator Roland Garros, who was born in Saint-Denis, it is the hub of Air Austral and handles long-haul services to metropolitan France alongside regional Indian Ocean routes. For the simulator pilot it offers two substantial hard-surfaced runways, an ILS approach and a full radio and navigation service package.
Roland Garros Airport, also historically known as Gillot Airport, is the main civil aerodrome serving Réunion, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean. It lies at Sainte-Marie on the island's northern coast, close to Saint-Denis, and takes its name from the French aviator Roland Garros, who was born in that city. The field is the hub for Air Austral and also sees services from Air France, Air Mauritius, Corsair International, Ewa Air, French Bee and IndiGo, making it a busy and varied international field for a virtual pilot to fly into, with long over-water approaches typical of an Indian Ocean island destination.
The airport sits on Réunion's north coast in the commune of Sainte-Marie, about 7 kilometres (3.8 NM) east of Saint-Denis, the island's capital. As the island's main international airport it is served by its own approach and tower control, with Gillot APP handling arriving and departing traffic in the surrounding controlled airspace.
Roland Garros has two hard-surfaced, lit runway pairs. The main runway, 12/30, is around 10,484 ft (with the reciprocal direction recorded at 10,088 ft) and is suitable for the widebody jets that operate the airport's long-haul routes. The secondary runway, 14/32, is around 8,362 ft on runway 14 and 7,594 ft on runway 32; runway 14 is equipped with an ILS approach.
The field is served by an A/G frequency of 347.6 MHz (Gillot RDO), an approach frequency of 119.4 MHz (Gillot APP), an ATIS on 126.8 MHz, ground control on 121.9 MHz (Gillot GND) and tower on 118.4 MHz (Gillot TWR). An ILS is available for runway 14, supporting instrument approaches into the airport.
Pilots inbound to Roland Garros will find the airport readily identifiable along Réunion's north coast, close to Saint-Denis, with the island's dramatic volcanic terrain, including the cirques of Mafate, Cilaos and Salazie and the active volcano Piton de la Fournaise, providing striking backdrops during the approach over the Indian Ocean.
The airport takes its name from Roland Garros, the pioneering French aviator who was born in Saint-Denis, Réunion. It was formerly known as Gillot Airport before adopting its current name. Air Bourbon, an airline that existed until 2004, once had its head office on the airport property, and Air Austral, the airport's current hub carrier, also bases its head office there.
Roland Garros remains Réunion's principal international airport and the hub of Air Austral, with scheduled services also operated by Air France, Air Mauritius, Corsair International, Ewa Air, French Bee and IndiGo to destinations including Paris, Marseille, Mauritius, Madagascar, Mayotte, Chennai and Bangkok. It functions as a large, active airport handling both long-haul intercontinental flights and regional Indian Ocean services.
