Praslin Island Airport

Praslin Island Airport

Iles des Palmes Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSCAA (Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority)
ServesPraslin Island, Seychelles
Elevation AMSL10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates04°19′09″S 55°41′30″E / 4.31917°S 55.69167°E / -4.31917; 55.69167
Map
PRI
Location of Airport in Seychelles
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
15/33 1,405 4,610 Concrete
Source: WAD[1] GCM[2] Google Maps[3]

Praslin Island Airport (IATA: PRI, ICAO: FSPP) also known as Iles des Palmes Airport, is an airport at Grand Anse on Praslin Island in the Seychelles. It is served by Air Seychelles, which flies scheduled flights to Mahé and charters to the other islands in the Seychelles. The airport has the capacity to handle over 1500 passengers daily and over half a million passengers annually.

History

During the late 1990s Praslin underwent an expansion to deal with increased passengers and larger planes. The airport was officially reopened on 3 June 2001. The cost of the renovation was around 40 million Seychellois rupees.

Airline and destination

AirlinesDestinations
Air Seychelles Mahé

Statistics

Values from "Seychelles in Figures" for traffic between Mahé and Praslin: [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Year Passengers Change
2014 158,271 1%
2013 160,262 60%
2012 100,302 42%
2011 173,736 8%
2010 161,045 6%
2009 152,614 28%
2008 212,784 16%
2007 252,545 6%
2006 237,199 11%
2005 214,055 0%
2004 215,074 6%
2003 227,830 0%

See also

References

  1. ^ WorldAeroData – Praslin Island Airport
  2. ^ Airport information for Praslin Island at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ^ Google Maps – Praslin
  4. ^ [1] Seychelles in Figures 2007
  5. ^ [2] 2008
  6. ^ [3] 2009
  7. ^ [4] 2010
  8. ^ "Seychelles in Figures 2011 Edition" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012. 2011
  9. ^ [5] 2012
  10. ^ [6] 2013
  11. ^ [7] 2014
  12. ^ [8] 2015
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