The Seychelles is a small island nation located in the Somali sea northeast of Madagascar and about 835 mi (1,344 km) from Mogadishu, Somalia, its nearest foreign mainland city, while Antsiranana is the nearest foreign city overall. Seychelles lies between approximately 4ºS and 10ºS and 46ºE and 54ºE. The nation is an archipelago of 115 tropical islands, some granite and some coral. the majority of which are small and uninhabited. The landmass is only 459 km2, but the islands are spread over an Exclusive Economic Zone of 1,374,000 km2. About 90 percent of the population of 90,000 live on Mahé, 9 percent on Praslin and La Digue. Around a third of the land area is the island of Mahé and a further third the atoll of Aldabra.
Aldabra is the world's second-largest coral atoll. It is situated in the Aldabra Group of islands in the Indian Ocean that are part of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, with a distance of 1,120 km (700 mi) southwest of the capital, Victoria, on Mahé Island.
Seychelles International Airport, or Aéroport de la Pointe Larue in French, is the international airport of the Seychelles located on the island of Mahé near the capital city of Victoria. The airport is the home base and the head office of Air Seychelles and features several regional and long-haul routes due to its importance as an international leisure destination.
Praslin Island Airport also known as Iles des Palmes Airport, is an airport at Grand Anse on Praslin Island in the Seychelles.
The Aldabra Group are part of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, lying in the southwest of the island nation, 1,000 kilometres from the capital, Victoria, on Mahé Island.
The Outer Islands or Coralline Seychelles (archipelago) is a collective term for those islands of the Seychelles that are not on the shallow Seychelles Bank which defines the location of the granitic Inner Islands archipelago to the east. The local Seychellois Creole name for the outer islands is Zil Elwannyen Sesel, while the French name is Îles Eloignées. They are all of coral formation, and in the western Indian Ocean.
Picard Island is an island in the Seychelles. It is the third largest island of the Aldabra Atoll in the Aldabra Group of islands, 1150 kilometers southwest of the country's capital, Victoria. The island covers an area of 9.29 km².
Bird Island Airport serves Bird Island, a small island 100 kilometres (62 mi) northwest of Victoria, the capital of the Seychelles.
Alphonse Airport is an airport serving Alphonse Island, the sole island of the Alphonse Atoll in the Seychelles. The runway is next to the Alphonse Island Resort.
Coëtivy Airport is an airport serving Coëtivy Island in the Seychelles. The island is 290 kilometres (180 mi) south-southeast of Victoria, capital of the Seychelles on Mahe Island. Along with Île Platte, the nearest neighbor 171 kilometres (106 mi) northwest, it comprises the Southern Coral Group of the Outer Islands.
Desroches Airport is an airport serving Desroches Island in the Seychelles.
Farquhar Airport is an airport serving Farquhar Atoll, part of the Farquhar Group of islands in the Outer Islands of the Seychelles.
D'Arros Island Airport is an airstrip serving D'Arros Island in the Seychelles. The airport is 255 kilometres (158 mi) west-southwest of the Seychelles capital of Victoria on Mahé Island.
Marie Louise Island Airport is an airstrip serving Marie Louise Island in the Seychelles. The runway is along the eastern shore of the island.
Platte Island Airport is an airstrip serving Platte Island in the Seychelles.
Denis Island Airport is an airstrip serving Denis Island in the Seychelles.
Frégate Island Airport is an airstrip serving Frégate Island in the Seychelles. The runway is along the northeast shore of the island.
Remire Island Airport is an airfield serving Remire Island in the Seychelles. It has the shortest runway of all aerodromes in the Seychelles.
Astove Island Airport is an airstrip serving Astove Island in Seychelles. The island is 1,040 kilometres (650 mi) southwest of the Seychelles capital of Victoria on Mahé Island.
