Denis Island Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Serves | Denis Island, Seychelles | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 10 ft / 3 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 03°48′05″S55°40′00″E / 3.80139°S 55.66667°E | ||||||||||
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Denis Island Airport( IATA : DEI, ICAO : FSSD) is an airstrip serving Denis Island in the Seychelles.
The island is 94 kilometres (58 mi) north of Victoria, the capital of the Seychelles.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Seychelles | Charter: Mahé |
There are a number of modes of transport in Seychelles. Seychelles possesses transportation systems that include 453km of roads, seaports, and airports. The country lacks both railways and a merchant navy. The main seaport is Victoria. Several islands of Seychelles have a bus system.
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 the gateway to a major international leisure destination.
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Mahé is the largest island of Seychelles, with an area of 157.3 square kilometres (60.7 sq mi), lying in the northeast of the Seychellois nation in the Somali Sea part of the Indian Ocean. The population of Mahé was 77,000, as of the 2010 census. It contains the capital city of Victoria and accommodates 86% of the country's total population. The island was named after Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais, a French governor of Isle de France.
Denis Island is the second northeasternmost island in the Seychelles. It is 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Mahé and lies at the northern edge of the Seychelles bank, along with the nearby Bird Island, which is the northernmost Seychelles island. The 1.4 km2 (0.54 sq mi) coral island was named after the French Navy officer Denis de Trobriand, who explored it in 1773. Denis Island is privately owned and has a short airstrip. It has a holiday resort with 23 guest chalets.
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