Camopi Airport

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Camopi Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Serves Camopi, French Guiana
Elevation  AMSL 237 ft / 72 m
Coordinates 3°10′20″N52°20′10″W / 3.17222°N 52.33611°W / 3.17222; -52.33611
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Location of the airport in French Guiana
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Direction LengthSurface
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11/291,0003,281Concrete
Sources: OurAirports [1] Bing Maps [2]

Camopi Airport (sometimes called Vila Brasil Airport) is an airport serving the Oyapock river village of Camopi, French Guiana near the border with Brazil.

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The airport is at the confluence of the Camopi into the Oyapock, adjacent to the Camopi encampment of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment of the French Foreign Legion. [3]

The Camopi non-directional beacon (Ident: CP) is located just south of the runway. [4]

In October 2020, the airport was upgraded for regular passenger transport. [5] The airport opened for regular service in April 2021. [6]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Guyane Express Cayenne [7]

See also

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References

  1. OurAirports - Camopi
  2. Bing Maps - Vila Brasil
  3. "Camopi: visite de Camopi en Guayne". America FR (in French). Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  4. "CP @ OurAirports". ourairports.com. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  5. "La piste d'atterrissage de Camopi déclarée conforme : les travaux ont coûté 750 000 euros". 21 March 2021 (in French).
  6. Patrick Clarke; M.C. Thébia (18 March 2021). "Le recours déposé par la présidente des sociétés Amazone Air service et Fly Guyane rejeté : la liaison aérienne Camopi-Cayenne est prévue début avril". Guyane la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  7. "Air Guyane Express" . Retrieved 8 July 2022.