MPY — Maripasoula Airport
Medium-sized airport in Maripasoula, French Guiana.
- IATA code
- MPY
- ICAO code
- SOOA
- Size
- medium
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 17,346
- 2022 · Wikidata
- Nonstop routes
- 1
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−3
- America/Cayenne
- Elevation
- 124 m
- 407 ft
- Runways
- 1
- Longest 1,200 m
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About MPY
Maripasoula Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Maripasoula, French Guiana. It is run by general council of Guyane. 17,346 passengers used it in 2022. Open traffic data shows 1 nonstop route from MPY.
Wikidata (CC0). Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from MPY
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| MPY → CAY | 226 km | 26,689 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| DRJ | Drietabbetje Airport | 87 km |
| LDX | Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni Airport | 203 km |
| MOJ | Moengo Airstrip | 221 km |
| CAY | Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport | 227 km |
| PBM | Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport | 237 km |
Distance from MPY to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 1,200 m | 15 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Maripasoula, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana · 3.6559, -54.0394
Questions
Maripasoula Airport has the IATA code MPY and the ICAO code SOOA. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
MPY is a medium-sized airport in Maripasoula, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana, at 3.6559, -54.0394, 124 m above sea level.
MPY is in the America/Cayenne time zone, UTC−3.
17,346 passengers in 2022, according to Wikidata.
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