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Desroches Island Airport
IATA: DES ICAO: FSDR
Summary
Airport type	Private
Operator	Island Development Company (IDC)
Location	Desroches Island, Seychelles
Elevation AMSL	10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates	05°41′45″S 53°39′15″E / 5.69583°S 53.65417°E / -5.69583; 53.65417
Map
DESLocation of airport in Seychelles
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 12/30 1,380 4,528 Concrete
Source: WAD GCM Google Maps

Desroches Airport (IATA: DES, ICAO: FSDR) is an airport serving Desroches Island (Île Desroches) in the Seychelles.

Desroches Island, a former coconut and timber plantation, is the main island of the Amirante Islands, part of the Outer Islands. It is 230 kilometres (143 mi) southwest of Victoria, the capital of the Seychelles on Mahé island.

Airlines and destinations

See also

• Aviation portal
• Transport in Seychelles
• List of airports in Seychelles

References

1. Islands Development Corporation
2. Airport information for FSDR
3. Airport information for Desroches Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
4. Google Maps - Desroches
5. Desroches history Archived 2016-04-13 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• OurAirports - Desroches
• FallingRain - Desroches Airport
• Accident history for Desroches Airport at Aviation Safety Network

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