Praslin Island Airport
Praslin Island Airport (IATA: PRI, ICAO: FSPP) also known as Iles des Palmes Airport, is an airport at Grand Anse on Praslin Island in the Seychelles. It is served by Air Seychelles, which flies scheduled flights to Mahé and charters to the other islands in the Seychelles. The airport has the capacity to handle over 1500 passengers daily and over half a million passengers annually.
Praslin Island Airport Iles des Palmes Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | SCAA (Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Praslin Island, Seychelles | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 10 ft / 3 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 04°19′09″S 55°41′30″E | ||||||||||
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  PRI Location of Airport in Seychelles | |||||||||||
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History
During the late 1990s Praslin underwent an expansion to deal with increased passengers and larger planes. The airport was officially reopened on June 3, 2001. The cost of the renovation was around 40 million Seychellois rupees.
Airline and destination
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Seychelles | Mahé |
Statistics
Values from "Seychelles in Figures" for traffic between Mahé and Praslin: [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
| Year | Passengers | Change |
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| 2014 | 158,271 |  1% |
| 2013 | 160,262 |  60% |
| 2012 | 100,302 | 42% |
| 2011 | 173,736 | 8% |
| 2010 | 161,045 | 6% |
| 2009 | 152,614 | 28% |
| 2008 | 212,784 | 16% |
| 2007 | 252,545 | 6% |
| 2006 | 237,199 | 11% |
| 2005 | 214,055 | 0% |
| 2004 | 215,074 | 6% |
| 2003 | 227,830 | 0% |
References
- WorldAeroData - Praslin Island Airport
- Airport information for Praslin Island at Great Circle Mapper.
- Google Maps - Praslin
- Seychelles in Figures 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
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External links
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