Airports / French Guiana / CAY
Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport
SOCA / CAYMatoury, French GuianaELEV 26 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
65 nm
To the nearest alternate
Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock Airport (OYP).
Overview
Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport (SOCA / CAY) is a large commercial airport serving Matoury, French Guiana. The field lies at an elevation of 26 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
CAY has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock Airport (OYP, 65 nm), Oiapoque Airport (OYK, 67 nm), and Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni Airport (LDX, 108 nm).
Quotes for flights out of CAY vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Cayenne-Rochambeau and Matoury. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from CAY, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
SOCA
IATA
CAY
FAA / Local
SOCA
Elevation
26 ft
Coordinates
4.8200° N · 52.3613° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 65nmOYPSaint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock AirportSaint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock
- 67nmOYKOiapoque AirportOiapoque
- 108nmLDXSaint-Laurent-du-Maroni AirportSaint-Laurent-du-Maroni
- 122nmMPYMaripasoula AirportMaripasoula
- 173nmPBMJohan Adolf Pengel International AirportParamaribo
- 265nmSBTSTiriós AirportAldeia Tiriós
Location
Open the full mapSOCA · Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport · Matoury, French Guiana