Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport — Matoury, French Guiana

Cayenne-Felix Eboue Airport provides French Guiana's main link to mainland France and the wider world, situated in the commune of Matoury just south of the territorial capital. Long-haul flights operated by French carriers connect the airport directly to Paris, an unusually long domestic-style route given French Guiana's status as an overseas region of France, while shorter hops reach Caribbean islands, Suriname, and northern Brazil. The airport is named for a Guianese-born colonial administrator celebrated for his wartime support of Free France. Beyond passenger traffic, the field plays a logistical role supporting the broader Guianese space program centered at Kourou down the coast, alongside cargo tied to the territory's forestry and fishing industries. Surrounded by dense equatorial rainforest and intense tropical humidity, CAY's single runway handles a mix of wide-body European flights and smaller regional aircraft serving Guiana's interior communities, many of which remain accessible only by air or river.