Plaine Corail Airport is an airport located near Plaine Corail on

Rodrigues Rodrigues ( ; Mauritian Creole, Creole: ) is a Autonomous administrative division, autonomous Outer islands of Mauritius, outer island of the Republic of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, about east of Mauritius. It is part of the Mascarene Isl ...

, an island dependency of

Mauritius Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Ag ...

. Prior to being renamed in 2017, it was known as Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport, after Gaëtan Duval (1930–1996), a former deputy Mauritian prime minister, who oversaw much of the development of Rodrigues. Airport of Rodrigues Ltd ''(ARL)'' was incorporated on 8 February 2000 as a public company. In 2006, the airport handled 49,500 passengers. It has an asphalt runway which measures . In addition to

Air Mauritius Air Mauritius is the flag carrier airline of Mauritius. The airline is headquartered in Port Louis, Mauritius, with its Airline hub, hub at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport. History Foundation The company was established on 14 J ...

service to

, Air Austral started seasonal service to Reunion's Pierrefonds airport in 2015, later transferring the service to Saint-Denis de la Réunion in 2022.

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* * Airports in Mauritius Buildings and structures in Rodrigues {{Mauritius-airport-stub