MPYSOOA

Maripasoula Airport

Maripasoula, French Guiana · Latin America

Latin America America/Cayenne

1runway

1,200 mLongest runway

Maripasoula Airport (IATA: MPY, ICAO: SOOA) is an airport 3.5 km (1.9 NM) north of Maripasoula, a commune in the arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni in French Guiana. It is near the Lawa River, which forms the border between French Guiana and Suriname. The Maripasoula non-directional beacon (Ident: MP) is located on the field.

Location

3.656°N, 54.039°O · 124 m s. n. m. (406 ft)

General data

CountryFrench Guiana

CityMaripasoula

IATA codeMPY

ICAO codeSOOA

Coordinates3.656°N, 54.039°O

Elevation124 m s. n. m. (406 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Cayenne

Runways1

Longest runway1,200 m

Operatorgeneral council of Guyane

Runways · 1

07/25

Length1,200 m3,937 ft

Width15 m49 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, September 27). Maripasoula Airport (MPY). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MPY

MLA

“Maripasoula Airport (MPY).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 27 Sept. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MPY. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Maripasoula Airport (MPY). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MPY (Accessed: 24 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_mpy,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Maripasoula Airport (MPY)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-09-27},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MPY},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MPY}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-24},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}

Wikipedia

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