Nouakchott International Airport

Nouakchott International Airport
Nouakchott International Airport
IATA: NKC – ICAO: GQNN
Summary
Airport type	Public
Location	Nouakchott
Elevation AMSL	7 ft / 2 m
Coordinates	18°05′52.28″N 15°56′52.64″W / 18.0978556°N 15.9479556°WCoordinates: 18°05′52.28″N 15°56′52.64″W / 18.0978556°N 15.9479556°W
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Nouakchott International Airport (IATA: NKC, ICAO: GQNN) is an airport located in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania in West Africa.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Algérie	Algiers
Air France	Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Air Mali International	Bamako
Mauritania Airways	Abidjan, Aioun El Atrouss, Bamako, Dakar, Kiffa, Las Palmas, Néma, Nouadhibou, Kiffa, Paris-Orly, Tunis, Zouerate
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca
Tunisair	Tunis

[edit] 2008 coup d'etat

Main article: 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état

On the morning of 6 August 2008, by 9:20 local time, BASEP troops seized the President, Prime-minister, and Interior Minister in the capital, Nouakchott. Mauritania television was taken off the air earlier, but Persian Gulf-based al-Arabiya television played an announcement said to be from the new junta; according to the announcement, General Abdel Aziz, chief of the BASEP (Presidential Security Battalion), would head a "state council". ^[1]

According to the news, Nouakchott International Airport has been closed.^[2]