Nouakchott International Airport
| Nouakchott International Airport | |||
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IATA: NKC – ICAO: GQNN
 NKC
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Government\ASECNA"African air traffic management organisation" | ||
| Operator | Government | ||
| Serves | Nouakchott, Mauritania | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 7 ft / 2 m | ||
| Coordinates | 18°05′52″N 015°56′52″W / 18.09778°N 15.94778°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 05/23 | 3,010 | 9,876 | Asphalt |
| Source: DAFIF[1][2] | |||
Nouakchott International Airport (French: Aéroport de Nouakchott) (IATA: NKC, ICAO: GQNN) is an international airport located in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania. Until late 2010, it served as hub of Mauritania Airways. From early 2011, Mauritania Airlines International was based there.
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Algérie | Algiers |
| Air France | Conakry, Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Air Mali | Bamako |
| Iberia | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria [begins 25 March] |
| Canary Fly | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
| Mauritania Airlines International | Bamako, Casablanca, Dakar, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Nouadhibou Seasonal: Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Sélibaby |
| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca |
| Sénégal Airlines | Dakar |
| Tunisair | Tunis |
[edit] Cargo airlines
- Air France Cargo operated by Martinair Cargo
[edit] 2008 coup d'etat
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". The airport was closed at the time.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Airport information for GQNN from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for NKC at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "Troops stage coup in Mauritania". BBC News. 2008-08-06. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7544834.stm.
[edit] External links
- Current weather for GQNN at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for Nouakchott Airport (NKC) at Aviation Safety Network
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