Nouakchott-Oumtounsy Airport
Aéroport International Nouakchott - Oumtounsy | ||
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Characteristics | ||
ICAO code | GQNO | |
IATA code | NKC | |
Coordinates | ||
Height above MSL | 1 m (3 ft ) | |
Transport links | ||
Distance from the city center | 25 km north of Nouakchott | |
Street | N2 | |
Basic data | ||
opening | June 23, 2016 | |
operator | Government of Mauritania | |
Capacity ( PAX per year) |
2 million passengers | |
Runways | ||
06/24 | 2400 m × 45 m concrete | |
16/34 | 3400 m × 60 m concrete |
The International Airport Nouakchott-Oumtounsy ( French : Aéroport International de Nouakchott-Oumtounsy ) is an airport that opened on June 23, 2016, 25 km north of the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott . Its predecessor, Nouakchott International Airport , was too close to the city center and closed at the same time. The new airport is Mauritania's most important infrastructure project since 1960.
Data
Nouakchott-Oumtounsy was built within two years and has an area of 18,000 m 2 and two runways of 2400 m and 3400 m in length. They can accommodate large aircraft such as the Airbus A380 and Boeing 747 . The project also included the construction of a terminal for two million passengers per year, a freight building, stands, VIP lounges, a hangar of 4800 square meters, a 38 meter high control tower and six passenger boarding bridges. The airport sees itself as a competing project to Dakar-Blaise Diagne Airport in Dakar , Senegal . Its importance is likely to lie in the strategic as well as in the economic area of Mauritania.
criticism
Critics accused the government of megalomania because it was designed for two million passengers. The old airport didn't even have 200,000 travelers a year. No forecasts by experts include a tenfold increase in traffic in the next few years.
Web links
- Homepage (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stefan Eiselin: New airport in the desert. aeroTELEGRAPH.com, November 29, 2011, accessed December 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Characteristics. (PDF) AIS asecna, March 29, 2018, accessed on December 23, 2018 (English).
- ^ Joël Ricci: Un nouvel aéroport inauguré à Nouakchott. AIR Journal, June 25, 2016, accessed on December 23, 2018 (French).
- ↑ Mauritanie: inauguration du nouvel aéroport international de Nouakchott. jeune afrique, June 27, 2016, accessed December 23, 2018 (French).