Nouakchott-Oumtounsy Airport

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Aéroport International Nouakchott - Oumtounsy
Nouakchott-Oumtounsy Airport (Mauritania)
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Characteristics
ICAO code GQNO
IATA code NKC
Coordinates

18 ° 18 '34 "  N , 15 ° 57' 45"  W Coordinates: 18 ° 18 '34 "  N , 15 ° 57' 45"  W.
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



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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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefan Eiselin: New airport in the desert. aeroTELEGRAPH.com, November 29, 2011, accessed December 23, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Characteristics. (PDF) AIS asecna, March 29, 2018, accessed on December 23, 2018 (English).
  3. ^ Joël Ricci: Un nouvel aéroport inauguré à Nouakchott. AIR Journal, June 25, 2016, accessed on December 23, 2018 (French).
  4. ↑ Mauritanie: inauguration du nouvel aéroport international de Nouakchott. jeune afrique, June 27, 2016, accessed December 23, 2018 (French).