Timbuktu Airport
| Aéroport international de Tombouctou | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | GATB |
| IATA code | TOM |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 263 m (863 ft ) |
| Basic data | |
| operator | Aéroports du Mali (short: ADM) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 07/25 | 2110 m × 30 m asphalt |
The Timbuktu Airport , also Tombouctou Airport is an airport near the city of Timbuktu in Mali . By 2012, the third Air Mali operated scheduled flights from Timbuktu to Bamako and Mopti . Royal Air Maroc has been offering a flight to Casablanca with a stopover in Bamako since June 2011 , which however disappeared from the flight plan a short time later.
Incidents
- On February 22, 1985, an Antonov An-24 of the first Air Mali had an accident after taking off from Timbuktu airport due to an engine failure . Of the 52 occupants, only one survived.
Web links
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )