Diori Hamani International Airport (IATA: NIM, ICAO: DRRN) is an airport in Niamey, the capital of Niger.[3] It is located 9 km (5.6 mi) from Niamey in the south eastern suburbs of the city, along the Route Nationale 1, the major highway linking Niamey with the east of the nation. The airport complex also includes the major base for the Armed Forces of Niger's "Armee d'Air".

Diori Hamani International Airport
IATA: NIM ICAO: DRRN
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Owner	Transports de Niamey
Operator	Summa Airports Niger SARLU
Serves	Niamey, Niger
Location	Niamey, Niger
Hub for	Niger Airlines
Elevation AMSL	732 ft / 223 m
Coordinates	13°28′54″N 002°10′13″E
Website	http://niameyairport.com
Map
NIM Location within Niger
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09R/27L 3,800 9,843 Bitumen 09L/27R 3,000 9,843 Laterite
Statistics (2013)
Passengers 165,000
Sources: Agence pour la Sécurité de la Navigation aérienne en Afrique et à Madagascar[1][2]

Overview

Traffic

In 2019, the airport served 363,093 passengers. The air traffic control for NIM is operated by the ASECNA, which bases one of its five air traffic zones for the continent at Niamey.[4] The airport is named after Hamani Diori (1916–1989), the first President of Niger.^{[citation needed]}

EAMAC

ASECNA operates the "African School for Meteorology and Civil Aviation/Ecole Africaine de la Météorologie et de l'Aviation Civile" at the Niamey airport complex, as well as in the Plateau quarter of Niamey city centre. Founded in 1963, EAMAC trains civil aviation professionals and aviation meteorologists from across Africa.[5][6]

Base Aérienne 101

The Niger Air Force maintains Base Aérienne 101, collocated with Diori Hamani International Airport, and it is used by both the American and French armed forces for counter-terrorism operations.[7][8][9][10]

In 2013, U.S. African Command spokesman Benjamin Benson confirmed that U.S. air operations conducted from Base Aérienne 101 at Diori Hamani International Airport were providing "support for intelligence collection with French forces conducting operations in Mali and with other partners in the region."[11] In July 2013, The New York Times reported that the deployment had expanded from one Predator UAV to daily flights by a detachment of two larger MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft, supported by 120 U.S. Air Force personnel.[12] The MQ-9 Reapers are scheduled to be relocated to Niger Air Base 201.[13]

Around 2013, two Ku band arrays were constructed at the airport to allow for communication with EADS Harfang UAVs.[14] The French Air and Space Force Escadron de Drones 1/33 Belfort has operated three MQ-9 Reapers out of the base since January 2014 in support of Operation Barkhane.[9] France has also deployed Dassault Mirage 2000D aircraft from the French Air Forces detachment (DETAIR) to the base.[15][10]

The Nigerien Air Force operates two Cessna-208 Caravans equipped for ISTAR operations at the airport.[16][17]

A French Operational Transport Group is based at the airbase which currently controls Lockheed C-130J Hercules aircraft instead of the previous Transall C-160's.[18]

Airlines and destinations

Statistics

Ground transportation

Road

Diori Hamani International Airport is situated on Route Nationale 1, which connects it to the city of Niamey 9 km (5.6 mi) to the northeast, as well as to Dosso, Maradi, Zinder, Goure, Diffa, and N'guigmi to the east.

Rail

The railway passing by the airport, which connects it to Niamey railway station and Dosso, is abandoned since its construction (and will not be operational in the near future).

See also

• Niamey
• Transport in Niger

References

External links

Media related to Diori Hamani International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Accident history for NIM at Aviation Safety Network
• Airport information for DRRN at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
• Current weather for DRRN at NOAA/NWS
• ais-asecna.org Aeronautical charts for NIAMEY/Diori Hamani (DRRN).

На других языках

[de] Flughafen Niamey

[es] Aeropuerto Internacional Diori Hamani

[fr] Aéroport international Diori-Hamani

[it] Aeroporto di Niamey-Diori Hamani

[ru] Международный аэропорт имени Амани Диори