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Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport (IATA: NKC, ICAO: GQNO) (Arabic: مطار نواكشوط الدولي - أم التونسي) is an international airport serving Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania. It is located 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of the city. The airport opened in June 2016 as the replacement for Nouakchott International Airport.

Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport مطار نواكشوط الدولي - أم التونسي Matar Nouakchott ad-Dawli Oum at-Tounsi
IATA: NKC ICAO: GQNO
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Mauritania
Serves	Nouakchott
Hub for	Mauritania Airlines
Elevation AMSL	3 m / 9 ft
Coordinates	18°18′36″N 015°58′11″W
Map
NKC Location in Mauritania
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 2,400 7,874 Concrete 16/34 3,400 11,155 Concrete
Source: AIP from ASECNA[1]

History

The airport is designed by Omer Houessou,[2] it is the largest project in Mauritania since 1960.[3] The Government of Mauritania approved the plan on 13 October 2011,[4] and local company Najah for Major Works (NMW) started construction the following month.[2]

Oumtounsy Airport opened on 23 June 2016, in time for the 27th Arab League summit in late July.[2] It replaces Nouakchott International Airport, which is located 25 kilometres (16 mi) to the south in the city centre. A Mauritania Airlines International flight from Zouérat arrived at 12:00, becoming the first to land at the airport.[5][6] President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz arrived in the afternoon to inaugurate the airport amid the landing of the first international flight, that of Turkish Airlines from Istanbul–Atatürk.[6]

Egis Group put in place the airport transfer program, which saw the simultaneous shut down of the previous airport and opening of the new airport to the public on the same day. The new Nouakchott International Airport, Mauritania

Infrastructure

The 30,000-square-metre (320,000 sq ft) passenger terminal has 6 jet bridges and can handle 2 million passengers per year.[2][7] There is also a dedicated terminal for air cargo and a VIP reception area.[7]

Runways

The airport has two runways:[1]

• Runway 06/24: 2,400 by 45 metres (7,874 ft × 148 ft)
• Runway 16/34: 3,400 by 60 metres (11,150 ft × 200 ft)

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Algérie	Algiers, Dakar–Diass
Air France	Conakry, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air Senegal	Dakar–Diass[8]
ASKY Airlines	Conakry[9]
Binter Canarias	Gran Canaria
Mauritania Airlines	Abidjan, Bamako, Casablanca, Conakry, Dakar–Diass, Gran Canaria, Néma,[10] Nouadhibou, Zouérat
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca
Tunisair	Tunis
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul[11]

Access

Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport is connected to the city of Nouakchott by Sheikh Zayed Road.[12]

See also

• List of airports in Mauritania

References

На других языках

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[de] Flughafen Nouakchott-Oumtounsy

Der Internationale Flughafen Nouakchott-Oumtounsy (französisch: Aéroport International de Nouakchott-Oumtounsy) ist ein am 23. Juni 2016 eröffneter Flughafen 25 km nördlich der mauretanischen Hauptstadt Nouakchott. Sein Vorgänger, der Internationale Flughafen von Nouakchott, lag zu nahe am Stadtzentrum und wurde gleichzeitig geschlossen. Der neue Flughafen ist das wichtigste Infrastrukturprojekt Mauretaniens seit 1960.[1]

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- [en] Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport

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[fr] Aéroport international de Nouakchott-Oumtounsy

L'aéroport international de Nouakchott-Oumtounsy (code IATA : NKC • code OACI : GQNO), est le nouvel aéroport basé à Nouakchott, capitale de la Mauritanie.

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[ru] Нуакшот-Умтунси (аэропорт)

Международный аэропорт Нуакшот-Умтунси (араб. مطار نواكشوط الدولي - أم التونسي‎, фр. Aéroport international de Nouakchott-Oumtounsy, IATA: NKC, ICAO: GQNO) — международный аэропорт, обслуживающий столицу Мавритании, город Нуакшот. Он расположен в 25 километрах (16 миль) к северу от города. Аэропорт открылся в июне 2016 года в качестве замены международному аэропорту Нуакшота[1].

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