Ivato International Airport Seranam-Piaramanidina iraisampirenenan'Ivato Aéroport International d'Ivato | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public/military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Ravinala Airports | ||||||||||
| Serves | Antananarivo, Madagascar | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Madagascar Airlines | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,198 ft / 1,280 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 18°47′49″S47°28′44″E / 18.79694°S 47.47889°E /-18.79694; 47.47889 | ||||||||||
| Website | https://ravinala-airports.aero | ||||||||||
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  TNR Location of airport in Madagascar | |||||||||||
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Ivato International Airport (IATA:TNR,ICAO:FMMI) is the maininternational airport servingAntananarivo, the capital ofMadagascar, located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) northwest of the city centre. Ivato Airport is the main hub forMadagascar Airlines and is located in the commune ofIvato.
Ivato has been the main airport of Antananarivo since the 1960s; it is a civil and military mixed platform and the main hub of Air Madagascar.
Madagascar's deadliest aviation accident occurred at the airport on July 19, 1967. ADouglas DC-4 of Air Madagascar departing forAntsiranana touched the ground 720 meters past the runway, briefly became airborne but crashed again just over 500 meters later, killing 42 of the 77 on board. Among the dead was foreign ministerAlbert Sylla.[1]
It has two main terminals: one terminal for domestic flights and one terminal for international flights. In December 2021, a new terminal opened.[2]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| BidAir Cargo | Johannesburg—O. R. Tambo |
| Ethiopian Airlines Cargo | Addis Ababa |
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