Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport مطار نواكشوط الدولي - أم التونسي Matar Nouakchott ad-Dawli Oum at-Tounsi | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Mauritania | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Nouakchott | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 23 June 2016; 9 years ago (2016-06-23) | ||||||||||||||
| Hub for | Mauritania Airlines | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3 m / 9 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 18°18′36″N015°58′11″W / 18.31000°N 15.96972°W /18.31000; -15.96972 | ||||||||||||||
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Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport (IATA:NKC,ICAO:GQNO) (Arabic:مطار نواكشوط الدولي - أم التونسي,French:Aéroport International de Nouakchott–Oumtounsy) is aninternational airport servingNouakchott, the capital ofMauritania. It is located 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of the city. The airport opened in June 2016 as the replacement forNouakchott International Airport.
Designed by Omer Houessou,[2] the airport 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 27thArab League summit in late July.[2] It replacesNouakchott International Airport, which is located 25 kilometres (16 mi) to the south in the city centre. AMauritania Airlines International flight fromZouérat arrived at 12:00, becoming the first to land at the airport.[5][6] PresidentMohamed Ould Abdel Aziz arrived in the afternoon to inaugurate the airport amid the landing of the first international flight, that ofTurkish Airlines fromIstanbul–Atatürk.[6]
The 30,000-square-metre (320,000 sq ft) passenger terminal has 6jet bridges and can handle 2 million passengers per year.[2][7] There is also a dedicated terminal forair cargo and a VIP reception area.[7]
The airport has two runways:[1]
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy Airport:
Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport is connected to the city of Nouakchott by Sheikh Zayed Road.[13]
