Senou International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Bamako Senou International Airport
nativename = Aéroport international de Bamako-Sénou


IATA = BKO
ICAO = GABS
type = Joint (Public/Military)
owner =
operator = [http://www.adm.org.ml/ "Aéroports du Mali"] (ADM)
city-served =
location = Bamako, Mali
elevation-f = 1,247
elevation-m = 380
website =
r1-number = 06/24
r1-length-f = 8,879*
r1-length-m = 2,706*
r1-surface = Asphalt
footnotes = *planned runway length extension to 10,444 ft. / 3,180 m complete by 9/3/2010 as part of Mali MCC. Source: www.mcamali.org

Bamako Senou International Airport airport codes|BKO|GABS is Mali's main airport in Bamako, the capital of Mali in West Africa. It is located some 15 km south of downtown Bamako within the limits of the District of Bamako. It was open to traffic in 1974. Passenger traffic is steadily increasing: 403,380 (1999), 423,506 (2003), 486,526 (2004), 516,000 (2005) and is predicted to reach over 900,000 by 2015 under a low (4%) yearly growth rate scenario (source: www.mcamali.org). The highest frequency is on the Bamako-Dakar sector with 29 weekly non-stop connections. Domestic flights also serve Mali's regional capitals Kayes, Mopti, Timbuktu, Sikasso, Gao, and Kidal.

Bamako Senou International Airport is managed by Aéroports du Mali (ADM).

Airlines and destinations

*Afrinat International Airlines (Banjul, Conakry, Dakar)
*Afriqiyah Airways (Ouagadougou, Tripoli)
*Aigle Azur (Paris-Orly)
*Air Algérie (Algiers)
*Air Burkina (Dakar, Ouagadougou)
*Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
*Air Ivoire (Abidjan, Conakry, Dakar)
*Air Mali International (Dakar, Mopti, Nouakchott, Paris, Timbuktu)
*Air Senegal International (Abidjan, Dakar, Lomé, Ouagadougou, Niamey)
*Avient Aviation (Châlons-en-Champagne, Freetown, Monrovia, Nouakchott, Sharjah)
*Benin Golf Air (Abidjan, Brazzaville, Conakry, Cotonou, Dakar)
*Compagnie Aérienne du Mali (Abidjan, Brazzaville, Cotonou, Dakar, Kayes, Mupti, Niamey, Ouagadougou, Timbuktu, Paris-Orly)
*Ethiopian Airlines (Abidjan, Addis-Ababa, Dakar, N'djamena)
*Interair South Africa (Brazzaville, Cotonou, Johannesburg)
*Kenya Airways (Dakar, Nairobi)
*Mali Air Express
*Mauritania Airways (Abidjan, Nouakchott)
*Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca)
*Slok Air International (Abidjan, Banjul, Conakry, Dakar)
*Tunisair (Abidjan, Tunis)

References

* [http://www.adm.org.ml/ "Aéroports du Mali"] (official website)
* A-Z World Airports: [http://www.azworldairports.com/airports/p2050bko.htm Bamako - Senou Int´l Airport (BKO/GABS)]
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External links

* [http://www.ais-asecna.org/en/atlas/mali/bamako.htm Aeronautical charts] for BKO/GABS from [http://www.asecna.aero ASECNA]
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* [http://www.avient.aero/scheduledflights.htm Avient Aviation Scheduled Flights]