Nouakchott International Airport

Nouakchott International Airport
IATA: NKC – ICAO: GQNN NKC Location of airport in Mauritania
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Government\ASECNA"African air traffic management organisation"
Operator		Government
Serves		Nouakchott, Mauritania
Elevation AMSL		7 ft / 2 m
Coordinates		18°05′52″N 015°56′52″W / 18.09778°N 15.94778°W / 18.09778; -15.94778
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
05/23	3,010	9,876	Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Nouakchott International Airport (French: Aéroport de Nouakchott) (IATA: NKC, ICAO: GQNN) is an airport located in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania. Until late 2010, it served as hub of Mauritania Airways. From early 2011, Mauritania Airlines International will be based there.

Airlines and Destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Afriqiyah Airways	Tripoli
Air Algérie	Algiers
Air France	Casablanca, Conakry, Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Air Mali	Bamako
Binter Canarias	Seasonal:Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Islas Airways	Seasonal:Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Canary Fly	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Mauritania Airlines International	Bamako, Casablanca, Dakar, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Nouadhibou Seasonal: Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Sélibaby
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca
Sénégal Airlines	Dakar
Tunisair	Tunis

Cargo airlines

• Air France Cargo operated by Martinair Cargo

2008 coup d'etat

Main article: 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état

On the morning of 6 August 2008, by 9:20 local time, BASEP troops seized the President, Prime-minister, and Interior Minister in the capital, Nouakchott. Mauritania television was taken off the air earlier, but Persian Gulf-based al-Arabiya television played an announcement said to be from the new junta; according to the announcement, General Abdel Aziz, chief of the BASEP (Presidential Security Battalion), would head a "state council". The airport was closed at the time.^[3]

References

1. ^ Airport information for GQNN from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
2. ^ Airport information for NKC at Great Circle Mapper.
3. ^ "Troops stage coup in Mauritania". BBC News. 2008-08-06. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7544834.stm. 

External links

	Mauritania portal
	Aviation portal

• Current weather for GQNN at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for Nouakchott Airport (NKC) at Aviation Safety Network