Nouakchott International Airport
| Nouakchott International Airport | |||||||||||
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  NKC | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government\ASECNA"African air traffic management organisation" | ||||||||||
| Operator | Government | ||||||||||
| Serves | Nouakchott | ||||||||||
| Location | Nouakchott, Mauritania | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Mauritania Airlines International | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 7 ft / 2 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 18°05′52″N 015°56′52″W / 18.09778°N 15.94778°W | ||||||||||
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Nouakchott International Airport (French: Aéroport international de Nouakchott) (IATA: NKC, ICAO: GQNN) is an international airport located in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania. Until late 2010, it served as hub of Mauritania Airways. Mauritania Airlines International has been based there since early 2011.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Accidents and incidents
- On 12 July 2012, a Harbin Y-12 aircraft belonging to the military crashed while attempting to take off from Nouakchott International Airport, killing all seven people on board. The plane had been chartered by Canadian gold miner Kinross Gold to carry gold from its Tasiast Gold Mine. The cause was not immediately known, but witnesses said the aircraft caught fire before it went down.[4]
References
- ↑ Airport information for GQNN from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ↑ Airport information for NKC at Great Circle Mapper.
- ↑ List of the busiest airports in Africa
- ↑ "Chartered military aircraft crashes in Mauritania, killing 7". BNO News. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
External links
- Current weather for GQNN at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for Nouakchott Airport (NKC) at Aviation Safety Network
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