Nouakchott International Airport
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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.
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Airlines and destinations
Passenger
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Conakry |
| Dinoseto Airlines | Vigo, Tenerife-North |
| Mauritania Airlines International | Abidjan, Bamako, Brazzaville, Casablanca, Conakry, Cotonou, Dakar, Gran Canaria, Nouadhibou, Zouérat[citation needed] |
| Maymos Airlines | Tenerife-South |
| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca |
| Sénégal Airlines | Dakar |
| Tunisair | Tunis |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk |
| Ukraine International Airlines | Charter: Kiev-Boryspil[citation needed] |
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
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- Current weather for GQNN at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for Nouakchott Airport (NKC) at Aviation Safety Network
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- ↑ Airport information for GQNN from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ↑ Airport information for NKC at Great Circle Mapper.
- ↑ List of the busiest airports in Africa
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