BKO

Modibo Keita International Airport

ICAO GABS12.5335°N 7.9499°W380 m / 1,247 ftLarge airport
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Modibo Keita International Airport (IATA: BKO, ICAO: GABS) is a large airport in Bamako, Koulikoro Region, Mali. It opened in 1974. It has one runway, 3,200 m (10,498 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Aéroports du Mali. In 2017 it handled 686 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1974–1974
1974
OpenedModibo Keita International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Main TerminalVIP Terminal
06/24057° / 237° · LIT
LENGTH3,200 m10,498 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

1999–2017
403K
424K
487K
516K
533K
599K
582K
533K
602K
588K
686K
9903040506071112151617

Routes

18 destinations · 16 countries
2,500 km5,000 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 miBYK · Bouaké Airport · 619 km / 385 miOUA · Ouagadougou Thomas Sankara International Airport · 699 km / 434 miCKY · Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport · 700 km / 435 miTOM · Tombouktou Airport · 707 km / 439 miABJ · Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport · 921 km / 572 miGAQ · Gao International Airport · 950 km / 590 miDSS · Blaise Diagne International Airport · 1,014 km / 630 miNIM · Diori Hamani International Airport · 1,103 km / 685 miLFW · Lomé–Tokoin International Airport · 1,233 km / 766 miCMN · Mohammed V International Airport · 2,317 km / 1,440 miALG · Houari Boumediene Airport · 2,909 km / 1,808 miTUN · Tunis Carthage International Airport · 3,255 km / 2,023 miORY · Paris-Orly Airport · 4,136 km / 2,570 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 4,780 km / 2,970 miADD · Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · 5,116 km / 3,179 miNBO · Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · 5,186 km / 3,222 miLOS · Murtala Muhammed International Airport · 1,402 km / 871 miLUX · Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · 4,324 km / 2,687 miNBOADDISTLUXTUNALGCMNLOSNIMDSSGAQABJCKYBYKORYLFWTOMOUABKO
Year-round16
BYKBouaké AirportCôte d’Ivoire · Air Côte d'Ivoire619 km385 miOUAOuagadougou Thomas Sankara International AirportBurkina Faso · Asky Airlines, Air Burkina699 km434 miCKYAhmed Sékou Touré International AirportGuinea · Asky Airlines, Air Côte d'Ivoire700 km435 miTOMTombouktou AirportMali · Sky Mali707 km439 miABJFélix-Houphouët-Boigny International AirportCôte d’Ivoire · Sky Mali, Air Côte d'Ivoire921 km572 miGAQGao International AirportMali · Sky Mali950 km590 miDSSBlaise Diagne International AirportSenegal · Asky Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines, Air Côte d'Ivoire +31,014 km630 miNIMDiori Hamani International AirportNiger · Sky Mali, Asky Airlines, Air Senegal1,103 km685 miLFWLomé–Tokoin International AirportTogo · Asky Airlines1,233 km766 miCMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Royal Air Maroc2,317 km1,440 miALGHouari Boumediene AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie2,909 km1,808 miTUNTunis Carthage International AirportTunisia · Tunisair3,255 km2,023 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Corsair International4,136 km2,570 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines4,780 km2,970 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines5,116 km3,179 miNBOJomo Kenyatta International AirportKenya · Kenya Airways5,186 km3,222 mi

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BKO. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Modibo Keita International Airport” (revision of 31 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Airlines

18 airlines · destinations from BKO
Hub airlines5
—Sky Mali4I5Air Mali—Mali Air TransportZ8Mali AirwaysMMTSAM Intercontinental
Passenger11
KPAsky Airlines5HFAir Côte d'Ivoire42JAir Burkina2HCAir Senegal2ETEthiopian Airlines2KQKenya Airways2AHAir Algérie1SSCorsair International1ATRoyal Air Maroc1TUTunisair1TKTurkish Airlines1
Cargo2
CVCargolux1—DHL Aviation1

Former hub of Air Mali.

Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from BKO. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers686K (2017)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#973of 3,974 · #59 AfricaLongest runway3,200 m10,498 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=876of 29,858 · =136 Africa · #1 MLElevation380 m1,247 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=14,462of 43,403 · =2,148 Africa · #8 MLAgeOpened 19742026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=6,983of 15,079 · =84 Africa · #3 MLRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,364of 29,978 · =176 Africa · =2 ML
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels
A/GA/G667.300
ACCACC119.100
TWRTWR118.300