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
Most destinationsAsky Airlines 5Air Côte d'Ivoire 4Sky Mali 4Air Burkina 2Ethiopian Airlines 2Air Senegal 2

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.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 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 29,823 · =136 Africa · #1 MLElevation380 m1,247 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=14,446of 43,341 · =2,148 Africa · #8 MLAgeOpened 19742026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=6,986of 15,079 · =84 Africa · #3 MLRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =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