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Gao International Airport

ICAO GAGO16.2485°N 0.0054°W265 m / 870 ftMedium airport
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Gao International Airport (IATA: GAQ, ICAO: GAGO) is a medium airport in Gao, Gao Region, Mali. It opened in 2000. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Aéroports du Mali.

Timeline

1 event · 2000–2000
2000
OpenedGao International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
07/25062° / 242° · LIT
LENGTH2,500 m8,202 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

2 destinations · 2 countries

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from GAQ. From the Wikipedia article “Gao International Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,500 m8,202 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,332of 29,823 · =312 Africa · #5 MLElevation265 m870 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=20,019of 43,341 · =2,422 Africa · #17 MLAgeOpened 20002026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=11,271of 15,079 · #114 Africa · #4 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

2 channels
A/GRDO889.400
TWRTWR118.500