# Gao International Airport (GAQ / GAGO)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gago

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GAQ / GAGO
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Aéroports du Mali
- Serves: Gao, Gao Region, Mali
- Opened: 2000
- Elevation: 265 m / 870 ft
- Coordinates: 16.2485, -0.0054
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 m / 8,202 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0 · Africa/Bamako
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gao_International_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3083185
- Weather station: GAGO · WMO 61226
- Ident: GAGO

## Timeline

- 2000: Gao International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 062° / 242° | yes |

## Routes

2 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [NIM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/drrn.md) Diori Hamani International Airport · Niger · 387 km / 240 mi · Sky Mali
- [BKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gabs.md) Modibo Keita International Airport · Mali · 950 km / 590 mi · Sky Mali

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from GAQ, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [Sky Mali](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-mali) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | =2,333 of 29,858 | =312 in Africa | #5 in ML |
| Elevation | 265 m / 870 ft | =20,038 of 43,403 | =2,422 in Africa | #17 in ML |
| Age | Opened 2000 | =11,262 of 15,079 | #114 in Africa | #4 in ML |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =2 in ML |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | RDO | 889.400 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [GAAO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gaao.md) Ansongo Airport · 81 km / 50 mi
- [GABR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gabr.md) Bourem Airport · 96 km / 60 mi
- [ML-0002](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ml-0002.md) Tassiga Airport · 113 km / 70 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Gao International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gao_International_Airport&oldid=1363038665), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gago/data