# Tessalit Airport (GATS)

**Tessalit Airport** (ICAO: GATS) is a small airport in Gao Region, Mali. It has 4 runways; the longest is 2,500 m (8,201 ft). It is operated by Aéroports du Mali.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / GATS
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Aéroports du Mali
- Serves: Gao Region, Mali
- Elevation: 494 m / 1,621 ft
- Coordinates: 20.2430, 0.9773
- Runways: 4
- Longest runway: 2,500 m / 8,201 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0 · Africa/Bamako
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessalit_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6588400
- Weather station: GATS
- Ident: GATS

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05L/23R | 2,500 m / 8,201 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 046° / 226° |  |
| 15/33 | 1,196 m / 3,924 ft | 47 m / 154 ft | Gravel | 153° / 333° |  |
| 05/23 |  |  |  |  |  |
| 16/34 |  |  |  |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,500 m / 8,201 ft | =2,554 of 29,858 | #331 in Africa | #6 in ML |
| Elevation | 494 m / 1,621 ft | =11,111 of 43,403 | #1,870 in Africa | #1 in ML |
| Runways | 4 | =41 of 29,978 | =3 in Africa | #1 in ML |

## Nearby airports

- [BMW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/datm.md) Bordj Badji Mokhtar Airport · 126 km / 78 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)
- [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/gats/data