# Blaise Diagne International Airport (DSS / GOBD)

**Blaise Diagne International Airport** (IATA: DSS, ICAO: GOBD) is a large airport in Dakar, Dakar Region, Senegal. It opened on 7 Dec 2017. It has one runway, 3,500 m (11,483 ft) long, asphalt. In 2021 it handled 2.0 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DSS / GOBD
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Dakar, Dakar Region, Senegal
- Opened: 7 Dec 2017
- Elevation: 88 m / 290 ft
- Coordinates: 14.6709, -17.0728
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,500 m / 11,483 ft
- Passengers: 1,957,877 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+0 · Africa/Dakar
- Website: http://www.dakaraeroport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Diagne_International_Airport (23 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q597308
- Weather station: GOBD
- Ident: GOBD

## Timeline

- 7 Dec 2017: Blaise Diagne International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 3,500 m / 11,483 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 359° / 179° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2018 | 2,300,000 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 2,491,185 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,176,322 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 1,957,877 | Wikidata |

## Routes

30 destinations in 20 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (20)

- [OXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ggov.md) Osvaldo Vieira International Airport · Guinea-Bissau · 345 km / 214 mi · Air Côte d'Ivoire, Turkish Airlines
- [SID](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gvac.md) Amílcar Cabral International Airport · Cape Verde · 670 km / 416 mi · Air Senegal
- [LPA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gclp.md) Gran Canaria Airport · Spain · 1,485 km / 923 mi · Binter Canarias
- [NIM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/drrn.md) Diori Hamani International Airport · Niger · 2,081 km / 1,293 mi · Air Senegal
- [LFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dxxx.md) Lomé–Tokoin International Airport · Togo · 2,214 km / 1,376 mi · Asky Airlines
- [CMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmmn.md) Mohammed V International Airport · Morocco · 2,288 km / 1,422 mi · Royal Air Maroc
- [LIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppt.md) Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · Portugal · 2,791 km / 1,734 mi · TAP Air Portugal
- [BCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebl.md) Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · Spain · 3,489 km / 2,168 mi · Vueling
- [MRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfml.md) Marseille Provence Airport · France · 3,836 km / 2,384 mi · Transavia
- [NTE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfrs.md) Nantes Atlantique Airport · France · 3,885 km / 2,414 mi · Transavia
- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 4,126 km / 2,564 mi · ITA Airways
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 4,204 km / 2,612 mi · Neos
- [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 4,217 km / 2,620 mi · Air France
- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 4,468 km / 2,776 mi · Brussels Airlines
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 5,296 km / 3,291 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 6,100 km / 3,790 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [JFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjfk.md) John F. Kennedy International Airport · United States · 6,160 km / 3,828 mi · Delta Air Lines
- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 6,200 km / 3,853 mi · Kenya Airways
- [YUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyul.md) Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · Canada · 6,272 km / 3,897 mi · Air Transat
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 7,579 km / 4,709 mi · Emirates

### Seasonal (8)

- [TLS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfbo.md) Toulouse-Blagnac Airport · France · 3,665 km / 2,277 mi · Transavia
- [BOD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfbd.md) Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport · France · 3,690 km / 2,293 mi · Transavia
- [NCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfmn.md) Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport · France · 3,962 km / 2,462 mi · Transavia
- [LYS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfll.md) Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport · France · 4,027 km / 2,502 mi · Transavia
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 4,329 km / 2,690 mi · TUI Airways
- [LIL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfqq.md) Lille Airport · France · 4,385 km / 2,725 mi · Transavia
- [LUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ellx.md) Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · Luxembourg · 4,423 km / 2,748 mi · Luxair
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 4,610 km / 2,865 mi · TUI fly Netherlands

### Seasonal charter (1)

- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 4,847 km / 3,012 mi · Smartwings

### Cargo (2)

- [CFE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lflc.md) Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport · France · 3,944 km / 2,451 mi · Air Charter Service
- [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 4,217 km / 2,620 mi · Air France

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (22)

- HV [Transavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/transavia) · 7
- HC [Air Senegal](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-senegal) · 2
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 2
- HF [Air Côte d'Ivoire](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cote-divoire) · 1
- AF [Air France](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-france) · 1
- TS [Air Transat](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-transat) · 1
- KP [Asky Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/asky-airlines) · 1
- NT [Binter Canarias](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/binter-canarias) · 1
- SN [Brussels Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/brussels-airlines) · 1
- DL [Delta Air Lines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-air-lines) · 1
- EK [Emirates](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emirates) · 1
- ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 1
- AZ [ITA Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ita-airways) · 1
- KQ [Kenya Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kenya-airways) · 1
- LG [Luxair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/luxair) · 1 · seasonal
- NO [Neos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/neos) · 1
- AT [Royal Air Maroc](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/royal-air-maroc) · 1
- QS [Smartwings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartwings) · 1 · seasonal charter
- TP [TAP Air Portugal](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tap-air-portugal) · 1
- BY [TUI Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-airways) · 1 · seasonal
- OR [TUI fly Netherlands](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-fly-netherlands) · 1 · seasonal
- VY [Vueling](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vueling) · 1

### Cargo (1)

- Air Charter Service · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2.0M (2021) | #580 of 3,974 | #29 in Africa | #2 in SN |
| Longest runway | 3,500 m / 11,483 ft | =488 of 29,858 | =64 in Africa | #1 in SN |
| Elevation | 88 m / 290 ft | =31,596 of 43,403 | =2,699 in Africa | #2 in SN |
| Age | Opened 2017 | =13,507 of 15,079 | =139 in Africa | #3 in SN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =1 in SN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ARR |  | 120.500 |
| TWR |  | 118.800 |
| ATIS | ATIS EN | 126.200 |
| ATIS | ATIS FR | 126.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [SN-0001](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sn-0001.md) Thiès Airport · 20 km / 13 mi
- [SN-0004](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sn-0004.md) Saly-Joseph Aerodrome · 24 km / 15 mi
- [DKR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gooy.md) Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport · 44 km / 28 mi
- [SN-0003](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sn-0003.md) Djilor Pout Pout Airport · 78 km / 49 mi
- [KLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gook.md) Kaolack Airport · 124 km / 77 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: “Blaise Diagne International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blaise_Diagne_International_Airport&oldid=1372015371), revision of 29 Aug 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/gobd/data