# Saint Louis Airport (XLS / GOSS)

**Saint Louis Airport** (IATA: XLS, ICAO: GOSS) is a medium airport in Saint Louis, Saint-Louis Region, Senegal. It opened in 1927. It has one runway, 1,899 m (6,230 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: XLS / GOSS
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Saint Louis, Saint-Louis Region, Senegal
- Opened: 1927
- Elevation: 3 m / 9 ft
- Coordinates: 16.0498, -16.4610
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,899 m / 6,230 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0 · Africa/Dakar
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Louis_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q765414
- Weather station: GOSS · WMO 61600
- Ident: GOSS

## Timeline

- 1927: Saint Louis Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 1,899 m / 6,230 ft | 31 m / 100 ft | Asphalt | 173° / 353° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,899 m / 6,230 ft | =4,322 of 29,858 | #486 in Africa | #6 in SN |
| Elevation | 3 m / 9 ft | =42,649 of 43,403 | =3,130 in Africa | #18 in SN |
| Age | Opened 1927 | =280 of 15,079 | =5 in Africa | =1 in SN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =1 in SN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | RDO | 568.000 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [MR-0009](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mr-0009.md) Rosso Airport · 90 km / 56 mi
- [RDT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gosr.md) Richard Toll Airport · 96 km / 60 mi
- [SN-0001](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sn-0001.md) Thiès Airport · 148 km / 92 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/goss/data