# Kaédi Airport (KED / GQNK)

**Kaédi Airport** (IATA: KED, ICAO: GQNK) is a small airport in Kaédi, Gorgol Region, Mauritania. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KED / GQNK
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Kaédi, Gorgol Region, Mauritania
- Elevation: 23 m / 75 ft
- Coordinates: 16.1595, -13.5076
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 m / 8,202 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0 · Africa/Nouakchott
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka%C3%A9di_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6381845
- Weather station: GQNK
- Ident: GQNK

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 060° / 240° |  |

## 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 | =3 in MR |
| Elevation | 23 m / 75 ft | =37,921 of 43,403 | =2,914 in Africa | #21 in MR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =2 in MR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | INFO | 118.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [MAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gosm.md) Ouro Sogui Airport · 66 km / 41 mi
- [BGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gqne.md) Abbaye Airport · 91 km / 56 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/gqnk/data