NKC

Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport

ICAO GQNO18.3100°N 15.9697°W3 m / 9 ftLarge airport
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Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport (IATA: NKC, ICAO: GQNO) is a large airport in Nouakchott, Nouakchott Region, Mauritania. It opened on 23 Jun 2016. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,400 m (11,155 ft). In 2017 it handled 350 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 2016–2016
23 JUN 2016
OpenedNouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
16/34150° / 330° · LIT
LENGTH3,400 m11,155 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEConcrete
06/24050° / 230° · LIT
LENGTH2,400 m7,875 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2016–2017
309K
350K
1617

Routes

10 destinations · 10 countries
Most destinationsAir Algérie 2Turkish Airlines 2Asky Airlines 2Air France 2Air Senegal 1Binter Canarias 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from NKC. From the Wikipedia article “Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport” (revision of 21 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers350K (2017)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,269of 3,974 · #84 AfricaLongest runway3,400 m11,155 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=586of 29,823 · =87 Africa · #1 MRElevation3 m9 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,589of 43,341 · =3,130 Africa · #25 MRAgeOpened 20162026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=13,355of 15,079 · =136 AfricaRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =24 Africa · #1 MR
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
TWR118.400
ATIS (fr)126.600
ATIS (en)127.700
SMCGND121.700