# Nouadhibou International Airport (NDB / GQPP)

**Nouadhibou International Airport** (IATA: NDB, ICAO: GQPP) is a large airport in Nouadhibou, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, Mauritania. It has one runway, 2,427 m (7,961 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NDB / GQPP
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Nouadhibou, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, Mauritania
- Elevation: 7 m / 24 ft
- Coordinates: 20.9324, -17.0302
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,427 m / 7,961 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0 · Africa/Nouakchott
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouadhibou_International_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2671152
- Weather station: GQPP · WMO 61415
- Ident: GQPP

## Timeline

- 7 Aug 1980: 1980 Nouadhibou Tupolev Tu-154 crash. 1 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 2,427 m / 7,961 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 014° / 194° | yes |

## Routes

3 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [NKC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gqno.md) Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport · Mauritania · 312 km / 194 mi · Mauritania Airlines
- [OUZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gqpz.md) Tazadit Airport · Mauritania · 511 km / 318 mi · Mauritania Airlines
- [LPA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gclp.md) Gran Canaria Airport · Spain · 796 km / 495 mi · Mauritania Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- L6 [Mauritania Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mauritania-airlines) · 3

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,427 m / 7,961 ft | #2,802 of 29,858 | #340 in Africa | #6 in MR |
| Elevation | 7 m / 24 ft | =40,976 of 43,403 | =3,051 in Africa | #23 in MR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =2 in MR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | RDO | 886.100 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [EH-0020](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eh-0020.md) Guerguerat Airport · 52 km / 32 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: “Nouadhibou International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nouadhibou_International_Airport&oldid=1371387964), revision of 26 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/gqpp/data