# Nouakchott International Airport, Nouakchott, Mauritania

**Nouakchott International Airport** was an airport in Nouakchott, Nouakchott Region, Mauritania. It closed on 23 Jun 2016. It had one runway, 3,010 m (9,876 ft) long, asphalt. In 2015 it handled 301 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mr-0013

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Serves: Nouakchott, Nouakchott Region, Mauritania
- Closed: 23 Jun 2016
- Elevation: 4 m / 13 ft
- Coordinates: 18.0975, -15.9482
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,010 m / 9,876 ft
- Passengers: 300,749 (2015)
- Time zone: UTC+0 · Africa/Nouakchott
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouakchott_International_Airport (21 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1801326
- Weather station: GQNO
- Ident: MR-0013

## Timeline

- 23 Jun 2016: Nouakchott International Airport closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 3,010 m / 9,876 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 038° / 218° | yes |

## Airlines

Hubs from Wikidata.

Former hub of [Air Mauritanie](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-mauritanie).

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | RDO | 667.300 |
| INFO | INFO | 124.200 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [NKC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gqno.md) Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport · 24 km / 15 mi
- [OTL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gqnb.md) Boutilimit Airport · 145 km / 90 mi

## In collections

- [Closed and historic](https://dromopedia.com/collections/closed) #19

## 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/mr-0013/data