Nouakchott International Airport
IATA: NKC – ICAO: GQNN
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Government
Serves		Nouakchott, Mauritania
Elevation AMSL		7 ft / 2 m
Coordinates		18°05′52″N 015°56′52″W / 18.09778°N 15.94778°W / 18.09778; -15.94778
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
05/23	3,010	9,876	Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Nouakchott International Airport (IATA: NKC, ICAO: GQNN) is an airport located in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, a country in West Africa.

Contents 1 Airlines and destinations 2 2008 coup d'etat 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Airlines and destinations

• Air Algérie (Algiers)
• Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
• Air Mali International (Bamako)
• Mauritania Airways (Abidjan, Aioun El Atrouss, Bamako, Dakar, Kiffa, Las Palmas, Néma, Nouadhibou, Kiffa, Paris-Orly, Tunis, Zouerate)
• Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca)
• Tunisair (Tunis)

[edit] 2008 coup d'etat

On the morning of 6 August 2008, by 9:20 local time, BASEP troops seized the President, Prime-minister, and Interior Minister in the capital, Nouakchott. Mauritania television was taken off the air earlier, but Persian Gulf-based al-Arabiya television played an announcement said to be from the new junta; according to the announcement, General Abdel Aziz, chief of the BASEP (Presidential Security Battalion), would head a "state council".^[3] The airport was closed at the time.^[4]

[edit] References

1. ^ Airport information for GQNN from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
2. ^ Airport information for NKC at Great Circle Mapper.
3. ^ Mohamed, Ahmed (2008-08-06). "Mauritania army stages coup; junta takes charge". Yahoo! News. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_re_af/mauritania_coup. Retrieved 2008-08-06. 
4. ^ "Troops stage coup in Mauritania". BBC News. 2008-08-06. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7544834.stm. 

[edit] External links

• Current weather for GQNN at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for Nouakchott Airport (NKC) at Aviation Safety Network

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