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Bamako Senou International Airport
Bamako Senou International Airport; Aéroport international de Bamako-Sénou
IATA: BKO – ICAO: GABS
Summary
Airport type	Joint (Public/Military)
Operator	Aéroports du Mali (ADM)
Location	Bamako, Mali
Elevation AMSL	1,247 ft / 380 m
Coordinates	12°32′16″N 007°56′35″W / 12.53778°N 7.94306°W
Runways
	*planned runway length extension to 10,444 ft. / 3,180 m complete by 9/3/2010 as part of Mali MCC.

Coordinates: 12°32′16″N 007°56′35″W / 12.53778°N 7.94306°W / 12.53778; -7.94306

"BKO" redirects here. For other uses, see BKO (disambiguation).

Bamako Senou International Airport (IATA: BKO, ICAO: GABS) is Mali's main airport in Bamako, the capital of Mali in West Africa.

[edit] Location

It is located some 15 km south of downtown Bamako within the limits of the District of Bamako. It was opened to traffic in 1974.

[edit] Traffic

Passenger traffic steadily increased in the early 2000s. Government figures show 403,380 passengers in 1999, 423,506 in 2003, 486,526 in 2004, and 516,000 in 2005. and is predicted to reach over 900,000 by 2015 under a low (4%) yearly growth rate scenario.^[1]

To date this growth rate has been surpassed. Total air traffic at BKO increased by 12.4% in 2007 and 14% in 2008. Most of this increase came in passenger transport, with the number of passengers served increasing by 20% in 2007 and 17% in 2008. Twenty-seven airline carriers operated weekly or better at BKO in the 2007-2008 period. This continued growth was offset by cargo flights' decline of 16.75% in 2007, and 3.93% in 2008.^[2]

The highest frequency route is on the Bamako-Dakar sector with 29 weekly non-stop connections. Domestic flights also serve Mali's regional capitals Kayes, Mopti, Timbuktu, Sikasso, Gao, and Kidal.

[edit] Authority

Bamako Senou International Airport is managed by Aéroports du Mali (ADM).^[1] Its operations are overseen by the Malian Ministry of Equipment and Transports.^[2]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Afrinat International Airlines	Banjul, Conakry, Dakar
Afriqiyah Airways	Ouagadougou, Tripoli
Aigle Azur	Paris-Orly
Air Algérie	Algiers
Air Burkina	Dakar, Ouagadougou
Air France	Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Air Ivoire	Abidjan
Air Mali	Abidjan, Brazzaville, Cotonou, Dakar, Kayes, Madrid, Marseille, Mupti, Niamey, Ouagadougou, Timbuktu, Paris-Orly
Air Méditerranée	Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Benin Golf Air	Abidjan, Brazzaville, Conakry, Cotonou, Dakar
Ethiopian Airlines	Abidjan, Addis-Ababa, Dakar, N'djamena
Interair South Africa	Brazzaville, Cotonou, Johannesburg
Kenya Airways	Dakar, Nairobi
Mali Air Express
Mauritania Airways	Abidjan, Atar [begins 23 December], Brazzaville, Conakry, Cotonou, Nouakchott
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca
Tunisair	Abidjan, Tunis