West Africa
Senegal
Dakar

Aéroport International Léopold Sédar Senghor

Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport is an international freight and former passenger serving , the capital of . The airport is situated near the town of , a northern suburb of Dakar.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: commercial airport serving Dakar and sole international airport of Senegal
  • Also known as: “Aéroport de Dakar-Yof”, “Aéroport militaire - ancien aeroport international Léopold-Sédar-Senghor”, “Dakar Airport”, “Dakar Senghor Airport”, “Dakar Yoff International Airport”, “DKR”, “GOOY”, “Leopold Sedar Senghor Airport”, “Leopold Sedar Senghor International”, “Leopold Sedar Senghor International Airport”, “Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport”, “Military airport - Léopold Sédar Senghor International old Airport”, “Senegal International Airport”, and “Yof”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include African Renaissance Monument and Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor.

Monument
Photo: Jeff Attaway, CC BY 2.0.
The is a 52-metre tall bronze statue located on top of one of the twin hills known as Collines des Mamelles, outside , .

Stadium
Photo: Jeff Attaway, CC BY 2.0.
Léopold Sédar Senghor Stadium, formerly the Stade de l'Amitie, is a multi-purpose stadium in , .It is currently used mostly for football matches.

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Ji-Elle, Public domain.
is a strategically important lighthouse situated near Cap Vert, the westernmost point of Africa, on the outskirts of the capital of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yoff and Sicap-Liberté.

Neighborhood
Photo: Arensond, Public domain.
is a town, part of the city of , located in . It lies north of downtown Dakar and immediately north of Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport.

Suburb
Photo: Abiwole, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a commune d'arrondissement of the city of , . As of 2013 it had a population of 47,164.

Neighborhood
is an arrondissement of the Dakar Department in the Dakar Region of . Almadies is considered the most upmarket residential neighbourhood in Central & Western Africa and it holds the residences of numerous foreign Ambassadors and expatriates.

Aéroport International Léopold Sédar Senghor

Latitude
14.73692° or 14° 44′ 13″ north
Longitude
-17.48587° or 17° 29′ 9″ west
Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)
Operator
Armée nationale sénégalaise
Abbreviation
“BA160”
Open location code
7C64PGP7+QM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 361918818
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
2243974
Wiki­data ID
Q513689
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Aéroport International Léopold Sédar Senghor” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار ليوبولد سيدار سنغور الدولي”
  • Catalan: “aeroport de Dakar-Yoff”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport de Yoff”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport Internacional Léopold Sédar”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport Léopold Sédar”
  • Catalan: “DKR”
  • Cebuano: “Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport”
  • Cebuano: “Yof”
  • Chinese: “达喀尔-约夫-利奥波德·塞达尔·桑戈尔国际机场”
  • Chinese: “达喀尔－约夫－利奥波德·塞达尔·桑戈尔国际机场”
  • Chinese: “達哈爾沃夫利奧寶特塞德國際機場”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Dakar”
  • French: “aéroport de Dakar-Yoff”
  • French: “aéroport international de Dakar-Léopold-Sédar-Senghor”
  • French: “aéroport international Léopold-Sédar-Senghor”
  • French: “Aéroport international Léopold-Sédar-Senghor”
  • French: “AILSS”
  • French: “DKR”
  • French: “GOOY”
  • French: “Yoff”
  • German: “DKR”
  • German: “Flughafen Dakar-Léopold Sédar Senghor”
  • German: “GOOY”
  • Hungarian: “Léopold Sédar Senghor nemzetközi repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor”
  • Indonesian: “DKR”
  • Indonesian: “GOOY”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Dakar-Léopold Sedar Senghor”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale Léopold Sédar Senghor”
  • Japanese: “レオポール・セダール・サンゴール国際空港”
  • Korean: “레오폴 세다르 상고르 국제공항”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Leopold Sedar Senghor”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Léopold Sédar Senghor internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Norwegian: “Léopold Sédar Senghor internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی لئوپولد سدار سنگور”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Dakar”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Léopold Sédar Senghor”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Léopold Sédar Senghor”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт имени Леопольда Седара Сенгора”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Dakar-Yoff / Léopold Sédar Senghor”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Dakar-Yoff/Léopold Sédar Senghor”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Байналмиллалии Леополд Седар Сенғор”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи бин‌алмилалӣ леҳвпулд сдор снгур”
  • Ukrainian: “Дакар-Йофф”
  • Ukrainian: “Міжнародний аеропорт Дакар імені Леопольда Седара Сенгора”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Léopold Sédar Senghor”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Aéroport International Léopold Sédar Senghor”. Photo: Popo le Chien, Public domain.