Ouagadougou Airport

Thomas Sankara International Airport Ouagadougou is an international airport serving , the capital of . It was built in the 1960s, and it is approximately 1.5 kilometres southeast of the main commercial area.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
  • Also known as: “Aéroport International de Ouagadougou”, “Aeropuerto de Uagadugu”, “DFFD”, “OUA”, “Ouagadougou”, “Ouagadougou International Airport”, and “Thomas Sankara International Airport Ouagadougou”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Ouagadougou Cathedral and Grand Mosque of Ouagadougou.

Church
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Mosque
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School
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ouagadougou.

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Ouagadougou Airport

Latitude
12.35014° or 12° 21′ 1″ north
Longitude
-1.51358° or 1° 30′ 49″ west
Elevation
316 metres (1,037 feet)
IATA airport code
OUA
ICAO airport code
DFFD
Open location code
7C4W9F2P+3H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27798095
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6296409
Wiki­data ID
Q773547
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Ouagadougou Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار واغادوغو الدولي”
  • Arabic: “مطار واغادوغو”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu d’Uagadugú”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu de Uagadugú”
  • Breton: “Aerborzh Etrebroadel Ouagadougou”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport d’Ouagadougou”
  • Cebuano: “Ouagadougou Airport”
  • Chinese: “瓦加杜古國際機場”
  • Dutch: “Internationale luchthaven Thomas Sankara”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Ouagadougou Internationaal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مطار توماس سانكارا الدولى واجادوجو”
  • Esperanto: “Internacia Flughaveno Vagaduguo”
  • Finnish: “Ouagadougoun kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • French: “aéroport international de Ouagadougou”
  • French: “Aéroport international de Ouagadougou”
  • Galician: “Aeroporto de Uagadugú”
  • German: “Flughafen Ouagadougou”
  • German: “Internationaler Flughafen Ouagadougou”
  • Hausa: “Filin jirgin saman Ouagadougou”
  • Hungarian: “Thomas Sankara nemzetközi repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Thomas Sankara Ouagadougou”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Ouagadougou”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Ouagadougou”
  • Japanese: “ワガドゥグー空港”
  • Korean: “토마 상카라 와가두구 국제공항”
  • Lithuanian: “Uagadugu oro uostas”
  • Lithuanian: “Uagadugu tarptautinis oro uostas”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Ouagadougou”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ouagadougou lufthavn”
  • Norwegian: “Ouagadougou lufthavn”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه اوآگادوگو”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی آواگادوگو”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Wagadugu”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional de Uagadugu”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Ouagadougou”
  • Russian: “Аэроорт Уагадугу”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт имени Тома Санкары”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Uagadugú”
  • Swedish: “Ouagadougou Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи овогодугу”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Уагадугу”
  • Ukrainian: “Міжнародний аеропорт імені Томаса Санкари”
  • Ukrainian: “Уагадугу”
  • Urdu: “واگادوگو ہوائی اڈا”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay Ouagadougou”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Kalgodin and Silmissin.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: SN CITEC and Cantine de l’aéroport.

Burkina Faso: Must-Visit Destinations

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