Blaise Diagne International Airport
Blaise Diagne International Airport, is an international airport near the town of Diass in Thiès Region, Senegal, 43 km east of downtown Dakar. It serves as the main airport for Dakar, replacing Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport, which had become too small.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: commercial airport near Dakar, Senegal
- Also known as: “Aeroport Blaise Diagne”, “Aeroport de Dakar”, “Aeroport international Blaise Diagne”, “Aéroport international Blaise Diagne”, “Aeroportul Blaise Diagne”, “Dakar Airport”, “Dakar Diagne Airport”, “DSS”, “GOBD”, “ダカール空港”, “布萊斯·迪亞涅國際機場”, “布萊斯‧迪亞涅國際”, and “布賴斯·迪亞尼國際機場”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ndiass.
Ndiass
Village
Ndiass is a village and rural community in the M'bour Department in the Thiès Region of Senegal.
Blaise Diagne International Airport
- Categories: international airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transport
- Location: Thies, Senegal, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
14.67067° or 14° 40′ 14″ north
Longitude
-17.07346° or 17° 4′ 24″ west
Elevation
89 metres (292 feet)
IATA airport code
DSS
ICAO airport code
GOBD
UN/LOCODE
SN DSS
Open location code
7C64MWCG+7J
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Blaise Diagne International Airport” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مطار بليز دياغني الدولي”
- Catalan: “Aeroport internacional Blaise Diagne”
- Cebuano: “Blaise Diagne International Airport”
- Chinese: “布萊斯·狄亞尼國際機場”
- Chinese: “達喀爾”
- Dutch: “Internationale luchthaven Blaise Diagne”
- Estonian: “Blaise Diagne rahvusvaheline lennujaam”
- French: “aéroport international Blaise-Diagne”
- French: “Aéroport international Blaise-Diagne”
- French: “Aéroport International Blaise-Diagne”
- German: “Flughafen Dakar-Blaise Diagne”
- Hausa: “Filin jirgin saman Blaise-Diagne”
- Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי בלייז דיאנייה”
- Hungarian: “Blaise Diagne nemzetközi repülőtér”
- Italian: “Aeroporto di Dakar-Blaise Diagne”
- Japanese: “ブレーズ・ジャーニュ国際空港”
- Korean: “블레즈 디아뉴 국제공항”
- Korean: “블레즈-디아뉴 국제공항”
- Persian: “فرودگاه بینالمللی بلز دیا”
- Persian: “فرودگاه بینالمللی بلز دیان”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Dakar-Diass”
- Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional Blaise Diagne”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Blaise Diagne”
- Russian: “Международный аэропорт имени Блеза Дианя”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional Blaise Diagne”
- Swedish: “Dakar-Blaise Diagnes flygplats”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи байналмилалии Блез Диан”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи биналмилалӣ блз дион”
- Turkish: “Blaise Diagne Uluslararası Havalimanı”
- Ukrainian: “Дакар-Діас (аеропорт)”
- Ukrainian: “Дакар-Діас”
- Urdu: “بلیز دیاگنی بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا”
- Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Blaise Diagne”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Thiambokh and Soune Sérère.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: DAKAR AIRPORT and Aérogare Blaise Diagne.
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Worth a closer look: Dakar and Saint-Louis.
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