Markala Airport
Markala Airport was an airport serving Markala in Mali. It lay north of the city center and can be seen on old maps and satellite imagery. As of 2021, the location has been covered with houses and yards and no trace of the former airport remains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Abandoned airfield
- Description: airport
- Also known as: “GAMA”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Markala and Diamarabougou.
Markala
Town
Photo: Rgaudin, Public domain.
Markala is a commune in Mali's Ségou Region on the Niger River 35 km down stream from the town of Ségou. The commune contains 30 villages in an area of 318 square kilometers and in 2009 had a population of 45,961.
Diamarabougou
Suburb
Diamarabougou is a village and seat of the commune of Markala in the Ségou Cercle in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The village is on the right bank of the Niger River at the Markala dam which also serves as a road bridge across the river. Diamarabougou is situated 2½ km south of Markala Airport.
Sansanding
Town
Sansanding, sometimes called Sinsani, is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Ségou in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune includes the town and 17 of the surrounding villages in an area of 315 square kilometers. Sansanding is situated 8 km northeast of Markala Airport.
Markala Airport
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Ségou Cercle, Segou, Mali, Sahel, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Markala Airport” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مطار ماركالا”
- Cebuano: “Markala Airport”
- French: “Aérodrome de Markala”
- French: “aéroport de Markala”
- Indonesian: “GAMA”
- Japanese: “マルカラ空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Markala”
- Persian: “فرودگاه مارکالا”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Markala”
- Swedish: “Markala Airport”
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