Dirkou Airport
Dirkou Airport is an airport serving the isolated Saharan outpost of Dirkou, Niger. It is 2 kilometres southwest of the city center. In early 2018 the airport saw extensive expansion during construction of a base for Central Intelligence Agency drone operations.
- Aerodrome
- …lies at an elevation of 388 metres (1,273 feet)
- …has the ICAO airport code DRZD
- …is also known as “DRZD”
- Description: airport in Niger
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dirkou.
Dirkou
Town
Dirkou is a town in the Bilma Department, Agadez Region of north-eastern Niger.
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Latitude
18.96323° or 18° 57′ 48″ north
Longitude
12.86344° or 12° 51′ 48″ east
Open location code
7FCJXV77+79
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tajik—“Dirkou Airport” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مطار ديركو”
- Cebuano: “Dirkou Airport”
- French: “Aérodrome de Dirkou”
- French: “aéroport de Dirkou”
- German: “Flughafen Dirkou”
- Hausa: “DRZD”
- Hausa: “Filin jirgin saman Dirku”
- Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Dirkou”
- Indonesian: “DRZD”
- Italian: “aeroporto di Dirkou”
- Japanese: “ディルク空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Dirkou”
- Persian: “فرودگاه دیرکوو”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Dirkou”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Диркоу”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи диркув”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Base militaire USAF and Centrale Solaire Hybride de Dirkou.
Niger: Highlights
Learn more about Niamey and Agadez.
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