Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport

Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport is an international airport serving , the capital of . It is located 25 kilometres north of the city. The airport opened in June 2016 as the replacement for .
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  • Aerodrome
  • …lies at an elevation of 3 metres (10 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code NKC
  • …has the ICAO airport code GQNO
  • Description: International airport serving Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania
  • Also known as
    “Aéroport international de Nouakchott - Oumtounsy مطار نواكشوط الدولي - أم التونسي”
    “GQNO”
    “NKC”
    “Nouakchott International Airport - Oumtounsy”

Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport

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Latitude
18.30071° or 18° 18′ 3″ north
Longitude
-15.97374° or 15° 58′ 26″ west
Open location code
7CC6822G+7G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 235394229
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
11749262
Wiki­data ID
Q25337089

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار نواكشوط الدولي - أم التونسي”
  • Arabic: “مطار نواكشوط الدولي”
  • Chinese: “努瓦克肖特-乌姆图恩西国际机场”
  • Chinese: “努瓦克肖特-乌姆图西国际机场”
  • Chinese: “努瓦克肖特－欧蒙通西国际机场”
  • Chinese: “努阿克肖特-烏姆圖西國際機場”
  • Chinese: “諾克少-Oumtounsy國際機場”
  • Chinese: “諾克少-歐姆托西國際機場”
  • Chinese: “諾克少”
  • Chinese: “諾克少國際機場”
  • Chinese: “諾克少文圖恩希國際機場”
  • Dutch: “GQNO”
  • Dutch: “NKC”
  • Dutch: “Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport”
  • French: “Aéroport international de Nouakchott - Oumtounsy”
  • French: “aéroport international de Nouakchott-Oumtounsy”
  • French: “Aéroport international de Nouakchott-Oumtounsy”
  • French: “GQNO”
  • French: “NKC”
  • German: “Flughafen Nouakchott-Oumtounsy”
  • German: “GQNO”
  • German: “Internationaler Flughafen Nouakchott (NKC)”
  • German: “NKC”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי נואקשוט”
  • Hungarian: “Nouakchott-Oumtounsy nemzetközi repülőtér”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale di Nouakchott-Oumtounsy”
  • Japanese: “ヌアクショット・オムタウンシー国際空港”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی نواکشوت-ام تونسی”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی نواکشوت–ام‌تونسی”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional Nouakchott-Oumtounsy”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional Nuaquexote-Oumtounsy”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Nouakchott–Oumtounsy”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Nouakchott–Oumtounsy”
  • Russian: “Нуакшот-Умтунси (аэропорт)”
  • Russian: “Нуакшот-Умтунси”
  • Turkish: “Nuakşot-Omstonsey Havalimanı”
  • Urdu: “نواکشوط بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا”

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