Nouakchott International Airport

Nouakchott International Airport (ICAO: GQNN) (Arabic: مطار نواكشوط الدولي‎) was an airport located in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania. It closed in June 2016 upon the opening of Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport, 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of the city. Until late 2010, the airport served as hub of Mauritania Airways. Mauritania Airlines International was based at the airport until the closure.

For the current airport serving Nouakchott, see Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.

Nouakchott International Airport

مطار نواكشوط الدولي
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerNajah for Major Works (NMW)[1]
LocationNouakchott, Mauritania
Elevation AMSL7 ft / 2 m
Coordinates18°05′43″N 015°56′58″W
Map
GQNN
Location of airport in Mauritania
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 3,010 9,876 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[2][3]

Accidents and incidents
  • On August 26, 2010, a British Boeing 757 carrying 108 passengers was forced to land at the airport after developing a fire in one of its engines. The plane was flying from Freetown to London when its pilot discovered the fire, and immediately contacted the Nouakchott control tower to be allowed to land. There were no casualties; upon the plane's landing the fire was extinguished by airport firefighting staff.[4]
  • On 12 July 2012, a Harbin Y-12 aircraft belonging to the military crashed while attempting to take off from Nouakchott International Airport, killing all seven people on board. The plane had been chartered by Canadian gold miner Kinross Gold to carry gold from its Tasiast Gold Mine. The cause was not immediately known, but witnesses said the aircraft caught fire before it went down.[5]
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References
  1. "Nouakchott, Mauritania's new airport opens to all traffic". ch-aviation. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  2. Airport information for GQNN from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  3. Airport information for NKC at Great Circle Mapper.
  4. "British plane makes emergency landing in Mauritania". 26 August 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  5. "Chartered military aircraft crashes in Mauritania, killing 7". BNO News. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2012.



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