Timbuktu Airport
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Timbuktu Airport Aéroport de Tombouctou | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Location | Timbuktu, Mali | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 863 ft / 263 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 16°43′50″N 003°00′27″W / 16.73056°N 3.00750°WCoordinates: 16°43′50″N 003°00′27″W / 16.73056°N 3.00750°W | ||||||||||
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Timbuktu Airport (IATA: TOM, ICAO: GATB) is an airport in Timbuktu, Mali opened on April 15, 1961.[1]
Airlines and destinations
The start of Sky Mali's service to Timbuktu in February 2021 marked the first commercial flights to the airport since the city was captured by jihadists in 2012. [2]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Sky Mali | Bamako, Mopti |
References
- ^ Rosberg, Carl Gustav (1964). Political Parties and National Integration in Tropical Africa. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 222.
- ^ "First commercial flight since 2012 lands in Mali's Timbuktu". Africanews. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.