Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport

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Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport
IATA: DKR - ICAO: GOOY
Summary
Airport type Civil
Operator Military/Civil
Serves Dakar
Elevation AMSL 85 ft (26 m)
Coordinates 14°44′22″N, 17°29′24″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03/21 4,921 1,500 Asphalt
18/36 11,450 3,490 Asphalt

Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (IATA: DKR, ICAO: GOOY) is an international air facility in Dakar, Senegal.

The unusually long named airport, the most significant airport in Senegal, can handle airplanes up to the size of the Boeing 747 jets. It used to be one of the five main hubs of the now defunct multi-national airline, Air Afrique. The airport was named after Léopold Sédar Senghor, a well-known poet who served as president of Senegal from 1960 to 1980, and died in 2001.

In 2004, the airport served 1,394,351 passengers.

Delta Air Lines started service in December 4, 2006 between Atlanta and Johannesburg, South Africa with an intermediate stop in Dakar, making it the only major U.S. airline to serve the African continent.

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[edit] Airlines and destinations

The following airlines have scheduled services to Dakar:

[edit] Cargo airlines

[edit] Car hire

Several car hire companies are stationed at the airport such as Hertz, Europcar, and others.

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