Senou International Airport

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Coordinates: 12°32′16″N 007°56′35″W / 12.53778, -7.94306

Bamako Senou International Airport Aéroport international de Bamako-Sénou
IATA: BKO – ICAO: GABS
Summary
Airport type		Joint (Public/Military)
Operator		Aéroports du Mali (ADM)
Location		Bamako, Mali
Elevation AMSL		1,247 ft / 380 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
06/24	8,879	2,706	Asphalt

Bamako Senou International Airport (IATA: BKO, ICAO: GABS) is Mali's main airport in Bamako, the capital of Mali in West Africa. It is located some 15 km south of downtown Bamako within the limits of the District of Bamako. It was open to traffic in 1974. Passenger traffic is steadily increasing: 403,380 (1999), 423,506 (2003), 486,526 (2004), 516,000 (2005) and is predicted to reach over 900,000 by 2015 under a low (4%) yearly growth rate scenario (source: www.mcamali.org). The highest frequency is on the Bamako-Dakar sector with 29 weekly non-stop connections. Domestic flights also serve Mali's regional capitals Kayes, Mopti, Timbuktu, Sikasso, Gao, and Kidal.

Bamako Senou International Airport is managed by Aéroports du Mali (ADM).

[edit] Airlines and destinations

• Aero Contractors (Abidjan, Lagos)
• Afrinat International Airlines (Banjul, Conakry, Dakar)
• Afriqiyah Airways (Ouagadougou, Tripoli)
• Aigle Azur (Paris)
• Air Algérie (Algiers)
• Air Burkina (Dakar, Ouagadougou)
• Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
• Air Ivoire (Abidjan, Conakry, Dakar)
• Air Senegal International (Abidjan, Dakar, Lomé, Ouagadougou, Niamey)
• Benin Golf Air (Abidjan, Brazzaville, Conakry, Cotonou, Dakar)
• Cameroon Airlines (Abidjan, Dakar, Douala, Lagos)
• Compagnie Aérienne du Mali (Abidjan, Cotonou, Dakar, Kayes, Mupti, Niamey, Ouagadougou, Timbuktu, Paris-Orly)
• Ethiopian Airlines (Abidjan, Addis-Ababa, Dakar, N'djamena)
• Interair South Africa (Brazzaville, Cotonou, Johannesburg)
• Kenya Airways (Dakar, Nairobi)
• Mali Air Express
• Mauritania Airways (Abidjan, Nouakchott)
• Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca)
• Slok Air International (Abidjan, Banjul, Conakry, Dakar)
• Tunisair (Abidjan, Tunis)

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• Aeronautical charts for BKO/GABS from ASECNA
• Current weather for GABS at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for BKO at Aviation Safety Network