| Tambao Airport | |||||||||||
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| Serves | Tambao, Oudalan Province, Sahel Region, Burkina Faso | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 250 m / 820 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 14°47′25″N0°02′20″E / 14.79028°N 0.03889°E Coordinates: 14°47′25″N0°02′20″E / 14.79028°N 0.03889°E | ||||||||||
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 Sahel Region in Burkina Faso | |||||||||||
  TMQ Location of the airport in Burkina Faso | |||||||||||
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Tambao Airport( IATA : TMQ, ICAO : DFEM) is an airstrip serving the manganese mining site of Tambao in the Oudalan Province, part of the Sahel Region of Burkina Faso.
An IATA airport code, also known as an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The characters prominently displayed on baggage tags attached at airport check-in desks are an example of a way these codes are used.
The ICAOairport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world. These codes, as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators, are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning.
Tambao is a Manganese deposit and potential mine site in the Oudalan Province, located in the Sahel Region, which the far northeastern part of Burkina Faso. Tambao has been estimated, when exploited, to be one of the largest deposits in the region. Its development, a major priority of the Burkinabe state, has been an on and off project since the 1990s. Barely served by roads or other infrastructure, the Tambao reserves are some 210 kilometres (130 mi) north of Kaya and 350 kilometres (220 mi) northeast of the capital, namely Ouagadougou. The Tambao Airport has been recently built to serve the deposit and the corresponding villages.
