Timbuktu Airport

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Timbuktu Airport

Aéroport de Tombouctou
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Location Timbuktu, Mali
Elevation  AMSL 863 ft / 263 m
Coordinates 16°43′50″N003°00′27″W / 16.73056°N 3.00750°W / 16.73056; -3.00750
Map
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TOM
Location of airport in Mali
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
07/252,1106,923 Asphalt

Timbuktu Airport( IATA : TOM, ICAO : GATB) is an airport in Timbuktu, Mali that opened on April 15, 1961. [1]

Contents

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]

AirlinesDestinations
Sky Mali Bamako, Mopti

Accidents and incidents

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References

  1. Rosberg, Carl Gustav (1964). Political Parties and National Integration in Tropical Africa. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 222. ISBN   9780520002531.
  2. "First commercial flight since 2012 lands in Mali's Timbuktu". Africanews. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  3. "ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-24V TZ-ACT Tombouctou Airport (TOM)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2023-07-14.