Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport
Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport
Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport (IATA: NKC, ICAO: GQNO) (Arabic: ???? ??????? ?????? - ?? ???????, French: Aéroport International de Nouakchott–Oumtounsy) is an international airport serving Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania. It is located 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of the city. The airport opened in June 2016 as the replacement for Nouakchott International Airport.
Location
18.310°N, 15.970°O · 3 m s. n. m. (9 ft)
General data
Runways · 2
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 4
Tower
Ground
ATIS (automatic information)
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
History
Designed by Omer Houessou, the airport is the largest project in Mauritania since 1960. The Government of Mauritania approved the plan on 13 October 2011, and local company Najah for Major Works (NMW) started construction the following month.
Oumtounsy Airport opened on 23 June 2016, in time for the 27th Arab League summit in late July. It replaced Nouakchott International Airport, which is located 25 kilometres (16 mi) to the south in the city centre. A Mauritania Airlines International flight from Zouérat arrived at 12:00, becoming the first to land at the airport. President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz arrived in the afternoon to inaugurate the airport amid the landing of the first international flight, that of Turkish Airlines from Istanbul–Atatürk.
Airlines operating here · 8
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport (NKC). Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/NKC
MLA
“Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport (NKC).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/NKC. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
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Harvard
Vuelopedia (2026) Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport (NKC). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/NKC (Accessed: 18 October 2026).
BibTeX
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title = {{Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport (NKC)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/NKC},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/NKC}},
urldate = {2026-10-18},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-18}
}Wikipedia
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