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Leopold Sedar Senghor Intl Airport |
Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport
Aéroport International Léopold Sédar Senghor |
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| IATA: DKR – ICAO: GOOY |
| Summary |
| Airport type |
Public / Military |
| Serves |
Dakar |
| Location |
Yoff, Senegal |
| Elevation AMSL |
85 ft / 26 m |
| Coordinates |
14°44′22″N 017°29′24″W / 14.73944°N 17.49°W / 14.73944; -17.49 |
| Website |
aeroportdakar.com |
| Runways |
| Direction |
Length |
Surface |
| m |
ft |
| 18/36 |
3,490 |
11,450 |
Asphalt |
| 03/21 |
1,500 |
4,921 |
Asphalt |
| Source: Airport website, DAFIF |
Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (French: Aéroport International Léopold Sédar Senghor) (IATA: DKR, ICAO: GOOY) is an international airport serving Dakar, the capital of Senegal. The airport is situated near the town of Yoff, north of Dakar. It was known as Dakar Yoff International Airport (French: Aéroport International de Dakar Yoff) until 9 October 1996, when it was renamed in honor of Léopold Sédar Senghor, the first president of Senegal.
The airport can handle aircraft up to the size of the Boeing 747 jets. In 2007, the airport served about 2,100,000 passengers.
In 2007, Patrick Smith, author of the Ask the Pilot column for Salon.com, called it the "World's Worst Airport", commenting that he found there "only squalor, an unnerving sense of confinement and to some extent danger". History
During World War II, Dakar Airport was a key link in the United States Army Air Force Air Transport Command Natal-Dakar air route, which provided a transoceanic link between Brazil and French West Africa after 1942. Massive amounts of cargo were stored at Dakar, which were then transported along the North African Cairo-Dakar transport route for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel. From Dakar, flights were made to Dakhla Airport, near Villa Cisneros in French North Africa or to Atar Airport, depending on the load on the air route. In addition to being the western terminus of the North African route, Dakar was the northern terminus for the South African route, which transported personnel to Pretoria, South Africa, with numerous stopovers at Robertsfield (now Roberts International Airport), Liberia, the Belgian Congo and Northern Rhodesia.
The airport was a Space Shuttle landing site until it was determined that a dip in the runway could damage the shuttle upon landing.
It used to be one of the five main hubs of the now defunct multi-national airline, Air Afrique.
Delta Air Lines started service on December 4, 2006 between Atlanta USA and Johannesburg, South Africa. with an intermediate stop in Dakar. It currently serves Dakar as an intermediate stop on its flight between New York-JFK USA and Abuja, Nigeria. Delta Airlines now has a non-stop flight flight between Atlanta and Johannesburg.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines |
Destinations |
| Afriqiyah Airways |
Bamako, Tripoli |
| Air Algérie |
Algiers |
| Air Burkina |
Bamako, Ouagadougou |
| Air Europa |
Madrid |
| Air France |
Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Air Ivoire |
Abidjan, Cotonou |
| Air Mali |
Bamako |
| Air Nigeria |
Abidjan, Accra, Banjul, Cotonou, Lagos |
| Arik Air |
Banjul, Freetown, Lagos |
| Brussels Airlines |
Brussels, Banjul, Conakry, Freetown |
| Corsairfly |
Paris-Orly |
| Delta Air Lines |
Atlanta [resumes 21 January], New York-JFK |
| Emirates |
Dubai |
| Ethiopian Airlines |
Addis Ababa, Bamako |
| Ethiopian operated by ASKY Airlines |
Abidjan, Bamako, Banjul, Dakar, Lomé, Ouagadougou |
| Iberia Airlines |
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Madrid |
| Kenya Airways |
Abidjan, Bamako, Nairobi |
| Livingston Energy Flight |
Banjul, Milan-Malpensa |
| Mauritania Airways |
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Ziguinchor, Conakry, Praia |
| Meridiana operated by Eurofly |
Milan-Malpensa, Rome Fiumicino |
| Royal Air Maroc |
Casablanca |
| South African Airways |
Johannesburg, New York-JFK, Washington-Dulles |
| TACV |
Banjul, Bissau, Freetown, Praia |
| TAP Portugal |
Lisbon |
| Tunisair |
Tunis |
| Turkish Airlines |
Istanbul-Atatürk, São Paulo-Guarulhos |
| XL Airways France |
Paris-Orly |
Charter
| Airlines |
Destinations |
| Air Méditerranée |
Bordeaux, Marseille, Nantes, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Toulouse |
| Luxair |
Luxembourg |
Cargo airlines
| Airlines |
Destinations |
| Air France Cargo |
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| Lufthansa Cargo |
Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Frankfurt, Guadalajara |
| LAN Cargo |
Lima, Santiago de Chile |
| Saicus air |
Gran Canaria Las Palmas |
| ULS cargo |
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| World Airways |
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| General Info
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| Country |
Senegal
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| ICAO ID |
GOOY
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| Time |
UTC 0
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| Latitude |
14.739708
14° 44' 22.95" N
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| Longitude |
-17.490225
017° 29' 24.81" W
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| Elevation |
85 feet
26 meters
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| Type |
Joint (Civil and Military)
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| Magnetic Variation |
008° W (01/06)
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| Operating Agency |
MILITARY - CIVIL JOINT USE AIRPORT
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| Operating Hours |
24 HOUR OPERATIONS
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| International Clearance Status |
Airport of Entry
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| Communications
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| DAKAR TWR |
118.1
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| DAKAR INFO |
129.5
127.3
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| DAKAR CON |
120.5
118.1
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| Runways
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| ID |
Dimensions |
Surface |
PCN |
ILS
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| 03/21 |
4921 x 98 feet
1500 x 30 meters |
ASPHALT |
018FCWT |
NO
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| 18/36 |
11450 x 148 feet
3490 x 45 meters |
ASPHALT |
082FCXU |
YES
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| Navaids
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| Type |
ID |
Name |
Channel |
Freq |
Distance From Field |
Bearing From Navaid
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| VOR-DME |
YF |
DAKAR |
078X |
113.1 |
At Field |
-
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| NDB |
SDS |
DAKAR |
- |
323 |
1.4 NM |
343.8
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| Supplies/Equipment
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| Fuel |
Jet A1, without icing nhibitor.
100/130 MIL Spec, low lead, aviation gasoline (BLUE)
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| Remarks
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| FUEL |
A1(SMCADY) (NC-100LL)
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| RSTD |
180 turns proh Rwy 18-36 for acft over 40 tons.
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