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Nouakchott Airport

Nouakchott International Airport was an airport located in , the capital of . It closed in June 2016 upon the opening of , 25 kilometres north of the city.
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Notable Places in the Area

Museum
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The , also known as the National Museum of Nouakchott, is a national museum in , . is situated 3 km southwest of Nouakchott Airport.

Government office
or G5S is an institutional framework for coordination of regional cooperation in development policies and security matters in west Africa. is situated 3½ km west of Nouakchott Airport.

Library
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Bibliothèque Nationale de Mauritanie is located in , in the building of the . is situated 3 km southwest of Nouakchott Airport.

Localities in the Area

Suburb
, Mauritania is a suburb of and urban commune in western .

Town
is a suburb of and urban commune in western . is situated 3½ km northeast of Nouakchott Airport.

Photo: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital of and its largest city, with almost 1.2 million residents in 2019.

Nouakchott Airport

Latitude
18.09786° or 18° 5' 52" north
Longitude
-15.94796° or 15° 56' 53" west
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
IATA airport code
NKC
ICAO airport code
GQNN
Open Location Code
7CC633X2+4R
Geo­Names ID
6297240
Wiki­data ID
Q1801326
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Nouakchott Airport Satellite Map

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Also Known As

  • Arabic: مطار نواكشوط الدوليt
  • Arabic: مطار نواكشوط القديم
  • Cebuano: Nouakchott (tugpahanan)
  • Cebuano: Nouakchott
  • Chinese: 努瓦克肖特国际机场
  • Chinese: 努瓦克肖特國際機場
  • Dutch: Internationale luchthaven van Nouakchott
  • Dutch: Nouakchott International Airport
  • English: GQNN
  • English: Nouakchott International Airport
  • English: Nouakchott Old Airport
  • Finnish: Nouakchottin kansainvälinen lentoasema
  • French: Ancien aéroport international de Nouakchott
  • French: GQNN
  • French: ancien aéroport de Nouakchott
  • German: GQNN
  • German: früherer Flughafen Nouakchott
  • Indonesian: Bandar Udara Internasional Nouakchott
  • Indonesian: Bandara Internasional Nouakchott
  • Indonesian: GQNN
  • Indonesian: NKC
  • Italian: Aeroporto di Nouakchott
  • Italian: Nouakchott International Airport
  • Japanese: NKC
  • Japanese: ヌアクショット空港
  • Korean: 누악쇼트 국제공항
  • Malay: Lapangan Terbang Nouakchott
  • Norwegian: Nouakchott internasjonale lufthavn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: GQNN
  • Norwegian Bokmål: NKC
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Nouakchott internasjonale lufthavn
  • Persian: فرودگاه بین المللی نواکشوت
  • Persian: فرودگاه بین‌المللی نواکشوت
  • Polish: Port lotniczy Nawakszut
  • Romanian: Aeroportul Nouakchott Old
  • Russian: Нуакшот
  • Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Nouakchott
  • Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Nuakchot
  • Spanish: Aeropuerto de Nouakchott
  • Spanish: GQNN
  • Spanish: NKC
  • Swedish: Nouakchott flygplats
  • Swedish: Nouakchotts flygplats
  • Tajik: Фурудгоҳи байналмиллалии Нуакшот
  • Tajik: Фурудгоҳи бин‌алмилалӣ нуокшут
  • Vietnamese: Sân bay quốc tế Nouakchott
  • Aéroport de Nouakchott

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