Timbuktu Airport
Timbuktu Airport Aéroport de Tombouctou | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Location | Timbuktu, Mali | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 863 ft / 263 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 16°43′50″N 003°00′27″W / 16.73056°N 3.00750°W | ||||||||||
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Timbuktu Airport (IATA: TOM, ICAO: GATB) is an airport in Timbuktu, Mali that opened on April 15, 1961.[1]
Airlines and destinations
[edit]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]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Sky Mali | Bamako, Mopti |
Accidents and incidents
[edit]- On February 22, 1985, an Antonov An-24V (TZ-ACT) of Air Mali crashed ~3 km from here during initial climb on a flight to Mopti, killing all but 1 of the 52 occupants. The flight route was from Gao to Bamako, with Timbuktu and Mopti as stopovers. The crash was Mali's deadliest until Air Algerie Flight 5017 in 2014.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Rosberg, Carl Gustav (1964). Political Parties and National Integration in Tropical Africa. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 222. ISBN 9780520002531.
- ^ "First commercial flight since 2012 lands in Mali's Timbuktu". Africanews. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-24V TZ-ACT Tombouctou Airport (TOM)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
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