Tidjikja Airport

Tidjikja Airport (IATA: TIY, ICAO: GQND) is an airport serving Tidjikja, the capital of the Tagant region of central Mauritania. on 1 July 1994 Air Mauritanie Flight 625 crashed near the airport only 13 people survived.it is the deadliest one in Mauritania.[1]

Tidjikja Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
ServesTidjikja, Mauritania
Elevation AMSL1,342 ft / 409 m
Coordinates18°34′12″N 011°25′24″W
Map
TIY is located in Mauritania
TIY
TIY
Location within Mauritania
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 1,600 5,249 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

References

  1. Airport information for GQND from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. Airport information for TIY at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).


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