Tidjikja Airport

Tidjikja Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
ServesTidjikja, Mauritania
Elevation AMSL1,342 ft / 409 m
Coordinates18°34′12″N 011°25′24″W / 18.57000°N 11.42333°W / 18.57000; -11.42333
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TIY is located in Mauritania
TIY
TIY
Location within Mauritania
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 1,600 5,249 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

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. All four crew and 76 of the 89 passengers were killed in the crash, the deadliest in Mauritanian history.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Airport information for GQND[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ^ Airport information for TIY at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ^ "Fokker F28 Fellowship 4000 5T-CLF Tidjikja Airport (TIY)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Air Mauretanie crashes in sandstorm". Flight International: 10. 13–19 July 1994. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016.


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