Tessalit Airport (ICAO: GATS) (French: Aéroport de Tessalit) is a desert airport serving Tessalit, a village in the Kidal Region of Mali. The airport is at the village of Amachach, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) northwest of Tessalit. A third, unpaved 1,500 metres (4,921 ft) runway runs parallel to the primary runway. The Tessalit non-directional beacon (Ident: TZE) is located on the airport.[3]