Timbuktu Airport

Timbuktu Airport

Aéroport de Tombouctou
Summary
Airport typePublic
LocationTimbuktu, Mali
Elevation AMSL863 ft / 263 m
Coordinates16°43′50″N 003°00′27″W / 16.73056°N 3.00750°W / 16.73056; -3.00750
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TOM is located in Mali
TOM
TOM
Location of airport in Mali
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 2,110 6,923 Asphalt

Timbuktu Airport (IATA: TOM, ICAO: GATB) is an airport in Timbuktu, Mali that opened on April 15, 1961.[1]

Airlines and destinations

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]

AirlinesDestinations
Sky Mali Bamako, Mopti

Accidents and incidents

  • 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

  1. ^ Rosberg, Carl Gustav (1964). Political Parties and National Integration in Tropical Africa. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 222. ISBN 9780520002531.
  2. ^ "First commercial flight since 2012 lands in Mali's Timbuktu". Africanews. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  3. ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-24V TZ-ACT Tombouctou Airport (TOM)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2023-07-14.


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