Kédougou Airport
Kédougou Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Government | ||||||||||
| Location | Kédougou, Senegal | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 584 ft / 178 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°34′20″N 012°13′13″W / 12.57222°N 12.22028°W | ||||||||||
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  KGG Location within Senegal | |||||||||||
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Kédougou Airport (IATA: KGG, ICAO: GOTK) is an airport serving Kédougou, a town in the Tambacounda Region of Senegal.
History
[edit]In 2019, Macky Sall announced the Kédougou Airport would be transformed into an international airport. Regular flights by Air Senegal were also in the pipeline.[3] This transformation is part of the country's plan announced in 2018 to modernize its main airports and turn Senegal into a major hub in Western Africa.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Airport information for GOTK[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for KGG at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ "Aéroport de Kédougou : Les travaux bientôt lancés". Lequotidien - Journal d'information Générale (in French). 2019-02-09. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ Atcha, Emmanuel (25 December 2018). "Projets structurants : le Sénégal lance son programme de réhabilitation des aéroports". La Tribune (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-25.
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