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Bamako Airport
Airport Directory » Mali » Bamako » Bamako AirportCoordinates: 12°32′16″N 007°56′35″W / 12.53778°N 7.94306°W / 12.53778; -7.94306
Bamako Senou International Airport (IATA: BKO, ICAO: GABS) is Mali's briny airport in Bamako, the capital of Mali in West Africa.
Location
It is turn up some 15 kilometre southward of business district Bamako within the boundaries of the District of Bamako. It was opened to traffic in 1974.
Traffic
Passenger traffic steadily increased in the early 2000s. Government figs demo 403,380 riders in 1999, 423,506 in 2003, 486,526 in 2004, and 516,000 in 2005. and is called to make over 900,000 by 2015 under a low (4%) annual growth value scenario.
To date this growth value has been excelled. Total air traffic at BKO increased by 12.4% in 2007 and 14% in 2008. Most of this increase came in rider transport, with the figure of riders assisted increasing by 20% in 2007 and 17% in 2008. Twenty-seven airline bearers functioned weekly or more better at BKO in the 2007-2008 time period. This elongated development was countervail by freight voyages' worsen of 16.75% in 2007, and 3.93% in 2008.
The highest oftenness path is on the Bamako-Dakar sector with 29 weekly non-stop connexions. Domestic voyages also assist Mali's regional capitals Kayes, Mopti, Timbuktu, Sikasso, Gao, and Kidal.
Authority
Bamako Senou International Airport is bring off by Aéroports du Mali (ADM). Its functioning are supervised by the Malian Ministry of Equipment and Transports.
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