Location Bamako, Mali 06/24 8,879* Code BKO Phone +223 20 20 27 01 | Elevation AMSL 1,247 ft / 380 m Address Bamako, Mali Elevation 380 m Opened 1974 | |
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Airport type Joint (Public/Military) Operator Aéroports du Mali (ADM) Website www.aeroport-bamako.com Similar Agence immobiliè Traore Di, Brussels Airlines, Olympe Internatio Hotel, Laico Hotel L Amitie Bamako, The Sleeping Camel | ||
Bamako's Modibo Keita International Airport (IATA: BKO, ICAO: GABS) (formerly Bamako-Sénou International Airport) is Mali's main airport located approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of downtown Bamako, the capital of Mali in West Africa. It is managed by Aéroports du Mali (ADM). Its operations are overseen by the Malian Ministry of Equipment and Transport.
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History
Bamako-Sénou Airport was opened to traffic in 1974. The airport was upgraded between 2007 and 2012 in a $181 million USD project funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a United States foreign aid agency.
Statistics
Passenger traffic steadily increased in the early 2000s. Government figures show 403,380 passengers in 1999, 423,506 in 2003, 486,526 in 2004, and 516,000 in 2005. In 2006 it was predicted to reach over 900,000 by 2015 under a low (4%) yearly growth rate scenario.
Total air traffic at BKO increased by 12.4% in 2007 and 14% in 2008. Most of this increase came in passenger transport, with the number of passengers served increasing by 20% in 2007 and 17% in 2008. Twenty-seven airline carriers operated weekly or better at BKO in the 2007–2008 period. This continued growth was offset by cargo flights' decline of 16.75% in 2007, and 3.93% in 2008.
Passenger
^1 : Turkish Airlines's inbound flight from Istanbul-Atatürk to Bamako stops first in Ouagadougou, but the outbound flight from Bamako to IST is nonstop. Turkish Airlines does not have local traffic rights on the OUA – BKO sector.