International airport of Dakar-Léopold Sédar Senghor

The International airport of Dakar-Léopold Sédar Senghor or Aéroport of Dakar is a Aéroport located near the village of Yoff, commune located at the North-West of the capital Dakar (code IATA: DKR, code ICAO: GOOY). It is about the principal airport of the Senegal.

History

Built near the village of Yoff, it a long time bore the name of Dakar-Yoff, now replaced by that of the former president of Senegal, Léopold Sédar Senghor.

Traffic

Since ten years, one observes a regular average growth of 7% per annum. 35.000 movements of planes are recorded during the year, with a passenger traffic of 1,2 million people. It is the first airport of UEMOA for the passenger traffic. It is placed at the eighth rank in Africa, preceded by Johannesburg and the airports of the the Maghreb.

Companies and Destinations

International Afrinat Airlines (Banjul, Freetown)
Afriqiyah Airways (Tripoli)
Air Algérie (Algiers)
Air Europa (Madrid)
Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
Air International Mali (Bamako)
Air Mauritania (Nouakchott)
Air International Senegal (Abidjan, Accra, Bamako, Banjul, Bissau, Cape Skirring, Casablanca, Conakry, Cotonou, Gran Canaria, Lome, Marseilles, Milan-Malpensa, Niamey, Nouakchott, Ouagadougou, Paris-Orly, Praia, St Louis, Tambacounda, Ziguinchor)
Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa)
Bellview Airlines (Lagos)
Bmi (London-Heathrow)
Brussels Airlines (Banjul, Brussels)
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Nairobi, New York-JFK)
Ethiopian Airlines (Abidjan, Addis Ababa, Bamako, Ndjamena)
Iberia Airlines (Las Palmas, Madrid)
Kenya Airways (Bamako, Nairobi)
Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca)
South African Airways (Johannesburg, New York-JFK, Washington-Dulles)
TACV Cabo Verde (Praia, Banjul, Freetown)
TAP Portugal (Lisbon)
Tunisair (Tunis)
Virgin Nigeria (Lagos)

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