Tidjikja Airport
Airport
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TIY
Location within Mauritania
Direction | Length | Surface | |
---|---|---|---|
m | ft | ||
07/25 | 1,600 | 5,249 | Asphalt |
Source: DAFIF[1][2]
Tidjikja Airport (IATA: TIY, ICAO: GQND) is an airport serving Tidjikja, the capital of the Tagant region of central Mauritania.
On 1 July 1994, Air Mauritanie Flight 625 crashed near the airport. All four crew and 76 of the 89 passengers were killed in the crash, the deadliest in Mauritanian history.[3][4]
References
- ^ Airport information for GQND[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for TIY at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ "Fokker F28 Fellowship 4000 5T-CLF Tidjikja Airport (TIY)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ^ "Air Mauretanie crashes in sandstorm". Flight International: 10. 13–19 July 1994. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016.
External links
- Accident history for Tidjikja Airport (TIY) at Aviation Safety Network
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