AirportsBlaise Diagne International Airport is a large airport serving Dakar, in Dakar Region, Senegal. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is DSS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- DSS
- ICAO code
- GOBD
- City
- Dakar
- State or region
- Dakar Region
- Country
- Senegal
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 14.6709° N, 17.0728° W
- Elevation
- 88 m (290 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,500 m (11,483 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, DSS means Blaise Diagne International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: GOBD. ICAO codes that begin with G belong to West Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 14.6709° N, 17.0728° W. It stands 88 metres (290 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Africa/Dakar, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Blaise Diagne International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,500 metres (11,483 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 3,500 m 11,483 ft | 60 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Banjul International AirportBanjul (Yundum), Gambia | BJL | 155 km |
| Ziguinchor AirportZiguinchor | ZIG | 250 km |
| Cap Skirring AirportCap Skirring | CSK | 255 km |
| Osvaldo Vieira International AirportBissau, Guinea-Bissau | OXB | 345 km |
| Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International AirportNouakchott, Mauritania | NKC | 421 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 9,629 km | 12 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,473 km | 11 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 7,579 km | 9 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 4,352 km | 5 h 45 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,160 km | 7 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,112 km | 12 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 13,293 km | 16 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 13,922 km | 17 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 17,568 km | 21 h 40 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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