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Zinder Airport
Zinder International Airport is a civil airport serving Zinder, Niger. Owned and formerly managed by the Agence nationale de l'aviation civile du Niger, from 11 February 2020 management has been under the Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar. Although it is called an "international airport," it generally only handles domestic flights by Niger Airlines that link it to the Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey, from which several African airports and Paris can be accessed. Cargo is delivered ad hoc. It consists of a single asphalt track 1825 meters long. As of 2018, Zinder Airport handled 30 flights and 2,500 passengers annually. Airlines and destinations References Airports in Niger Airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agency For Aerial Navigation Safety In Africa And Madagascar
The Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (''L'Agence pour la Sécurité de la Navigation aérienne en Afrique et à Madagascar'', ASECNA) is an air traffic control agency based in Dakar, Senegal. It manages 16.1 million square kilometres of airspace (1.5 times the size of Europe) covering six Flight Information Regions (FIRs) – Antananarivo, Brazzaville, Dakar Oceanic and Terrestrial, Niamey and N’Djamena. ASECNA Air Traffic Control centres are based at international airports in each of these cities. In July 2008, a strike by ASECNA staff in Gabon disrupted air traffic in Cameroon and elsewhere. Member states * Benin * Burkina Faso * Cameroon * Central African Republic * Chad * Comores * Equatorial Guinea * France * Gabon * Guinea-Bissau * Ivory Coast * Madagascar * Mali * Mauritania * Niger * Republic of Congo * Senegal * Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zinder
Zinder (locally, ''Damagaram''), formerly also spelled Sinder, is the third largest city in Niger, with a population of 170,574 (2001 census);Population figures from citypopulation.de citin (2001) Institut National de la Statistique du Niger by the 2012 census its population reached 235,605. It is situated east of the capital and north of the Nigerian city of . History Early history ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niger
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Asphalt
Asphalt, also known as bitumen (, ), is a sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum. It may be found in natural deposits or may be a refined product, and is classed as a pitch. Before the 20th century, the term asphaltum was also used. Full text at Internet Archive (archive.org) The word is derived from the Ancient Greek ἄσφαλτος ''ásphaltos''. The largest natural deposit of asphalt in the world, estimated to contain 10 million tons, is the Pitch Lake located in La Brea in southwest Trinidad ( Antilles island located on the northeastern coast of Venezuela), within the Siparia Regional Corporation. The primary use (70%) of asphalt is in road construction, where it is used as the glue or binder mixed with aggregate particles to create asphalt concrete. Its other main uses are for bituminous waterproofing products, including production of roofing felt and for sealing flat roofs. In material sciences and engineering, the terms "asphal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface such as a runway for a plane to take off and to land or a helipad, and often includes adjacent utility buildings such as control towers, hangars and terminals, to maintain and monitor aircraft. Larger airports may have airport aprons, taxiway bridges, air traffic control centres, passenger facilities such as restaurants and lounges, and emergency services. In some countries, the US in particular, airports also typically have one or more fixed-base operators, serving general aviation. Operating airports is extremely complicated, with a complex system of aircraft support services, passenger services, and aircraft control services contained within the operation. Thus airports can be major employers, as well as important hubs for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diori Hamani International Airport
Diori Hamani International Airport is an airport in Niamey, the capital of Niger. It is located from Niamey in the south eastern suburbs of the city, along the Route Nationale 1, the major highway linking Niamey with the east of the nation. The airport complex also includes the major base for the Armed Forces of Niger's "''Armee d'Air''". Overview Traffic In 2019, the airport served 363,093 passengers. The air traffic control for NIM is operated by the ASECNA, which bases one of its five air traffic zones for the continent at Niamey. The airport is named after Hamani Diori (1916–1989), the first President of Niger. EAMAC ASECNA operates the "''African School for Meteorology and Civil Aviation/Ecole Africaine de la Météorologie et de l'Aviation Civile''" at the Niamey airport complex, as well as in the Plateau quarter of Niamey city centre. Founded in 1963, EAMAC trains civil aviation professionals and aviation meteorologists from across Africa. Base Aérienne 101 The N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niamey
Niamey () is the capital and largest city of Niger. Niamey lies on the Niger River, primarily situated on the east bank. Niamey's population was counted as 1,026,848 as of the 2012 census. As of 2017, population projections show the capital district growing at a slower rate than the country as a whole, which has the world's highest fertility rate. The city is located in a pearl millet growing region, while manufacturing industries include bricks, ceramic goods, cement, and weaving. History Niamey was probably founded in the 18th century and originated as a cluster of small villages (Gaweye, Kalley, Maourey, Zongo and Foulani Koira).Geels, Jolijn, (2006) ''Bradt Travel Guide - Niger'', pgs. 93-113 Niamey was of little importance until the French developed it as a colonial centre in the late 1890s. The town, then with an estimated population of some 1,800, was chosen as the capital of the newly created Military Territory of Niger in 1905, however, the capital was shifted to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, Fashion capital, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called Caput Mundi#Paris, the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France Regions of France, region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niger Airlines
Niger Airlines is the Nigerien flag carrier headquartered in Niamey and based at Diori Hamani International Airport. History The airline was founded in 2012 and started services in 2014 to replace defunct Air Niger. It commenced services with domestic operations connecting mining settlements as well as pilgrimage A pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature, or a higher good, through the experience. It can lead to a personal transformation, aft ... flights. In November 2022, Niger Airlines has been grounded by the Nigerien authorities citing safety concerns.ch-aviation.com - Nigerien CAA grounds Niger Airlines on safet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airports In Niger
This is a list of airports in Niger, sorted by location. __TOC__ Airports Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines. See also * Transport in Niger * List of airports by ICAO code: D#DR - Niger * Wikipedia: WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Africa#Niger References * * - includes IATA codes Great Circle Mapper: Airports in Niger- IATA and ICAO codes World Aero Data: Airports in Niger- ICAO codes {{Africa in topic, List of airports in Niger Airports Airports Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languages [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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