Airports / Mali / GAQ
Gao International Airport
GAGO / GAQGao, MaliELEV 870 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
175 nm
To the nearest alternate
Tombouktou Airport (TOM).
Overview
Gao International Airport (GAGO / GAQ) is a mid-sized airport serving Gao, Mali. The field lies at an elevation of 870 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
GAQ has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Tombouktou Airport (TOM, 175 nm), Diori Hamani International Airport (NIM, 209 nm), and Ouagadougou Thomas Sankara International Airport (OUA, 250 nm).
Quotes for flights out of GAQ vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Korogoussou. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from GAQ, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
GAGO
IATA
GAQ
FAA / Local
GAGO
Elevation
870 ft
Coordinates
16.2485° N · 0.0054° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Mali fields
state range 164–1,247 ft
At 870 ft, GAQ sits lower than 40% of the 5 Mali fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 175nmTOMTombouktou AirportTimbuktu
- 209nmNIMDiori Hamani International AirportNiamey
- 250nmOUAOuagadougou Thomas Sankara International AirportOuagadougou
- 258nmMZIMopti AirportSévaré
- 312nmBMWBordj Badji Mokhtar AirportBordj Badji Mokhtar
- 316nmTHZTahoua AirportTahoua
Location
Open the full mapGAGO · Gao International Airport · Gao, Mali