Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport
Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport Aéroport de Tamanrasset / Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok |
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IATA: TMR – ICAO: DAAT[1],[2]
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Summary | |||||||||||||||
Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Operator | EGSA Alger | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Tamanrasset, Algeria | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,377 m / 4,518 ft | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||||||
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Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (French: Aéroport de Tamanrasset / Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok[1]) (IATA: TMR, ICAO: DAAT), also known as Aguenar Airport or Tamanrasset Airport, is an airport serving Tamanrasset, a city in the Tamanrasset Province of southern Algeria. It is located 3.6 nautical miles (6.7 km) northwest of the city.[1]
The airport was an alternative landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle,[citation needed] and has been used for American military operations.[5]
In the mid-2000s it was extensively upgraded to serve additionally as a military base, with 10 hardened aircraft shelters, aprons, personnel accommodation and other facilities[6]
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Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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Air Algérie[7] | Algiers, Constantine, Djanet, El Golea, Ghardaia, Illizi, In Salah, Oran, Ouargla, Paris-Orly |
Tassili Airlines | Algiers |
Statistics
Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) |
Change from previous year | |
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2005 | 57,601 | ![]() |
2,474 | ![]() |
151 | ![]() |
2006 | 55,826 | ![]() |
2,729 | ![]() |
182 | ![]() |
2007 | 49,838 | ![]() |
2,647 | ![]() |
194 | ![]() |
2008 | 59,116 | ![]() |
2,593 | ![]() |
151 | ![]() |
2009 | 67,770 | ![]() |
2,496 | ![]() |
141 | ![]() |
2010 | 70,515 | ![]() |
2,402 | ![]() |
149 | ![]() |
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Reports (Years 2005,[8] 2006,[9] 2007,[10] 2009[11] and 2010) |
Incidents and accidents
- On 8 February 1978, Douglas C-49J N189UM of Aero Service Corporation was damaged beyond repair in a landing accident at Tamanrasset.[12]
- On 6 March 2003 Air Algérie Flight 6289 crashed at 3:45 pm local time (1445 GMT). The flight was leaving Tamanrasset bound for Algiers with the co-pilot acting as pilot-in-command. At a height of 78 feet and a speed of 158 kts, the No. 1 engine suffered a turbine failure. The captain took control. The co-pilot asked if she should raise the gear, but the captain did not respond. The Boeing 737-200 lost speed, stalled, and broke up on rocky terrain about 1600 metres past the runway. The accident was caused by the loss of an engine during a critical phase of flight, the non-retraction of the landing gear after the engine failure, and the Captain taking over control of the airplane before having clearly identified the problem. There were 102 fatalities and one survivor.
References
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External links
- Google Maps - Tamanrasset
- Algeria plane crash kills 102 at CNN.com
- Official accident report from the Algerian Ministry of Transport (in English)
- Accident history for TMR at Aviation Safety Network
- Current weather for DAAT at NOAA/NWS
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (French) AIP and Chart for Aéroport de Tamanrasset / Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok (DAAT) from Service d'Information Aéronautique – Algérie
- ↑ (French) Aéroport de Tamanrasset : Aguenar Hadj Bey Akhamokh from Établissement de Gestion de Services Aéroportuaires d'Alger (EGSA Alger)
- ↑ Airport information for DAAT at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
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- ↑ Google Earth imagery 8 May 2005 and 29 May 2006.
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- ↑ Airport Council International's 2005 World Airport Traffic Report
- ↑ Airport Council International's 2006 World Airport Traffic Report
- ↑ Airport Council International's 2007 World Airport Traffic Report
- ↑ Airport Council International's 2009 World Airport Traffic Report
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