<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Nouakchott International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The IATA code for the airport is NDB. Clear trip provides information about the different airline brands that operate from Nouadhibou airport and also a list of top domestic and international routes from Nouadhibou.</p>
<p class="blog-para">There are different domestic and international airlines that operate from Nouadhibou airport. Out of them, the airline brands that operate more frequently is Mauritanian Airlines International. In addition to this, the most popular sectors from Nouadhibou are Nouadhibou to Nouakchott, Nouadhibou to Las Palmas with 8, 4 weekly flights respectively.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Mauritanian Airlines International airline 110 to Las Palmas is the first flight that departs from Nouadhibou airport at 10:20 AM, followed by Mauritanian Airlines International airline 110 to Las Palmas at 12:20 PM. Whereas Mauritanian Airlines International airline 119 to Nouakchott is the last flight that departs from Nouadhibou airport at 8:00 PM.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Nouadhibou Airport (IATA: NDB, ICAO: GQPP) is an airport serving Nouadhibou (formerly Port-&Eacute;tienne), a city in the Dakhlet Nouadhibou region of Mauritania. Also known as Nouadhibou International Airport, it is the second largest airport in Mauritania. It has non-stop passenger flights scheduled to 3 destinations in 1 country. At present, there are 2 domestic flights from Nouadhibou. The longest flight from NDB is a 307 mile (494 km) non-stop route to Gran Canaria (Las Palmas) LPA. This direct flight takes around 1 hour and 20 minutes and is operated by Mauritania Airlines.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Only one airline is flying from and to Nouadhibou, which is Mauritania Airlines. The most popular destinations from are to Nouakchott International Airport (NKC) and Tazadit Airport (OUZ).</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Accidents and incidents </strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">On July 2, 1942, a Lockheed 18-07-01 Lodestar (F-ARTL) of Air France crashed shortly after takeoff.</p>
<p class="blog-para">All 3 occupants survived and the plane was written off.On August 7, 1980, a Tupolev Tu-154B-1 (YR-TPH) of Tarom arriving from Bucharest was approaching and the crew couldn't see the runway at the 90 meter decision height. The plane contacted water 300 meters short of the runway at 03:04, which the pilot mistook for dry land, leading to a missed approach procedure being initiated. 1 passenger out of the 168 occupants was killed, and the plane was written off.</p>
<p class="blog-para">On April 10, 2001, an Antonov An-12BK (3C-AWU) of Air West Co. departing for Nouakchott made a forced landing on the beach 6 km from the runway during initial climb after one of the engines caught fire; the plane later burnt out. All 6 occupants survived.</p>
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