Airport · Mali
Modibo Keita International Airport
A large airport with scheduled flights, serving Bamako.
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Mali at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Codes
- BKO · GABS
- Serves
- Bamako
- 8.8 km in a straight line
- Local time
- Africa/Bamako
- Elevation
- 380 m
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 3,200 m
- From DXB
- 6,750 km
- 8 hrs 40 mins · Estimate
Facts
BKO at a glance
From OurAirports (public domain), with the time zone of the place it serves.
- Codes
- IATA BKOICAO GABS
- Size
- Large
- Serves
- Bamako
- To the city centre
- 8.8 km in a straight line
- Elevation
- 380 m (1,247 ft)
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 3,200 m
- Time zone
- Africa/Bamako
- Links
- Wikipedia
- When to go
- Bamako, month by month
How far it is from the UAE
BKO from the UAE
From DXBBKO
6,750 km
8 hrs 40 mins · Estimate
From AUHBKO
6,680 km
8 hrs 35 mins · Estimate
The great-circle distance, and a rough flying time: the distance at an average 850 km/h plus 45 minutes for take-off and landing. Real flights follow airways, meet headwinds and wait for traffic, so schedules differ.
Facts
Practical facts
The currency, plugs and emergency numbers of Mali, where the airport is, and its clock right now.
- Local time
- Africa/Bamako
- Country
- Mali
- Currency
- West African Franc XOFToday's indicative rate: XOF 100 ≈ USD 0.171Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Plugs
- Type C and E220 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 112general emergency15ambulance17police18fireAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Calling code · Driving
- +223 · On the right
Travel advice
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Mali at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)