Airport · Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou Thomas Sankara International Airport
A large airport with scheduled flights, serving Ouagadougou.
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Burkina Faso 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
- OUA · DFFD
- Serves
- Ouagadougou
- 2.7 km in a straight line
- Local time
- Africa/Ouagadougou
- Elevation
- 316 m
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 3,000 m
- From DXB
- 6,110 km
- 7 hrs 55 mins · Estimate
Facts
OUA at a glance
From OurAirports (public domain), with the time zone of the place it serves.
- Codes
- IATA OUAICAO DFFD
- Size
- Large
- Serves
- Ouagadougou
- To the city centre
- 2.7 km in a straight line
- Elevation
- 316 m (1,037 ft)
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 3,000 m
- Time zone
- Africa/Ouagadougou
- Links
- Wikipedia
- When to go
- Ouagadougou, month by month
How far it is from the UAE
OUA from the UAE
From DXBOUA
6,110 km
7 hrs 55 mins · Estimate
From AUHOUA
6,040 km
7 hrs 50 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 Burkina Faso, where the airport is, and its clock right now.
- Local time
- Africa/Ouagadougou
- Country
- Burkina Faso
- 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
- 112ambulance17police18fireAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Calling code · Driving
- +226 · On the right
Travel advice
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Burkina Faso 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)