Kenieba Airport
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Kéniéba Airport is an airport
serving Kéniéba
, a city in the Kéniéba, a city and commune
of the Kéniéba Cercle
in the Kayes Region
of Mali
.
The airport resides at an elevation
of 449 feet (137 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
that is 900 metres (2,953 ft) long.
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
serving Kéniéba
Kéniéba
Kéniéba is a rural commune, small town and seat of Kenieba Cercle in Mali's Kayes Region. As well as the main town, the commune includes 26 other villages. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 39,557....
, a city in the Kéniéba, a city and commune
Communes of Mali
A Commune is the third level administrative unit in Mali. Mali is divided into eight regions and one capital district . These subdivisions bear the name of their principal city. The regions are divided into 49 Cercles...
of the Kéniéba Cercle
Kenieba Cercle
Kéniéba Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Kayes Region of Mali. Its capital is the town of Kéniéba. The Cercle is further divided into Communes.Kéniéba Cercle includes the following communes:*Baye*Dabia*Dialafara*Dombia*Faléa*Faraba...
in the Kayes Region
Kayes Region
Kayes Region is one of eight first level national subdivisions, called Regions in Mali. It is the first administrative area of Mali and covers an area of 120,760 km²...
of Mali
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...
.
The airport resides at an elevation
Elevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of 449 feet (137 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
that is 900 metres (2,953 ft) long.