Modibo Keita International Airport
airport
Modibo Keita International Airport (IATA: BKO, ICAO: GABS) (formerly the Bamako–Sénou International Airport) is an international airport serving Bamako, the capital of Mali. It is located approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Bamako city centre. It is managed by Aéroports du Mali (ADM). Its operations are overseen by the Malian Ministry of Equipment and Transport.
History
Bamako–Sénou Airport was opened to traffic in 1974. The airport was upgraded between 2007 and 2012 in a US$181 million project funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a United States foreign aid agency.
On 17 September 2024, the airport was stormed by Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin militants as part of a series of coordinated attacks across multiple locations in Bamako. The JNIM claimed to have destroyed aircraft and opened fire at the presidential hangar. An aircraft used for humanitarian work by the World Food Programme was also damaged. The airport was attacked by JNIM again on 25 April 2026 as part of a larger offensive.
The public source identifies “Modibo Keita International Airport” as airport. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Modibo, Keita and International.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q721258. Authority coordinates are 12.538, -7.943. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1974, 2007, 2012 and 2024.
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This entry incorporates text from “Modibo Keita International Airport” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.