DSS · Dakar, Senegal
Blaise Diagne International Airport.
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Blaise Diagne International Airport
Airport serving Dakar, Senegal
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for DSS
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 325736; ident GOBD; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
dakaraeroport.com
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
Blaise Diagne International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
18 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
DSS / GOBD
OurAirports ident
GOBD
GPS / local code
GOBD
ISO region
SN-DK
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
dakaraeroport.com
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q597308
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Alternate names
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 9:24 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--GMT · UTC+00:00
Time zone
GMT
Africa/Dakar · UTC+00:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
40 km
Approximate distance to central Dakar.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Dakar
Languages
French
Currency
XOF (Fr)
Country area
196,722 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
1 runway
Longest runway
11,483 ft / 3,500 m
Runway surface
asphalt
Opened / operator
2017
Owner / entity
Q597308
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
18 source-backed signals
Blaise Diagne International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for Dakar, Senegal. Dakar's built-up core sits roughly 40 km from the terminal area. Operations run on Africa/Dakar (UTC+00:00, GMT). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Blaise Diagne International Airport (DSS / GOBD) is at 14.6709° N, 17.0728° W, elevation 290 ft (88 m), serving Dakar, Senegal.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Dakar is in Senegal (capital Dakar); on Africa/Dakar (GMT, UTC+00:00); working languages: French; currency: XOF (Fr).
Distance from central Dakar: 40 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for DSS.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Blaise Diagne International Airport (DSS / GOBD)
Blaise Diagne International Airport · Airport serving Dakar, Senegal
Known label 1
diass airport
Alternate airport-name cue retained for DSS, not a separate indexable duplicate page.
Source identifiers
GOBD · GOBD · SN-DK
dakaraeroport.com · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Regional role cue
It serves as the main airport for Dakar, replacing Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport, which had become too small.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for DSS; not treated as a live service guarantee.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Sébikhotane
sebikhotane · 11 km from DSS
Senegal · Africa/Dakar · +0h · population 42,839 · city coordinates 14.7452, -17.1378
2. Pout
pout · 11 km from DSS
Senegal · Africa/Dakar · +0h · population 23,728 · city coordinates 14.7710, -17.0611
3. Diamniadio
diamniadio · 13 km from DSS
Senegal · Africa/Dakar · +0h · population 47,759 · city coordinates 14.7205, -17.1816
4. Bargny Guèdj
bargny-guedj · 17 km from DSS
Senegal · Africa/Dakar · +0h · population 51,188 · city coordinates 14.6870, -17.2281
5. Thiès Nones
thies-nones · 17 km from DSS
Senegal · Africa/Dakar · +0h · population 252,320 · city coordinates 14.7833, -16.9667
6. Bargny
bargny · 17 km from DSS
Senegal · Africa/Dakar · +0h · population 69,242 · city coordinates 14.6971, -17.2301
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. DKR GOOY
Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport · Dakar
44 km from DSS · Africa/Dakar · +0h · elevation 85 ft (26 m) · airport coordinates 14.7423, -17.4792
2. NKC GQNO
Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport · Nouakchott
421 km from DSS · Africa/Nouakchott · +0h · elevation 9 ft (3 m) · airport coordinates 18.3100, -15.9697
3. CKY GUCY
Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport · Conakry
680 km from DSS · Africa/Conakry · +0h · elevation 72 ft (22 m) · airport coordinates 9.5769, -13.6120
Route-time reference set
1. DSS-NKC
Nouakchott · 421 km · 1h 22m
Africa/Nouakchott · +0h from DSS; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. DSS-CKY
Conakry · 680 km · 1h 42m
Africa/Conakry · +0h from DSS; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
1 runway
Longest runway 11,483 ft / 3,500 m. 1 lighted runway in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
asphalt
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for DSS.
Runway identifiers
01/19
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. DKR GOOY
Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport · Dakar · 44 km from DSS
large airport · Africa/Dakar · senegal · 85 ft (26 m) · 14.7423, -17.4792
Country and authority
DSS sits in Senegal (Republic of Senegal), whose capital is Dakar. No specific civil-aviation authority label is attached in the current map, so this page avoids inventing one. Country context: Africa, Western Africa.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: French. Currency context: XOF (Fr). DSS is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Names and local labels
DSS is also associated in the airport facts snapshot with diass airport. These labels help catch alternate airport names without creating separate duplicate airport pages.
Reference description
Airport serving Dakar, Senegal. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Source-specific cues
Regional role cue: It serves as the main airport for Dakar, replacing Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport, which had become too small.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q597308 · Blaise Diagne International Airport. Administrative area: Ndiass. Named after: Blaise Diagne
Field and clock profile
Blaise Diagne International Airport is a low-elevation field at 290 ft (88 m), positioned at 14.6709° N, 17.0728° W in the Northern tropics. The runway snapshot lists 1 runway and a longest runway of 11,483 ft / 3,500 m. The airport clock uses Africa/Dakar (GMT, UTC+00:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Sébikhotane is the closest retained city-time anchor at 11 km. DKR Dakar is the closest retained airport alternative at 44 km.
Country airport peers
DSS is compared with DKR Dakar at 44 km inside the retained Senegal airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
Route geometry
DSS-NKC Nouakchott: 421 km, about 1h 22m, +0h. DSS-CKY Conakry: 680 km, about 1h 42m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident GOBD backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. dakaraeroport.com is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
1 runway · longest 11,483 ft / 3,500 m
Runway identifiers
01/19
OurAirports classifies DSS as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Dakar.
DSS (GOBD) is a low-elevation field at 290 ft (88 m) in the tropics, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
DSS sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
DSS's runway record lists 1 runway, with the longest runway at 11,483 ft / 3,500 m and source surfaces recorded as asphalt.
A specific operator or management record for DSS is not currently in our source set, so this page leans on regulator and country context rather than inventing one.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at dakaraeroport.com, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for DSS
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
DSS uses Africa/Dakar (GMT, UTC+00:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Blaise Diagne International Airport is about 40 km from central Dakar; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
DKR Dakar is the closest retained alternate at 44 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
dakaraeroport.com is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place DSS inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
DSS ranks #2 in the curated Senegal airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 2 airports.
Same-zone airport cohort
DSS shares Africa/Dakar with DKR Dakar SN. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
DSS is 290 ft (88 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include ORY 291 ft (89 m) (1 ft delta) · NAP 294 ft (90 m) (4 ft delta) · TRF 286 ft (87 m) (4 ft delta) · ALB 285 ft (87 m) (5 ft delta) · DUR 295 ft (90 m) (5 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
DSS's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are DKR 44 km +0h · NKC 421 km +0h · CKY 680 km +0h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nouakchott | NKC | 421 km | 1h 22m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Conakry | CKY | 680 km | 1h 42m | +0h | --:--:-- |
DSS to NKC
Nouakchott
Distance 421 km; estimated travel window 1h 22m; destination zone Africa/Nouakchott is +0h from DSS. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
DSS to CKY
Conakry
Distance 680 km; estimated travel window 1h 42m; destination zone Africa/Conakry is +0h from DSS. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
Because the airport sits well outside central Dakar, surface transfer planning matters almost as much as flight timing, especially for late arrivals and early departures.
Dakar is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Blaise Diagne International Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from DSS, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Sébikhotane
sebikhotane · 11 km · Africa/Dakar
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Pout
pout · 11 km · Africa/Dakar
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Diamniadio
diamniadio · 13 km · Africa/Dakar
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Bargny Guèdj
bargny-guedj · 17 km · Africa/Dakar
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Thiès Nones
thies-nones · 17 km · Africa/Dakar
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Bargny
bargny · 17 km · Africa/Dakar
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Bargny Ngoude
bargny-ngoude · 18 km · Africa/Dakar
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Nguékhokh
nguekhokh · 19 km · Africa/Dakar
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Thiès
thies · 21 km · Africa/Dakar
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Rufisque est
rufisque-est · 22 km · Africa/Dakar
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Rufisque
rufisque · 22 km · Africa/Dakar
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Niakoul Rab
niakoul-rab · 25 km · Africa/Dakar
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Blaise Diagne International Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Nouakchott (NKC), Conakry (CKY). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 1 runway; longest runway 11,483 ft / 3,500 m; identifiers 01/19.
- Runway surfaces: asphalt; 1 lighted runway in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Opened / inaugurated: 2017.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from DSS. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Léopold Sédar Senghor International AirportDKR
Dakar · large airport
- Distance
- 44 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 85 ft (26 m)
Compare against DKR when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International AirportNKC
Nouakchott · large airport
- Distance
- 421 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 9 ft (3 m)
Compare against NKC when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Ahmed Sékou Touré International AirportCKY
Conakry · large airport
- Distance
- 680 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 72 ft (22 m)
Compare against CKY when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Companion Planning Tools
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Blaise Diagne International Airport (DSS) in?▾
Blaise Diagne International Airport is in the Africa/Dakar timezone (UTC+00:00, GMT).
What are the codes for Blaise Diagne International Airport?▾
Blaise Diagne International Airport uses IATA code DSS and ICAO code GOBD.
Where is Blaise Diagne International Airport located?▾
Blaise Diagne International Airport is located in Dakar, Senegal at coordinates 14.6709° N, 17.0728° W, with an elevation of 290 ft (88 m) (low-elevation field in the tropics).
How far is Blaise Diagne International Airport from central Dakar?▾
Blaise Diagne International Airport sits roughly 40 km from the nearest mapped city center for Dakar.
Which route reference is most useful from DSS?▾
Nouakchott (NKC) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 22m, destination timezone Africa/Nouakchott, and a +0h difference from DSS.
What other airports in Senegal are close peers to DSS?▾
DSS's curated peers in Senegal on this site include DKR Dakar.
How many runways does Blaise Diagne International Airport have?▾
Blaise Diagne International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 1 runway, with the longest runway recorded at 11,483 ft / 3,500 m; identifiers include 01/19.