Timbuktu Airport

Timbuktu Airport is an airport in Timbuktu, Mali that opened on April 15, 1961.

Airlines and destinations

The start of Sky Mali's service to Timbuktu in February 2021 marked the first commercial flights to the airport since the city was captured by jihadists in 2012.

On February 22, 1985, an Antonov An-24V of Air Mali crashed around 3 km from here during initial climb on a flight to Mopti, killing all but 1 of the 52 occupants. The flight route was from Gao to Bamako, with Timbuktu and Mopti as stopovers. The crash was Mali's deadliest until Air Algerie Flight 5017 in 2014.
On June 2, 2025, the airport was shelled during a coordinated attack on Timbuktu that left 60 soldiers dead and also targeted an army garrison.