Diori Hamani International Airport#Base Aérienne 101
{{short description|Airport in Niamey, Niger}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Diori Hamani International Airport
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| image = Niameyairport 2005 crop.JPG
| image-width = 250
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| IATA = NIM
| ICAO = DRRN
| type = Military/Public
| owner = Transports de Niamey
| operator = Summa Airports Niger SARLU
| city-served = Niamey, Niger
| hub = Niger Airlines
| location = Niamey, Niger
| elevation-f = 732
| elevation-m = 223
| coordinates = {{coord|13|28|54|N|002|10|13|E|region:NE|display=inline,title}}
| website = http://niameyairport.com
| pushpin_map = Niger
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Niger
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| pushpin_label = NIM
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| metric-rwy = Yes
| r1-number = 09R/27L
| r1-length-f = 12,467
| r1-length-m = 3,800
| r1-surface = Bitumen
| r2-number = 09L/27R
| r2-length-f = 9,843
| r2-length-m = 3,000
| r2-surface = Laterite
| stat-year = 2013
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 165,000
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| footnotes = Sources: Agence pour la Sécurité de la Navigation aérienne en Afrique et à Madagascar{{Cite web |url=http://www.ais-asecna.org/pdf/atlas/niger/niamey/pdf/niamey-00v.pdf |title=Aeronautical chart |access-date=11 September 2008 |archive-date=21 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221105854/http://www.ais-asecna.org/pdf/atlas/niger/niamey/pdf/niamey-00v.pdf |url-status=dead }}List of the busiest airports in Africa
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Diori Hamani International Airport {{airport codes|NIM|DRRN}} is an airport in Niamey, the capital of Niger."[http://anac-niger.org/index.asp?p=134&m=188 Attributions des départements de l'ANAC] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130604054421/http://anac-niger.org/index.asp?p=134&m=188 |date=4 June 2013 }}." Agence nationale de l'aviation civile du Niger. Retrieved on 3 June 2013. It is located {{cvt|9|km}} from Niamey in the south-eastern suburbs of the city, along the Route Nationale 1, the major highway linking Niamey with the east of the nation. The airport complex also includes the major base for the Armed Forces of Niger's "Armee d'Air".
Overview
=Traffic=
In 2019, the airport served 363,093 passengers. The air traffic control for NIM is operated by the ASECNA, which bases one of its five air traffic zones for the continent at Niamey.[http://lesahel.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1980:visites-du-ministre-des-transports-et-de-laviation-civile-a-laeroport-international-diori-hamani-de-niamey-et-au-cnut-senquerir-des-conditions-de-travail-des-agents&catid=34:actualites&Itemid=53 Visites du ministre des Transports et de l'Aviation Civile à l'aéroport international Diori Hamani de Niamey et au CNUT: s'enquérir des conditions de travail des agents] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727034402/http://lesahel.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1980%3Avisites-du-ministre-des-transports-et-de-laviation-civile-a-laeroport-international-diori-hamani-de-niamey-et-au-cnut-senquerir-des-conditions-de-travail-des-agents&catid=34%3Aactualites&Itemid=53 |date=27 July 2011 }}. Seini Seydou Zakaria, le Sahel (Niamey) 18 June 2009 The airport is named after Hamani Diori (1916–1989), the first President of Niger.{{Cite web |title=Hamani Diori, first President of the Republic of Niger, and … |url=https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/photographs/record-details/b5da5907-1162-11e3-83d5-0050568939ad |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=www.nas.gov.sg}}
=EAMAC=
ASECNA operates the "African School for Meteorology and Civil Aviation/Ecole Africaine de la Météorologie et de l'Aviation Civile" at the Niamey airport complex, as well as in the Plateau quarter of Niamey city centre. Founded in 1963, EAMAC trains civil aviation professionals and aviation meteorologists from across Africa.[http://www.asecna.aero/ecoles_eamac.html L'EAMAC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100829080828/http://www.asecna.aero/ecoles_eamac.html |date=29 August 2010 }}. asecna.aero Accessed 18 June 2009[http://www.eamac.ne/ L'EAMAC, c'est la Météorologie, l'Aviation Civile, l'Electronique et l'Informatique au service de la Sécurité de la Navigation Aérienne]. Official website. Accessed 18 June 2009
=Base Aérienne 101=
The Niger Air Force maintains Base Aérienne 101, which is collocated with Diori Hamani International Airport. It has been variously used by American, French, and Russian armed forces as a base for operations and training missions.{{cite web |url=http://www.offiziere.ch/?p=16628 |title=Niger is the New Hub for American Ops in North, West Africa |last=Trevithick |first=Joseph |date=20 May 2014 |website=Offiziere.ch |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915171903/www.offiziere.ch/?p=16628 |archive-date=15 September 2015 |quote=The American site is near Diori Hamani International Airport and the collocated Nigerien Air Force’s Base Aérienne 101.}}{{cite web |url=https://medium.com/war-is-boring/new-satellite-images-show-expanded-drone-base-in-africa-985af0ed8c0a |title=New Satellite Images Show Expanded Drone Base in Africa |last= |first= |date=17 February 2014 |website=War Is Boring |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727185457/https://medium.com/war-is-boring/new-satellite-images-show-expanded-drone-base-in-africa-985af0ed8c0a |archive-date=27 July 2014 |quote=The base is located next to the Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey, Niger’s capital. It isn’t a secret, but both Washington and Paris are tight-lipped about its operations.}}{{cite web |url=http://www.janes.com/article/66790/france-receives-two-more-reapers-deploys-them-to-niger |title=France receives two more Reapers, deploys them to Niger |last=Lert |first=Frédéric |date=10 January 2017 |website=Jane's Defence Weekly |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110145256/www.janes.com/article/66790/france-receives-two-more-reapers-deploys-them-to-niger |archive-date=10 January 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20140719-niger-niamey-francois-hollande-visite-base-101-centre-drones-francais |title=Niger: Hollande visite la base des drones français |author= |date=19 July 2014 |publisher=Radio France Internationale |language=fr |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608232151/https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20140719-niger-niamey-francois-hollande-visite-base-101-centre-drones-francais |archive-date=8 June 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-complete-withdrawal-nigers-air-base-101-sunday-2024-07-05/ |title=US to complete withdrawal from Niger's Air Base 101 on Sunday |last=Stewart |first=Phil |date=5 July 2024 |website=Reuters |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240705152518/https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-complete-withdrawal-nigers-air-base-101-sunday-2024-07-05/ |archive-date=5 July 2024}}
In 2013, U.S. African Command spokesman Benjamin Benson confirmed that U.S. air operations conducted from Base Aérienne 101 at Diori Hamani International Airport were providing "support for intelligence collection with French forces conducting operations in Mali and with other partners in the region."{{cite web |url=https://tomdispatch.com/nick-turse-africom-s-gigantic-small-footprint/ |title=The Pivot to Africa |last=Turse |first=Nick |author-link=Nick Turse |date=5 September 2013 |website=TomDispatch.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105012249/https://tomdispatch.com/nick-turse-africom-s-gigantic-small-footprint/ |archive-date=5 January 2021}} In July 2013, The New York Times reported that the deployment had expanded from one Predator UAV to daily flights by a detachment of two larger MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft, supported by 120 U.S. Air Force personnel.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/11/world/africa/drones-in-niger-reflect-new-us-approach-in-terror-fight.html |url-access=subscription |title=Drones in Niger Reflect New U.S. Tack on Terrorism |last=Schmitt |first=Eric |author-link=Eric P. Schmitt |date=10 July 2013 |website=The New York Times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130710182320/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/11/world/africa/drones-in-niger-reflect-new-us-approach-in-terror-fight.html |archive-date=10 July 2013}} The MQ-9 Reapers were scheduled to be relocated to Niger Air Base 201 in 2018.{{cite web |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/04/shadowy-u-s-drone-war-in-africa-set-to-expand/ |url-access=subscription |title=Shadowy U.S. Drone War in Africa Set to Expand |last=Seligman |first=Lara |date=4 September 2018 |website=Foreign Policy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905084215/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/04/shadowy-u-s-drone-war-in-africa-set-to-expand/ |archive-date=5 September 2018 |quote=The relocation of the MQ-9 Reapers from Air Base 101 to the new facilities at Agadez has been planned since 2014.}}
Around 2013, two Ku band arrays were constructed at the airport to allow for communication with EADS Harfang UAVs.{{cite web |url=http://osimint.com/2014/02/09/imagery-of-the-week-drone-aprons-at-niamey/ |title=Imagery of the Week: Drone Aprons at Niamey |author= |date=9 February 2014 |website=Open Source IMINT |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209223002/osimint.com/2014/02/09/imagery-of-the-week-drone-aprons-at-niamey/ |archive-date=9 February 2014 |quote=The latest imagery from DigitalGlobe from 10OCT13 shows the two drone aprons and their support areas at the airport including their associated ku-band arrays. Note the French apron has two arrays for the Harfang as the UAV requires a low data rate link for the ground control station and a high data rate link for collected data (e.g. video, photos).}} The French Air and Space Force Escadron de Drones 1/33 Belfort operated three MQ-9 Reapers out of the base starting in January 2014 in support of Operation Barkhane. France also deployed Dassault Mirage 2000D aircraft from the French Air Forces detachment (DETAIR) to the base.{{cite web |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/3-french-mirage-jet-fighters-deployed-in-jordan/ |title=3 French Mirage jet fighters deployed in Jordan |author= |date=30 November 2014 |website=The Times of Israel |series= |publisher= |agency=Agence-France Presse |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202173028/https://www.timesofisrael.com/3-french-mirage-jet-fighters-deployed-in-jordan/ |archive-date=2 December 2014 |quote=Pilots from the French Air Forces detachment (DETAIR) are pictured next to a Mirage 2000D fighter jet at the Air Base 101, on November 23, 2014 in Niamey.}} A French Operational Transport Group was also based at the airbase as of 2020, controlling Lockheed C-130J Hercules aircraft instead of the previous Transall C-160s.{{cite magazine |author= |date=September 2020 |title=France terminates half-century of Transall Operations in Africa |magazine=AirForces Monthly |issue=390 |page=12 |issn=0955-7091}}
The Nigerien Air Force maintains two Cessna-208 Caravans equipped for ISTAR operations at the airport.{{cite web |url=https://www.bellingcat.com/news/africa/2016/01/03/imagery-confirms-nigers-new-cessna-208-caravan/ |title=Imagery Confirms Niger's New Cessna 208 Caravan |last=Biggers |first=Chris |date=3 January 2016 |publisher=bellingcat |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329171413/https://www.bellingcat.com/news/africa/2016/01/03/imagery-confirms-nigers-new-cessna-208-caravan/ |archive-date=29 March 2016 |quote=The latest commercial satellite imagery acquired by DigitalGlobe confirms the arrival of two Cessna-208 Caravan to Nigerien Air Force’s Base Aérienne 101 in Niamey [...] The U.S. Embassy in Niger notes the aircraft are equipped for the Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance mission.}}{{cite web |url=http://niamey.usembassy.gov/cessnas.html |title=US Presents Niger with Cessnas |author= |date=21 October 2015 |publisher=United States Department of State |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208133334/niamey.usembassy.gov/cessnas.html |archive-date=8 February 2016 |quote=The ceremony marks the culmination of 12 months of planning, training and execution of two projects: The transfer of two Cessna C-208 Caravans with Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capability to the Nigerien Air Force; and the transfer of 40 military vehicles (Land Cruisers, ambulances, and cargo trucks), 250 sets of uniforms and personal protective equipment, radios and associated spare parts to the 24th Battalion Inter-armée (BIA) of Dirkou.}}
In the aftermath of the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état, both France and the United States were told to withdraw their military personnel from the country. French forces departed from the airbase in December 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/monde/niger/reportage-au-niger-le-depart-des-soldats-francais-du-niger-celebre-par-les-partisans-de-la-junte-e66b52b2-a243-11ee-adb1-d9afec7817b9 |title=REPORTAGE. Au Niger, le départ des soldats français célébré par les partisans de la junte |last=Douce |first=Sophie |date=24 December 2023 |website=Ouest-France |language=fr |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224110114/https://www.ouest-france.fr/monde/niger/reportage-au-niger-le-depart-des-soldats-francais-du-niger-celebre-par-les-partisans-de-la-junte-e66b52b2-a243-11ee-adb1-d9afec7817b9 |archive-date=24 December 2023}} In May 2024 Russian troops moved in to one of the airports' hangars while some U.S. troops were still on the same property, but not in same buildings.{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/russian-troops-enter-base-housing-us-military-niger-us-official-says-2024-05-02/ |title=Russian troops enter base housing US military in Niger, US official says |last1=Stewart |first1=Phil |last2=Ali |first2=Idrees |date=3 May 2024 |publisher=Reuters |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612134111/https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/russian-troops-enter-base-housing-us-military-niger-us-official-says-2024-05-02/ |archive-date=12 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-niger-base-russian-military-personnel-niamey-africa-russia/ |title=Russian military personnel enter Niger airbase where some U.S. troops remain |others=Reporting contributed by Eleanor Watson |date=3 May 2024 |publisher=CBS News |agency=Agence-France Presse |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503103918/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-niger-base-russian-military-personnel-niamey-africa-russia/ |archive-date=3 May 2024}} On 7 July 2024, the U.S. completed withdrawal of all troops from the airbase.{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/article/niger-american-troops-withdraw-africa-bases-414e315fb0b5e1ee8047c0baf191a6c5 |title=US says troops are leaving Niger bases this weekend and in August after coup |last=Baldor |first=Lolita C. |date=2024-07-05 |website=AP News |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706021917/https://apnews.com/article/niger-american-troops-withdraw-africa-bases-414e315fb0b5e1ee8047c0baf191a6c5 |archive-date=2024-07-06}}
Airlines and destinations
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|Afriqiyah Airways| Tripoli–Mitiga
|Air Côte d'Ivoire| Abidjan, Ouagadougou{{cite web |title=Air Cote d'Ivoire International Service Changes in Oct 2024 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240612-hfoct24 |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=12 June 2024}}
|Air France| Paris–Charles de Gaulle (resumes 17 September 2025){{cite web |title=Air France Revises 3Q25 Selected Africa Service Resumptions |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250505-af3q25af |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=5 May 2025}}
|Air Senegal| Bamako, Dakar–Diass (both resume 27 May 2025){{cite web |title=Air Senegal 2Q25 Regional Network Changes |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250320-hcns25 |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=20 March 2025}}
|ASKY Airlines| Cotonou, Lomé, Ouagadougou
|Ethiopian Airlines| Addis Ababa, Ouagadougou{{cite web |title=Ethiopian Airlines NW24 Africa Service Changes – 01SEP24 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240903-etnw24af |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=3 September 2024}}
|Libyan Airlines| Tripoli–Mitiga
|Royal Air Maroc| Casablanca{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Casablanca|date=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=194-195}}
|Sky Mali| Bamako, Gao{{cite web |title=Sky Mali Adds Gao – Niamey Service From April 2025 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250429-mlns25nim |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=29 April 2025}}
|Turkish Airlines| Istanbul, N'Djamena
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Statistics
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Ground transportation
= Road =
= Rail =
The railway track passing by the airport, which connects it to Niamey railway station and Dosso, is abandoned since its construction (and will not be operational in the near future).
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081117031445/http://www.ais-asecna.org/en/atlas/niger/niamey.htm ais-asecna.org Aeronautical charts for NIAMEY/Diori Hamani (DRRN)].
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