OUA — Ouagadougou Thomas Sankara International Airport
Large airport in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
- IATA code
- OUA
- ICAO code
- DFFD
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 619,370
- 2019 · Wikidata
- Nonstop routes
- 2
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC
- Africa/Ouagadougou
- Elevation
- 316 m
- 1,037 ft
- Runways
- 1
- Longest 3,000 m
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About OUA
Ouagadougou Thomas Sankara International Airport is a large airport serving Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. 619,370 passengers used it in 2019. Open traffic data shows 2 nonstop routes from OUA.
Wikidata (CC0). Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from OUA
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| OUA → IST | 4,350 km | 87,643 |
| OUA → CDG | 4,082 km | 78,295 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| TML | Yakubu Tali International Airport | 319 km |
| BOY | Bobo Dioulasso Airport | 334 km |
| MZI | Mopti Airport | 367 km |
| NIM | Diori Hamani International Airport | 420 km |
| GAQ | Gao International Airport | 463 km |
Distance from OUA to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,000 m | 45 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Ouagadougou, Kadiogo Province, Burkina Faso · 12.3532, -1.5124
Questions
Ouagadougou Thomas Sankara International Airport has the IATA code OUA and the ICAO code DFFD. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
OUA is a large airport in Ouagadougou, Kadiogo Province, Burkina Faso, at 12.3532, -1.5124, 316 m above sea level.
OUA is in the Africa/Ouagadougou time zone, UTC.
619,370 passengers in 2019, according to Wikidata.
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