# Bakel Airport (BXE)

> Bakel, SN · IATA: BXE · ICAO: GOTB · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `BXE` |
| ICAO | `GOTB` |
| City | Bakel |
| Country | SN |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 30 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 14.84730, -12.46830 |

## Description

Bakel Airport (BXE / ICAO GOTB) has a runway of roughly 1,750 metres but no confirmed scheduled airline service, which sets the tone for its logistics role. The state-operated field lies in far eastern Senegal on the Senegal River, close to the Mauritanian and Malian borders, in Bakel department of the Tambacounda region, and handles mainly occasional regional, charter and special flights. Commercial cargo handling, third-party handling agents and an air-cargo customs post are not confirmed here, so any shipment into the area realistically arrives by road. Tambacounda is about 210 km away and Dakar roughly 670 road kilometres via Tambacounda, on an axis that has been sealed for decades. Air freight for eastern Senegal is therefore consolidated and cleared at Blaise Diagne International (DSS) near Dakar, the country's import and export gateway with proper cargo and customs infrastructure. Bakel itself grew around a 19th-century French river fort guarding the trade route inland, a role now filled by the road toward Kidira and Mali.

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