Dirkou Airport Explained
| Dirkou Airport |
| Icao: | DRZD |
| Type: | Public |
| City-Served: | Dirkou |
| Elevation-F: | 1273 |
| Coordinates: | 18.9694°N 12.8694°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Niger |
| Pushpin Label: | DRZD |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the airport in Niger |
| R1-Number: | 04/22 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1606 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Metric-Rwy: | y |
| Footnotes: | Source: Google Maps[1] |
Dirkou Airport is an airport serving the isolated Saharan outpost of Dirkou, Niger. It is southwest of the city center.In early 2018 the airport saw extensive expansion during construction of a base for Central Intelligence Agency drone operations.[2] [3]
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- https://maps.google.com/?ll=18.96685,12.8685&spn=0.038921,0.029826&t=h&z=15 Google Maps - Dirkou
- News: How a C.I.A. Drone Base Grew in Niger's Desert . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/14-JDZnhl0U . 2021-12-15 . live. . The New York Times . The New York Times . September 10, 2018.
- News: Remote C.I.A. Base in the Sahara Steadily Grows . . https://web.archive.org/web/20210309184629/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/08/us/politics/cia-drones-sahara-niger-libya.html . March 9, 2021 . Eric . Schmitt . Christoph . Koettl. 8 March 2021 .
