Yamoussoukro International Airport | |
Nativename: | Aéroport international de Yamoussoukro |
Iata: | ASK |
Icao: | DIYO |
City-Served: | Yamoussoukro |
Location: | Côte d'Ivoire |
Elevation-F: | 699 |
R1-Number: | 05/23 |
R1-Length-F: | 9844 |
R1-Length-M: | 3000 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Source: Google Maps[1] |
Yamoussoukro International Airport (French: Aéroport international de Yamoussoukro) is a regional airport serving Yamoussoukro in Côte d'Ivoire.
On November 6, 2004, Yamoussoukro Airport was attacked[2] by French infantry after military aircraft from the airport bombed a UN peacekeeper base as well as rebel targets, 9 French peacekeepers and one U.S. civilian were killed. Two Ivory Coast Sukhoi Su-25 aircraft and several Mil Mi-24 helicopters were destroyed, which was most of the country's air forces. Mobs and rebels tried to attack the French forces after the airport raid.