Highest Airports in Mauritania

Airports in Mauritania ranked by elevation above sea level.

📅 2026📏 metres25 entries🇲🇷 See all of this country’s rankings →

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (metres, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

Tidjikja AirportTidjikja · 1,342 ft above sea level

409 m

Chegga AirportChegga · 1,291 ft above sea level

394 m

Twajeel AirportTwajeel · 1,198 ft above sea level

365 m

Bir Moghrein AirportBir Moghrein · 1,148 ft above sea level

350 m

Tazadit AirportZouérate · 1,119 ft above sea level

341 m

Fderik AirportFderik · 961 ft above sea level

293 m

Aioun el Atrouss AirportAioun El Atrouss · 951 ft above sea level

290 m

Bassikounou AirportBassikounou · 866 ft above sea level

264 m

Néma AirportNéma · 745 ft above sea level

227 m

Atar International AirportAtar · 734 ft above sea level

224 m

Dahara AirportTimbreda · 722 ft above sea level

220 m

Timbedra AirportTimbedra · 692 ft above sea level

211 m

Tamchakett AirportTamchakett · 620 ft above sea level

189 m

Tichitt AirportTichitt · 561 ft above sea level

171 m

Kiffa AirportKiffa · 430 ft above sea level

131 m

Akjoujt AirportAkjoujt · 403 ft above sea level

123 m

Tasiast Mine AirportTasiast · 364 ft above sea level

111 m

Letfotar AirportMoudjeria · 256 ft above sea level

78 m

Sélibaby AirportSélibaby · 219 ft above sea level

67 m

Boutilimit AirportBoutilimit · 121 ft above sea level

37 m

Kaédi AirportKaédi · 75 ft above sea level

23 m

Abbaye AirportBoghe · 66 ft above sea level

20 m

Nouadhibou International AirportNouadhibou · 24 ft above sea level

7 m

Rosso AirportRosso · 23 ft above sea level

7 m

Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International AirportNouakchott · 9 ft above sea level

3 m

Highlights

Within Mauritania, Tidjikja Airport ranks first in 2026 with 409 m, followed by Chegga Airport (394 m) and Twajeel Airport (365 m).

Across 25 entries, values run from 409 m (Tidjikja Airport) to 3 m (Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport), with a median of 189 m.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets, 2026. Unit: metres.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets · Public domain (OurAirports) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — Airport and runway records are community maintained and released to the public domain; no guarantee of accuracy is made. Only active small, medium, and large airports are included.

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Highlights

Within Mauritania, Tidjikja Airport ranks first in 2026 with 409 m, followed by Chegga Airport (394 m) and Twajeel Airport (365 m).

Across 25 entries, values run from 409 m (Tidjikja Airport) to 3 m (Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport), with a median of 189 m.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets, 2026. Unit: metres.