Ivato International Airport

Seranam-Piaramanidin' Ivato
Aéroport International d'Ivato
Summary
Airport typePublic/military
OperatorRavinala Airports
ServesAntananarivo, Madagascar
Hub forAir Madagascar
Elevation AMSL4,198 ft / 1,280 m
Coordinates18°47′49″S 47°28′44″E / 18.79694°S 47.47889°E / -18.79694; 47.47889
Websitehttps://ravinala-airports.aero
Map
TNR is located in Madagascar
TNR
TNR
Location of airport in Madagascar
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 10,171 3,100 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Passengers611,175

Ivato International Airport (IATA: TNR, ICAO: FMMI) is the main international airport serving Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) northwest of the city centre. Ivato Airport is the main hub for Air Madagascar and is located in the commune of Ivato.

History

Departure hall
Terminal interior

Ivato has been the main airport of Antananarivo since the 1960s; it is a civil and military mixed platform and the main hub of Air Madagascar.

Madagascar's deadliest aviation accident occurred at the airport on July 19, 1967. A Douglas DC-4 of Air Madagascar departing for Antsiranana touched the ground 720 meters past the runway, briefly became airborne but crashed again just over 500 meters later, killing 42 of the 77 on board. Among the dead was foreign minister Albert Sylla.[1]

It has two main terminals: one terminal for domestic flights and one terminal for international flights. In December 2021, a new terminal opened.[2]

In 2016, 845,000 passengers passed through the airport.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Austral Saint-Denis de la Réunion
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air Madagascar Dzaoudzi, Guangzhou, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo,[3] Mauritius, Moroni, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Saint-Denis de la Réunion
Air Mauritius Mauritius
Airlink Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo[4]
Corsair International Paris–Orly, Saint-Denis de la Réunion[5]
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa[6]
Kenya Airways Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta
Tsaradia Antsiranana, Majunga, Maroantsetra, Morondava, Nosy-Be, Sainte Marie, Sambava, Toamasina, Tôlanaro, Toliara
Turkish Airlines Istanbul[7]

^note 1 Turkish Airlines to and from Istanbul makes a stopover in Mauritius. However, Turkish Airlines has no traffic rights between Antananarivo and Mauritius.

^note 2 Air Madagascar operates to Guangzhou with a stopover in Reunion.

References

  1. "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-4-1009 5R-MAD Antananarivo-Ivato Airport (TNR)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. "Ivato International Airport's New Terminal, Antananarivo, Madagascar".
  3. "Air Madagascar resumes Antananarivo – Johannesburg from mid-June 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  4. "Airlink to resume flights between South Africa and Madagascar | Namibia Economist".
  5. "Corsair Resumes Madagascar Service From June 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  6. "Ethiopian plans Antananarivo launch in March 2017". routesonline. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  7. "Istanbul's New Airport Is A Hot Beautiful Mess". One Mile at a Time. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.

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