Ouagadougou Thomas Sankara International Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Ouagadougou, Kadiogo Province (Burkina Faso)

IATA: OUA ICAO: DFFD

Longest Active Runway

9,843 ft

3,000 meters

Field Elevation

1,037 ft

316 m MSL

Runway Inventory

1 active

1 closed, Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

12.3532°, -1.5124°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #603 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#1,138 of 7558

Top 15.9% percentile worldwide

For airports with equal runway length, the worldwide order does not indicate a length difference.

National Standing (Burkina Faso)

#2 of 2 in BF

#2 of 2 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

-1.6%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 OUA in numbers: 9,843 ft longest runway · tied #603 of 650 published · #1,138 of 7,558 worldwide (top 15.9%) · #2 in Burkina Faso.

🔬 Operational & Aerodrome Engineering Comparative Analysis

Longest runway 8,000–10,499 ft

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Elevation & National Context

Lowland Aerodrome (<2,000 ft)

OUA lies at 316 m (1,037 ft), #188 of 650 published airports by elevation and 67.5 percentile among 7,558 worldwide. It is 237 ft below the Burkina Faso median (1,274 ft, 2 airports); BOY is highest at 1,511 ft, 474 ft higher than OUA.

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Regional Density & Alternates (100 NM)

0 Qualifying Aerodromes in Vicinity

No published neighbour with a paved runway of 5,000 ft or more within 100 NM of OUA. Nearest published airport: Bobo Dioulasso Airport (BOY), 180 NM, 10,826 ft (983 ft longer than OUA); 2 within 250 NM.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 9,843 ft (3,000 m)

OUA runway: 04/22 9,843 × 148 ft asphalt (asp). National standing: #2 of 2 in Burkina Faso; BOY leads by 983 ft (10,826 ft). −1.6% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
04/22	9,843 ft (3000 m / 3.000 km)	148 ft (45m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active
04R/22L	6,269 ft (1911 m / 1.911 km)	98 ft (30m)	`Laterite (LAT)`	❌ Unlighted	⛔ Closed

🛡️ Source: OurAirports Open Aviation Database, snapshot 2026-09-01 · Provenance →