Airport Guide for Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport

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  February 09, 2012  

Dakar-Yoff / Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport an international air facility in Dakar, Senegal.

The unusually long-named and most important airport in Senegal, can handle aircraft up to the size of the Boeing 747 jets. It used to be one of the five main hubs of the now defunct multi-national airline, Air Afrique. The airport was renamed (from Dakar-Yoff) to Léopold Sédar Senghor, a well-known poet who served as president of Senegal from 1960 to 1980, and died in 2001.

Delta Air Lines started service on December 4, 2006 between Atlanta USA and Johannesburg, South Africa. with an intermediate stop in Dakar, making it the only major U.S. airline to serve the African continent.

Car rental: Car rental agencies represented at the airport include Hertz, National, Avis and Senegal Auto.

Facilities: Facilities at the airport include a bureau de change, restaurants, duty-free shopping and a tourist help desk.

Parking: Short- and long-term parking is available.