Nouakchott International Airport (French: Aéroport de Nouakchott) (IATA: NKC, ICAO: GQNN) is an international airport located in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania. Until late 2010, it served as hub of Mauritania Airways. Mauritania Airlines International has been based there since early 2011. Nouakchott (Arabic: نواكشوط‎ Nuwākshūṭ or انواكشوط, thought to derive from Berber Nawākšūṭ, “place of the winds” is the capital and by far the largest city of Mauritania. It is one of the largest cities in the Sahara. The city is the administrative and economic centre of Mauritania.

Nouakchott Airport airlines and destinations are Air Algérie – Algiers, Air France – Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Iberia – Gran Canaria, Madrid, Mauritania Airlines International – Abidjan, Bamako, Brazzaville, Casablanca, Conakry, Cotonou, Dakar, Gran Canaria, Nouadhibou, Zouérat, Royal Air Maroc – Casablanca, Sénégal Airlines – Dakar, Tunisair – Tunis, and Turkish Airlines – Istanbul-Atatürk.

Mauritania’s Nouakchott International Airport receives ailines from many world destinations and it is the country’s premier airport. Some of world airlines including British Airways, Emirates Airlines, Lufthansa Airlines and other domestic Mauritanian airlines flies in and out of Nouakchott Airport.