--- iata: DSS name: Blaise Diagne International Airport city: Dakar country: Senegal lastUpdated: '2026-09-21' officialWebsite: 'https://www.dakaraeroport.com/en/' sources: - 'https://www.dakaraeroport.com/en/' - >- https://www.dakaraeroport.com/en/corporate/airport-news/air-traffic-aibd-2025-review - 'https://www.dakaraeroport.com/en/transport-parking/parking' - 'https://www.dakaraeroport.com/en/transport-parking/drop-off' - 'https://aibd.dakaraeroport.com/en/transport-parking/arrival-by-taxi-bus' - 'https://www.dakaraeroport.com/en/services/airport-lounges' - 'https://www.dakaraeroport.com/en/services/airport-lounges/odysee-lounge' - 'https://dakaraeroport.com/en/services/airport-lounges/topkapi-lounge' - 'https://dakaraeroport.com/en/services/airport-lounges/ultimate-lounge' - >- https://dakaraeroport.com/en/services/airport-lounges/hayoma-general-aviation-lounge - 'https://www.dakaraeroport.com/en/shop-eat-drink/lagardere-duty-free' - 'https://dakaraeroport.com/en/shop-eat-drink/orane-cafe' - 'https://dakaraeroport.com/en/shop-eat-drink/planet-kebab' - 'https://dakaraeroport.com/fr/boutiques-restaurants/coffee-daily' - >- https://dakaraeroport.com/en/corporate/airport-news/inauguration-of-one-minute-and-autonomous-checkouts - 'https://www.anacim.sn/IMG/pdf/bulletin_statistiques_trafic_aerien_2024.pdf' - 'https://flyairsenegal.com/en/contact-2/check-in/' - 'https://flyairsenegal.com/en/discover/diass-airport/' - 'https://aibd.sn/faq-3/' - 'https://ter-senegal.sn/aeroport-aibd/' - 'https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/senegal/entry-requirements' - >- https://travel.state.gov/en/international-travel/travel-advisories/senegal.html - 'https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/traveler/none/Senegal' - 'https://senegal-embassy.uk/list-of-countries-and-categories/' - >- https://transat.mediaroom.com/2026-07-31-Air-Transat-to-Operate-Montreal-Dakar-Route-Year-Round - 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Diagne_International_Airport' quickFacts: - >- Blaise Diagne International Airport (IATA DSS / ICAO GOBD) sits at Diass in Thiès Region, ~43 km east of downtown Dakar; LAS (Limak-AIBD-Summa). Elevation ~88 m / 290 ft. Opened 7 Dec 2017 and replaced Léopold Sédar Senghor (DKR) for scheduled passengers. - >- Operator homepage Our Numbers: 2,942,594 passengers, 47 destinations, 28,588 flights, 54 shops. LAS 2025 review: 2.94 million (+0.46% vs 2024), 1,385,819 arrivals + 1,415,513 departures, 97.7% international / 2.44% domestic, freight 36 million kg. ANACIM 2024 leftover 2,925,964 passengers / 27,715 movements is the prior year. Phase-1 leftover 3 million is capacity, not traffic. - >- Live campus: one Main Terminal (two levels — departures up, arrivals down; ~42,000 m²; six boarding bridges plus remote stands). No T2. No airside walk to another hall. No metro. TER Diamniadio–AIBD is not live. One runway 01/19, 3,500 × 75 m, ILS CAT II. - >- Hub Air Senegal; Transair. Live long-haul this September includes Delta JFK (not daily — Sep 2026 cargo sheet Tue/Thu/Sat), Air Transat YUL (launched Jun 2026, 2× weekly into 18 Oct), Air France CDG, Emirates DXB, Turkish IST, TAP LIS, Brussels BRU, ITA FCO, Iberia MAD. United IAD ended 5 Mar 2026 — not live. Qatar has no DSS–DOH metal (codeshare on Iberia). TAAG Luanda/Praia from 31 Oct 2026 — not live. - >- Lounges: Odysee, Topkapı and Ultimate on the scheduled-passenger side (operator walk-in 35,000 FCFA / €54 at Ultimate). Priority Pass website has no Senegal lounge page — do not treat leftover PP as guaranteed. Hayoma is a prepaid general-aviation VIP terminal (€100), not a gate lounge. - >- Official taxi AIBD–Dakar 13,000 FCFA day / 18,000 FCFA night; motorway toll extra. Dakar Dem Dikk Express 6,000 FCFA from HLM Grand-Yoff, 3,000 FCFA from Diamniadio TER, 24/7. Uber is not live. Bolt is not live. Yango and Heetch are the Dakar apps. Drop-off 5 min free then 2,000 FCFA / 5 min. Parking is level 0 (~700 cars) — LAS does not publish an hourly tariff. bentoTips: - label: Check-in title: Air Senegal wants 4 hours for international long-haul detail: >- The airport is ~43 km from Dakar on a toll motorway — the check-in clock starts after that drive, door screening, and the queue. Do not copy a leftover 60-minute international close onto a JFK or CDG departure. summary: >- Be at the desk 4 hours before an international Air Senegal flight (Europe, USA); desks die 90 minutes out. Regional and domestic: 2 hours, desks die 60 minutes out. category: timing - label: Layout title: One 2017 hall — there is no T2 detail: >- Phase-1 leftover 3 million / leftover 10 million by 2035 are capacity and a future expansion, not a second live terminal. TER to AIBD is still 'en cours de préparation' on ter-senegal.sn. summary: >- Departures are upstairs, arrivals downstairs, six bridges plus remote stairs. DKR/Yoff is not your scheduled-passenger airport. category: terminal - label: Water title: Buy a sealed bottle at Relay or Orane — no published fountains detail: >- No published FCFA bottle tariff — pay at the till. Lounge water is free once you are in Odysee, Topkapı or Ultimate. One Minute also has a landside food point in the public arrivals hall (opened 11 Nov 2023). summary: >- LAS does not list drinking fountains. Duty-free, Relay, Orane Café, Planet Kebab, Coffee Daily and the One Minute bar sit on the Main Terminal departure level. category: food - label: Visa title: 'UK, EU and US ordinary passports are visa-free for 90 days' detail: >- There is no live government eVisa to buy before a visa-free trip. Category B nationalities can still use visa on arrival at DSS only (Embassy of Senegal London). Do not fly into leftover DKR. summary: >- Show return or onward travel and arranged accommodation. Passport valid 6 months after arrival (FCDO). Yellow fever only if you arrive from, or transit, a listed risk country. category: status lounges: - name: Ultimate Lounge zone: International hours: >- Operator does not publish hours; walk-in listed without eligibility conditions access: - >- Walk-in 35,000 FCFA / €54 (operator); children 4–12 25,000 FCFA / €38; children 2–4 10,000 FCFA / €16 - Business class or first class (operator) - >- Priority Pass leftover-unverified — live PP website has no Senegal lounge page - LoungeKey leftover-unverified (operator list) - Diners Club leftover-unverified (operator list) - American Express leftover-unverified (operator list) - Ecobank Senegal Gold/Platinum and Orange Aïcha Gold/Platinum (operator) bestFor: - A paid walk-up when the PP app is empty - A drink before an evening European bank summary: >- The only scheduled-passenger room LAS prices in public: 35,000 FCFA walk-in. Operator lists Priority Pass — the live PP site 404s /lounges/senegal, and a Sep 2025 traveler note said DSS had dropped off the app. Check the app the day you fly; pay at the door if it is gone. verdict: depends terminal: Main Terminal amenities: - 'Wines, beers and spirits' - 'All-you-can-eat refreshments, appetizers and mini-buffets' - Free Wi-Fi - USB charging - Flight display screens - Smoking lounge (operator) - name: Odysee Lounge zone: International hours: Operator does not publish hours access: - AIBD VIP lounge (operator) — access rules unpublished on the Odysee page - Do not merge leftover SEO Gate 1 / €30 / PP hours as LAS-confirmed bestFor: - >- The room travelers still call Salon Odyssée if it is the one that is open summary: >- LAS calls this the AIBD VIP lounge with a runway view. A 2019 Commons photo still labels it Salon Odyssée. Hours, showers and a live Priority Pass listing are unpublished — leftover SEO (Gate 1; Mon/Wed/Sat 18:00–23:00) is leftover-unverified. Reddit Dec 2024: often only one DSS lounge is open. verdict: depends terminal: Main Terminal amenities: - Runway view (operator) - Spacious seating (operator) - name: Topkapı Lounge zone: International hours: Operator does not publish hours access: - Operator page does not list a walk-in tariff or Priority Pass - Do not merge leftover SEO Gate 6 / currently closed as LAS-confirmed bestFor: - A quieter hold if Ultimate is full and this room is actually staffed summary: >- The large 1,000 m² room with the runway view. LAS still publishes the page. Leftover SEO 'currently closed' is leftover-unverified — do not print it as a fact, and do not stake a connection on it being open. verdict: depends terminal: Main Terminal amenities: - 'About 1,000 m² (operator)' - Runway view and natural light (operator) - 'Wood, metal and leather interior (operator)' - name: Hayoma General Aviation Lounge zone: General aviation hours: Reservations; 24-hour office +221 77 146 13 80 access: - >- Prepaid €100 excl. tax per person arrival and €100 excl. tax per person departure (operator) - Not a scheduled-passenger gate lounge and not Priority Pass bestFor: - 'A pre-booked GA/fast-track product, not a last-minute PP stop' summary: >- A separate 400 m² VIP terminal (LAS + Hayoma), not the airside hold. €100 each way, book ahead (resa.havoma@gmail.com). Do not walk here from a boarding gate hoping to use Priority Pass. verdict: skip terminal: Hayoma VIP Terminal amenities: - 400 m² - 'Police, gendarmerie and customs inside' - Direct tarmac access - Free parking (operator) waterOptions: - kind: purchase name: >- Departure-level shops (Relay / Orane / Planet Kebab / Coffee Daily / One Minute) zone: airside price: No published LAS bottle tariff — pay at the till summary: >- Reliable sealed water after screening. LAS does not list public refill fountains. Cheaper than treating a 35,000 FCFA lounge walk-in as a water stop. location: >- Lagardère / Aelia duty-free, Relay (~100 m²), Orane Café, Planet Kebab (140 m²) and Coffee Daily on the Main Terminal departure level; One Minute bar with the duty-free checkouts terminal: Main Terminal isBestValue: true - kind: purchase name: One Minute arrivals food point zone: landside price: No published LAS bottle tariff — pay at the till summary: >- Only useful before you enter departures or after you land. Do not plan an airside refill from this address. location: >- Public arrivals hall food point inaugurated with the Lagardère express checkouts on 11 Nov 2023 — landside, not a gate refill terminal: Main Terminal - kind: free name: Lounge water zone: airside price: Included with lounge access summary: >- Complimentary once you are in a live room. Ultimate is the only room with a public walk-in price. No published showers on the LAS lounge pages. location: 'Odysee, Topkapı or Ultimate on the scheduled-passenger airside; not Hayoma' terminal: Main Terminal isBestQuality: true airportistScore: 6.8 slug: dss region: Africa --- > Markdown for [/airports/dss](/airports/dss). Append `.md` to any page URL (or send `Accept: text/markdown`) for an agent-readable copy. - [HTML page](/airports/dss) - [Lounge directory](/airports/dss/lounges.md) - [Sitemap](/sitemap.md) # Blaise Diagne International Airport (DSS) Dakar, Senegal · Africa A clean 2017 one-hall West African international: six bridges, a public 35,000 FCFA walk-in lounge, and almost all traffic international — undone by a 43 km toll road, a TER station that is still not in service, and a Priority Pass listing the live website does not actually have. ## Airportist Score **6.8 / 10** Weighted sum of the six published categories (no holistic fudge). - Ease of use (25%): 7.2 — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout. - Comfort & amenities (20%): 7.2 — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet. - Food & retail (15%): 6.6 — Food and retail quality and variety. - Ground access (15%): 6.0 — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city. - Reliability (15%): 6.4 — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience. - Lounges (10%): 6.6 — Worth-it density and access quality. ## At a glance - Passengers: 2,942,594 (2025) - Terminals: 1 - Typical security: 25 min - On-time: 0% - Disruption: normal ## Best for - A simple one-hall international with no T2 hunt - UK, EU and US ordinary passports (visa-free 90 days) - Air Senegal long-haul when you budget the 43 km drive - A paid Ultimate walk-in when the PP app is empty ## Watch out for - No metro and no live TER — taxi, Dem Dikk, Yango or Heetch only - Uber and Bolt are not live in Senegal - Priority Pass website has no Senegal lounge page — check the app - Air Senegal intercontinental desks close 90 minutes out; be there 4 hours early ## More intel - [Lounge directory](/airports/dss/lounges.md) (free) - [Getting there](/airports/dss/getting-there.md) (free) - [Amenities](/airports/dss/amenities.md) (free) - [Traveler tips](/airports/dss/tips.md) (free) - [Water](/airports/dss/water.md) (free) - [Full guide](/airports/dss/guide.md) (free) - [Disruptions](/airports/dss/disruptions.md) (free) - [Reviews](/airports/dss/reviews.md) (free)