Time zone: GMT
Location: a country in Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania.
Capital: Dakar
Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (currency code XOF)
Languages: French, Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka. Business language: French.
Airport authority contact information: Société Nationale des Transports Aériens du Sénégal, Dakar. Telephone: +221 (0)8 200 913
Airports: In 2005 the Senegal had 20 airports, 9 of which have paved runways, the most significant of which are:
Bakel Airport
Cap Skirring Airport
Dakar Airport
Kaolack Airport
Kolda Airport
Matam Airport
Niokolo Koba Airport
Podor Airport
Richard Toll Airport
Simenti Airport
St Louis Airport
Ziguinchor Airport