Yamoussoukro International Airport — Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire

ASK is the code for Yamoussoukro International Airport, serving Yamoussoukro, the official political capital of Côte d'Ivoire, even though Abidjan remains the country's largest city and main commercial center. The airport sits 699 feet above sea level and works with a single runway. Yamoussoukro is home to the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, widely recognized as one of the largest church buildings in the world, completed in the late 1980s under President Félix Houphouët-Boigny, who was born in the area. Despite the city's ceremonial status as capital, most government ministries and foreign embassies still operate out of Abidjan, and air traffic through ASK reflects that split, with passenger numbers far lower than at Abidjan's international airport. Flights connecting to ASK are mostly domestic, linking Yamoussoukro to Abidjan and a handful of other Ivorian cities. The single runway proves more than sufficient for this modest schedule, and its facilities stay relatively quiet compared with the country's busier commercial gateway on the coast.