Dakar airport fees: what is inside your ticket
At Dakar's Blaise Diagne International Airport you do not pay airport fees in cash. They are built into your air ticket. The current official ASECNA tariff lists a US$12 security fee on arrival and departure, a passenger charge, a sûreté charge, a civil-aviation charge and an airport infrastructure development charge. ASECNA's eAIP index effective 1 October 2026 continues to publish the Senegal tariff.
Every charge at this airport
| Charge | Amount | Who pays | How it is paid | Set by | Collected by / goes to | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security fee (redevance de sécurité) Listed in the official ASECNA Senegal tariff. ASECNA's current eAIP index, effective 1 October 2026, continues to publish that tariff. 1,2,7,8,9 | US$12 each way | Passengers on international commercial flights, arriving and departing | Inside the ticket. Airlines pay it over monthly. | Decree No. 2011-652 of 26 May 2011 | Airlines, for the passenger identity control system. The tariff names the Ministry of Finance as beneficiary | In force |
| Airport infrastructure development charge (RDIA) Listed in the official ASECNA Senegal tariff, which remains in the eAIP index effective 1 October 2026. 4,7,8,9 | €54 international · €2 domestic | Departing passengers | Inside the ticket | Government of Senegal, to pay for building AIBD | Airlines, for the AIBD project | In force |
| Passenger charge Listed for Dakar/Diass in the official ASECNA Senegal tariff, which remains in the eAIP index effective 1 October 2026. 7,9 | 15,000 CFA international · 2,500 CFA domestic | Departing passengers at AIBD | Inside the ticket | Senegalese authorities, published in the ASECNA aeronautical publication | Airport manager | In force |
| Airport security charge (sûreté) Listed for Dakar/Diass in the official ASECNA Senegal tariff, which remains in the eAIP index effective 1 October 2026. 5,7,9 | 10,000 CFA international · 2,500 CFA domestic | Departing passengers | Inside the ticket | Senegalese authorities, published in the ASECNA aeronautical publication | Airport manager and the civil aviation agency ANACIM | In force |
| ANACIM charge Listed for Dakar/Diass in the official ASECNA Senegal tariff, which remains in the eAIP index effective 1 October 2026. 7,8,9 | 3,000 CFA international | Departing passengers | Inside the ticket | Senegalese authorities, published in the ASECNA aeronautical publication | ANACIM, the civil aviation agency (260 CFA to ACSAC) | In force |
Evidence summary: 7 linked sources, 5 charges confirmed in force, 0 unconfirmed. Suspended and proposed charges are not treated as payable now.
How to pay
- Nothing to pay at the airport. The fees are part of your ticket price.
- Your ticket receipt lists each charge by code.
Where the money goes
The security fee was created to give the state the means to install and run a biometric identity control system for passengers entering and leaving Senegal. It was collected by airlines inside the ticket from July 2011.
What this page does not cover
This page does not cover visa fees, and it is not legal advice.
Common questions
Do I pay a fee in cash at Dakar airport?
No. The airport fees are built into the ticket.
Sources
- Dakaractu: the decree, the fee and where the billions go
- Osiris: Decree No. 2011-652 of 26 May 2011
- Seneweb: Border security, the secret battle for a strategic contract (October 2025)
- ICAO case study: Senegal airport charges (2013, no longer online)
- Dakaractu: Dakar airport charges analysis (2015)
- Osiris: IGF report on the systems contract (2015) (no longer online)
- ASECNA eAIP Senegal, GEN 4.3 airport charges (page dated 25 January 2024)
- Senegal Insights: EGCAT 2026, the cost of flying to Senegal (24 May 2026)
- ASECNA eAIP index effective 1 October 2026, listing Senegal GEN 4.3
Change log
- : Page published. Passenger and security charges added from the ASECNA aeronautical publication for Senegal.
- : Rechecked the ASECNA figures and added the ANACIM charge.
- : Confirmed all five passenger charges as in force. ASECNA's current eAIP index effective 1 October 2026 continues to publish the official Senegal tariff.