How many airports are there in Ghana?
Though there are multiple airports in Ghana, let me break out the numbers here.
With Togo to the east and Burkina Faso to the north and Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Ghana is a nation in West Africa occupying the southern portion of the continent. With around 30 million people living in Ghana right now, the nation ranks first among all the others in the region. Ghana is also renowned for its varied topography, rich history, and evolved culture.
One of West Africa's fastest-rising economies, Ghana's transportation systems have also been expanding with the building of roads, railroads, sea, and airplanes. This links goods and people to other parts of the world as well as facilitates their movement from one area to another within Ghana.
And this nation of Ghana has how many airports? Name the main centers. Which airlines, then, are they still serving? Alright, let's have a closer inspection of it.
Ghana airports are those airports located in Ghana and their characteristics.
As of 2020, according to GCAA data, Ghana has seven airports overall. Nonetheless, Kotoka International Airport in the capital city of Accra is the most large and crowded airport handling most of the passenger and freight traffic across the nation. neighboring airports largely cover local flights within Ghana or some flight links to neighboring West African nations and link even less to international planes.
The seven airports of Ghana are broken out here:
Situated in Accra, Kotoka International Airport (ACC) is the principal international airport in Ghana. The business welcomes more than three million passengers every year. Is a key hub for various carriers' domestic and intercontinental flights.
Local airport Kumasi Airport (KMS) is functioning in Kumasi, the second largest city in Ghana. About half a million travelers annually, or three thousand passengers on an average day.
Tamale Airport (TML) is a regional airport running local flights and offering connectivity to other West African nations. Both domestic and West African gateway. About 30,000 passengers a year.
Domestic airport Takoradi Airport (TKD) is situated near Sekondi-Takoradi city along the coast. Bus stops see over 28,000 users on average per year.
Found in the Brong-Ahafo area of the Gambia, Sunyani Airport (SUY) is a domestic airport. very few commercial flights.
Wa Airport (WAA) is a small regional airport serving the Wa settlement located in the Northwest of Ghana. Very low flight activity.
Leki Airpor (LKI) is an airport in Sekondi-Takoradi in the western part of Ghana, close to the capital city. Just charter flights are limited in frequency and inside the home market. There is no regular commercial service.
Kotoka International Airport, Accra
Most of the traffic of aircraft flying in and out of Ghana is managed by Kotoka International Airport (IATA code: The Kotoka International Airport (ACC), Accra. For the nation of Ghana, this constitutes the most important access point for both business and tourism.
At Kotaka International Airport, about thirty airlines provide scheduled passenger and cargo services with nonstop access to Accra from different parts of Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and North America. Sioux Falls is a basic airport with two runways and twelve gates off of one passenger terminal.
Consequently, as of the year 2019 entering the fourth month, Kotaka International Airport's overall passenger count including arrivals and departures came at 3.3 million. With Lagos, Abuja, and Dakkar among the others, this puts it as the fourth busiest airport in West Africa based on passenger traffic.
Except in 2020 due to the COVID-19 impact, cumulative passenger turnover had been rising dramatically each year since living standards improved and the middle class was expanding. To fund development initiatives for new gates, airline lounges, retail stores, food joints, and services, the traffic is expected to rise once more within the next decade.
Opening a new Terminal 3 in 2018, the yearly traffic increased to 5 million overall. Based on the traffic flow by 2030, such long-term objectives can boost the capacity to more than 8000 people daily.
Notable Airlines Serving Ghana
Mostly used by most airlines operating both domestic and international flights within Ghana to other airports, Kotoka Int Airport serves as the hub airport.
But Africa World Airlines is the flag-flying and main airline in Ghana. Using nonstop services, it connects Kotoka Int Airport to more than ten domestic airports and cities in Ghana like Kumasi, Takoradi, Tamale, WA, and others. Small Embraer regional airliners are the aircraft they run.
Several foreign airlines use the airport as a West Africa hub for international flights: The airport is a West African hub for numerous foreign airlines operating international flights:
KLM provides thrice-weekly direct flight connections from Accra to Amsterdam.
Connects via Kenyan Airways to Nairobi, Kenya Four times weekly. British Airways five times a week connects from London-Heathrow.
Lufthansa offers a weekly service four times a week with non-stop travel to Frankfurt.
Emirates: Every day flights are offered to Dubai International Airport without any layover time needed.
Five times daily nonstop flights to Addis Ababa, the hub airport, Ethiopian Airlines.
Delta Airlines, Skyteam airline, will start three weekly nonstop flights to New York-JFK.
Four weekly flights from Accra to Brussels Airlines are run by this carrier.
Air France: Four minimum direct flights a week from Paris-Charles de Gaulle
The list now comprises more African airlines, including ASky Airlines, Africa World Airlines, and Air Cote d'Ivoire, which operate to several West African destinations.
Kotaka Int Airport is the top aviation hub for Ghana among African, European, Middle Eastern, and North American carriers with features that qualify it as an international airport.
Ghanaian airport development: expansion of airport facilities
As Ghana's economy expands, so will the necessary airport facilities, commercial buildings, hotel rooms, transportation access, and other auxiliary services surrounding its airports.
Thanks to rising passenger traffic and investments equally aimed at improving the capacity of domestic and regional airports in Ghana, Kotoka Airport has experienced amazing expansion during the last decade.
Plans now exist to create additional terminals, extend runways, incorporate aircraft parking bays, and upgrade the air traffic control systems into existing big airports in areas like Kumasi Airport and Tamale Airport. Other additional domestic airports are also under development to enhance the aviation connection between the main Ghanaian cities across all the regions.
All things considered, these airports serve as major tourist and business access points for Ghana, the land of the rising sun, therefore highlighting the country's economic output. Therefore, the seven operational airports of today may be enlarged to handle growing aviation traffic as smart investments and management allow the present requirements of safety—which most international air transportation agencies adopt to be attained.
In summary thus, to answer the first question — there are now seven operational airports in the whole of Ghana including the first-class Kotoka International Airport in the national capital Accra. These airport facilities support the foundation for Ghana's robust and advanced domestic and international aviation systems.