'Kotoka International Airport' in
Accra,
Ghana is the country's most important international air facility and has the capacity for large aircraft such as the
Boeing 747-400. The airport is operated by the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority. The airport is the main hub for
Ghana International Airlines which replaced
Ghana Airways in 2004. It also houses a sizeable facility for the Ghana Air Force.
In
1967 the airport was named after
Col. Emmanuel Kotoka, who was shot near the airport during the "
Guitar-Boy" attempted coup.
The new departure and arrival terminals at KIA opened in 2004 but the planned covered gangways were not completed. Instead, shuttle buses are provided to move passengers from the gates to the aircraft.
In 2004, the airport served 806,365 passengers.
Airlines and destinations
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Aero Contractors (Nigeria) (Lagos)
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Afriqiyah Airways (Tripoli, Abidjan, Lome, Lagos)
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Air Ivoire (Abidjan, Lome, Cotonou)
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Alitalia (Lagos, Milan-Malpensa)
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Antrak Air (Cotonou, Kumasi, Tamale, Ougadougou, Sunyani)
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Bellview Airlines (Lagos, Abidjan, Monrovia, Freetown, Dakar, Banjul, Conakry)
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British Airways (London-Heathrow)
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Delta Air Lines (New York-JFK)
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EgyptAir (Cairo)
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Emirates (Dubai, Abidjan)
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Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa, Lagos, Lome)
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Ghana International Airlines (Johannesburg, London-Gatwick, Lagos)
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Kenya Airways (Nairobi, Freetown, Monrovia)
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KLM (Amsterdam)
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Lufthansa (Lagos, Frankfurt)
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Middle East Airlines (Beirut, Abidjan, Kano, Lagos)
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North American Airlines (Baltimore/Washington, New York-JFK)
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Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca, Abidjan)
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Slok Air International (Monrovia, Freetown, Banjul, Dakar, Libreville)
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South African Airways (Johannesburg, Abidjan)
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Virgin Nigeria (Lagos)
And, on the
cargo airline side, the following can be seen:
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Aerogem Cargo
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Cargolux
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DAS Air Cargo
External links
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Official site
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