Airport Accra (Ghana) - Kotoka International

Kotoka International Airport Accra Air Force Station
IATA: ACC ICAO: DGAA
Summary
Airport type		Military/Public
Operator		Ghana Civil Aviation Authority
Serves		Accra, Ghana
Elevation AMSL		205 ft / 62 m
Coordinates		05°3618N 00°1000W / 5.605, -0.166667
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
03/21	11,165	3,403	Asphalt

Kotoka International Airport (IATA: ACC, ICAO: DGAA) in Accra, Ghana is the country's most important international air facility and has the capacity for large aircraft such as the Airbus A380. 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.

In February 2008, KIA served as the hub for deployed U.S. military personnel from the 621st Contingency Response Wing, McGuire AFB, New Jersey, among other contingents, during President Bush's tour to several African countries.

Airlines and destinations

• Aero Contractors (Nigeria) (Abidjan, Lagos, Monrovia)
• Afriqiyah Airways (Tripoli, Abidjan, Lome, Lagos)
• Air Burkina (Ouagadougou)
• Air Ivoire (Abidjan, Lome, Cotonou)
• Alitalia (Lagos, Rome)
• Antrak Air (Kumasi, Tamale, Ougadougou)
• Arik Air (Lagos)
• Bellview Airlines (Lagos, Abidjan, Monrovia)
• British Airways (London-Heathrow)
• CTK - CiTylinK (Kumasi, Tamale, Sunyani, Takoradi)
• Delta Air Lines (New York-JFK)
• EgyptAir (Cairo)
• Emirates (Dubai, Abidjan)
• Ethiopian Airlines (Abidjan, Addis Ababa, Lagos, Lome)
• Ghana International Airlines (London-Gatwick)
• Kenya Airways (Nairobi, Freetown, Monrovia)
• KLM (Amsterdam)
• Lufthansa (Frankfurt, Lagos)
• Middle East Airlines (Beirut, Abidjan, Kano, Lagos)
• Royal Air Maroc (Abidjan, Lome, Casablanca)
• Slok Air Gambia (Monrovia, Freetown, Conakry, Abidjan, Banjul, Dakar)
• South African Airways (Johannesburg)
• United Nations (Monrovia, Freetown)
• Virgin Nigeria (Lagos, Dakar)

Cargo airlines

• Aerogem Cargo
• Cargolux
• DAS Air Cargo
• Gemini Air Cargo

External links

• Official site
• Airport information for DGAA at World Aero Data

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