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Airport Accra (Ghana) - Kotoka International

Kotoka International Airport
Accra Air Force Station
Kotoka International Airport
Kotoka International Airport
IATA: ACC ICAO: DGAA
Summary
Airport type Military/Public
Operator Ghana Airports Company Limited
Serves Accra, Ghana
Elevation AMSL 205 ft / 62 m
Coordinates 05°3618N 00°1000W / 5.605°N 0.1666667°W / 5.605; -0.1666667
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03/21 11,165 3,403 Asphalt

Kotoka International Airport (IATA: ACCICAO: 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 Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) which was established as a result of the decoupling of the existing Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) in line with the modern trends in the aviation industry.

The airport company was registered in January 2006 and commenced trading on 1 January 2007 tasked with the responsibility for planning, developing, managing and maintaining all airports and aerodromes in Ghana namely Kotoka International Airport (KIA) and the regional airports namely Kumasi, Tamale, Sunyani as well as airstrips.

KIA (Kotoka International Airport) serves as a hub of the West African sub-region and has air transport facilities and services for increased stakeholder value. In 2006, the airport served 1,083,431 passengers and this figure is set to rise with on-going modernization of airport facilities and operations. It presently serves as a hub for Antrak Air.

As part of the airport's corporate objectives, KIA works with the local communities, industry players and policy makers to ensure cleaner skies and to reduce any negative impacts of aviation on the environment. In 2007, The management also set clear targets to use technology to transform the operations of the airport into paperless organization and with the support of Hourglass Consulting, KIA - as part of the four Airports operated by GACL - can boast of being one of the first in Africa to adopt Cloud Computing.

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 African countries.

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Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Aero Contractors Lagos
Afriqiyah Airways Tripoli
Air Burkina Abidjan, Ouagadougou
Air Ivoire Abidjan
Air Namibia Johannesburg, Windhoek
Alitalia Rome-Fiumicino
Antrak Air Cotonou, Kumasi, Ouagadougou, Tamale
Arik Air Abuja, Banjul, Dakar, Lagos
Bellview Airlines Abidjan, Lagos, Monrovia
British Airways London-Heathrow
Brussels Airlines Brussels [begins 5 July]
CTK - CiTylinK Kumasi, Sunyani
Delta Air Lines Atlanta [begins 2 June][1], New York-JFK
EgyptAir Cairo
Emirates Abidjan, Dubai
Ethiopian Airlines Abidjan, Addis Ababa, Conakry
Ethiopian operated by ASKY Airlines Banjul, Lomé
Ghana International Airlines Düsseldorf, London-Gatwick
Kenya Airways Freetown, Monrovia, Nairobi
KLM Amsterdam
Lufthansa Frankfurt
Middle East Airlines Beirut
Nigerian Eagle Airlines Dakar, Lagos, Monrovia
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca
South African Airways Johannesburg
Turkish Airlines Istanbul [begins 29 April]
United Airlines Washington-Dulles [begins 21 June][2]
Virgin Atlantic Airways London-Heathrow [begins 24 May][3]
Cargo airlines

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