Kotoka International Airport

Kotoka International Airport Accra Air Force Station
IATA: ACC – ICAO: DGAA ACC Location of Airport in Ghana
Summary
Airport type		Military/Public
Operator		Ghana Airports Company Ltd
Serves		Accra, Ghana
Elevation AMSL		205 ft / 62 m
Coordinates		05°36′16.8″N 00°10′02.6″W / 5.604667°N 0.167389°W / 5.604667; -0.167389
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 premier international airport and has the capacity for large aircraft such as the Boeing 747-800. 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 at Kumasi, Tamale, Sunyani as well as airstrips.

Kotoka International Airport serves as the aviation hub of the West African sub-region. In 2010, the airport saw 1.64 million passengers. It presently serves as a base for domestic operators CTK - CiTylinK , Starbow Airlines and Antrak Air.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aero Contractors	Lagos
Air Burkina	Abidjan, Ouagadougou
Air Ivoire	Abidjan
Air Mali	Bamako
Air Namibia	Johannesburg, Windhoek
Air Nigeria	Banjul, Dakar, Lagos, Monrovia
Alitalia	Rome-Fiumicino
Antrak Air	Kumasi, Sunyani, Takoradi, Tamale
Arik Air	Abuja, Lagos, Monrovia
ASKY Airlines	Abidjan, Bamako, Freetown, Lome, Monrovia
British Airways	London-Heathrow
Brussels Airlines	Brussels
Ceiba Intercontinental	Lome, Malabo
CTK - CiTylinK	Kumasi, Sunyani, Tamale, Takoradi
Delta Air Lines	Abuja [begins 1 December][1], Atlanta, Monrovia, New York-JFK
EgyptAir	Cairo
Emirates	Abidjan, Dubai
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa
Kenya Airways	Freetown, Monrovia, Nairobi
KLM	Amsterdam
Lufthansa	Frankfurt
Middle East Airlines	Beirut
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca
Starbow Airlines	Kumasi, Tamale, Takoradi
South African Airways	Johannesburg
TAP Portugal	Lisbon
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul-Atatürk
United Airlines	Washington-Dulles
Virgin Atlantic Airways	London-Heathrow

Cargo airlines

Airlines	Destinations
Aerogem Cargo
Africa West Airlines	Liège
Avient Aviation	Sharjah
Cargolux	Luxembourg, Manston
Ethiopian Cargo	Addis Ababa

Accidents without fatalities

• On 5 October 2010, a Turkish Airlines plane clipped the wing of a Lufthansa jet on the tarmac at Kotoka International Airport. A winglet on the Lufthansa jet was damaged and had to be replaced.

References

1. ^ http://www.ghananewsagency.org/details/Economics/Delta-Airline-begins-Accra-to-Abuja-operation-December-1st/?ci=3&ai=35683

External links

	Ghana portal
	Aviation portal

• Official website
• Ghana Civil Aviation Authority
• Airport information for DGAA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.