# Cotonou Cadjehoun International Airport (COO / DBBB) **Cotonou Cadjehoun International Airport** (IATA: COO, ICAO: DBBB) is a large airport in Cotonou, Atlantique Department, Benin. It has one runway, 2,410 m (7,906 ft) long, asphalt. In 2020 it handled 199 thousand passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/dbbb ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: COO / DBBB - Type: Large airport - Serves: Cotonou, Atlantique Department, Benin - Elevation: 6 m / 19 ft - Coordinates: 6.3572, 2.3843 - Runways: 1 - Longest runway: 2,410 m / 7,906 ft - Passengers: 199,453 (2020) - Time zone: UTC+1 · Africa/Porto-Novo - Website: https://www.aeroport-de-cotonou.bj/ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadjehoun_Airport (29 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q856939 - Weather station: DBBB · WMO 65344 - Ident: DBBB ## Timeline - 25 Dec 2003: UTAGE Flight 141. 141 killed. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 06/24 | 2,410 m / 7,906 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 053° / 233° | yes | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2007 | 401,073 | Wikidata | | 2008 | 394,444 | Wikidata | | 2009 | 391,318 | Wikidata | | 2010 | 406,491 | Wikidata | | 2011 | 432,500 | Wikidata | | 2012 | 481,389 | Wikidata | | 2013 | 470,068 | Wikidata | | 2014 | 503,633 | Wikidata | | 2019 | 471,288 | Wikidata | | 2020 | 199,453 | Wikidata | ## Routes 12 destinations in 12 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (12) - [LOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnmm.md) Murtala Muhammed International Airport · Nigeria · 106 km / 66 mi · Air Peace - [LFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dxxx.md) Lomé–Tokoin International Airport · Togo · 127 km / 79 mi · Asky Airlines - [ABJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/diap.md) Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport · Côte d’Ivoire · 709 km / 441 mi · RwandAir, Air Côte d'Ivoire - [DLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fkkd.md) Douala International Airport · Cameroon · 853 km / 530 mi · RwandAir - [LBV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fool.md) Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport · Gabon · 1,019 km / 633 mi · Camair-Co - [BKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gabs.md) Modibo Keita International Airport · Mali · 1,325 km / 823 mi · RwandAir - [CKY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gucy.md) Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport · Guinea · 1,797 km / 1,117 mi · RwandAir - [DSS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gobd.md) Blaise Diagne International Airport · Senegal · 2,317 km / 1,440 mi · RwandAir - [CMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmmn.md) Mohammed V International Airport · Morocco · 3,175 km / 1,973 mi · Royal Air Maroc - [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 4,022 km / 2,499 mi · Ethiopian Airlines - [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 4,743 km / 2,947 mi · Air France - [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 4,957 km / 3,080 mi · Brussels Airlines ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from COO, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Hub airlines (1) - RYL [Royal Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/royal-air) ### Passenger (9) - WB [RwandAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rwandair) · 5 - HF [Air Côte d'Ivoire](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cote-divoire) · 1 - AF [Air France](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-france) · 1 - P4 [Air Peace](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-peace) · 1 - KP [Asky Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/asky-airlines) · 1 - SN [Brussels Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/brussels-airlines) · 1 - QC [Camair-Co](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/camair-co) · 1 - ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 1 - AT [Royal Air Maroc](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/royal-air-maroc) · 1 Former hub of [Air Benin](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-benin), [Benin Golf Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/benin-golf-air), [Westair Benin](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westair-benin). ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 199K (2020) | #1,538 of 3,974 | #102 in Africa | | | Longest runway | 2,410 m / 7,906 ft | #2,817 of 29,858 | #341 in Africa | #1 in BJ | | Elevation | 6 m / 19 ft | =41,533 of 43,403 | =3,084 in Africa | #10 in BJ | | Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =1 in BJ | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | A/G | A/G VOICE RDO | 658.600 | | APP | APP | 125.900 | | TWR | TWR | 125.900 | | TWR | | 118.700 | ## Nearby airports - [DBBC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dbbc.md) Bohicon/Cana Airport · 93 km / 58 mi - [LOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnmm.md) Murtala Muhammed International Airport · 106 km / 66 mi - [LFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dxxx.md) Lomé–Tokoin International Airport · 127 km / 79 mi ## Sources - [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government)) - [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain) - [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0) - [Wikipedia: “Cadjehoun Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cadjehoun_Airport&oldid=1371742607), revision of 28 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0) - [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0) - Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/dbbb/data