# Kotoka International Airport (ACC / DGAA)

**Kotoka International Airport** (IATA: ACC, ICAO: DGAA) is a large airport in Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana. It has one runway, 3,403 m (11,165 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 2.8 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/dgaa

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ACC / DGAA
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana
- Elevation: 63 m / 205 ft
- Coordinates: 5.6052, -0.1668
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,403 m / 11,165 ft
- Passengers: 2,805,347 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+0 · Africa/Accra
- Website: http://www.ghanaairports.com.gh/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accra_International_Airport (35 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177689
- Weather station: DGAA · WMO 65472
- Ident: DGAA

## Timeline

- 2 Jun 2012: Allied Air Flight 111. No deaths.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 3,403 m / 11,165 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 022° / 202° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 1,204,786 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 1,387,741 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 1,930,436 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 2,424,153 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 2,547,527 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 2,350,118 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 2,381,887 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 2,504,804 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 3,019,000 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,157,410 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 2,109,627 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 2,805,347 | Wikidata |

## Routes

37 destinations in 27 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (36)

- [LFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dxxx.md) Lomé–Tokoin International Airport · Togo · 169 km / 105 mi · Asky Airlines
- [TKD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dgtk.md) Takoradi Airport · Ghana · 195 km / 121 mi · Africa World Airlines, Passion Air
- [KMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dgsi.md) Prempeh I International Airport · Ghana · 200 km / 124 mi · Africa World Airlines, Passion Air
- [NYI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dgsn.md) Sunyani Airport · Ghana · 309 km / 192 mi · Passion Air
- [LOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnmm.md) Murtala Muhammed International Airport · Nigeria · 401 km / 249 mi · United Nigeria Airlines, Air Peace, Africa World Airlines, Ibom Air
- [ABJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/diap.md) Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport · Côte d’Ivoire · 418 km / 260 mi · Emirates, South African Airways, Air Côte d'Ivoire
- [TML](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dgle.md) Yakubu Tali International Airport · Ghana · 446 km / 277 mi · Africa World Airlines, Passion Air
- [WZA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dglw.md) Wa Airport · Ghana · 561 km / 349 mi · Passion Air
- [OUA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dffd.md) Ouagadougou Thomas Sankara International Airport · Burkina Faso · 765 km / 475 mi · Air Burkina, Africa World Airlines
- [ABV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnaa.md) Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport · Nigeria · 902 km / 560 mi · United Nigeria Airlines, Africa World Airlines, Ibom Air
- [QUO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnai.md) Akwa Ibom International Airport · Nigeria · 918 km / 570 mi · Ibom Air
- [TMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fpst.md) São Tomé International Airport · São Tomé & Príncipe · 960 km / 597 mi · TAP Air Portugal
- [ROB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/glrb.md) Roberts International Airport · Liberia · 1,130 km / 702 mi · Asky Airlines, Air Peace, Kenya Airways
- [FNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gfll.md) Lungi International Airport · Sierra Leone · 1,476 km / 917 mi · Asky Airlines, Air Peace, Kenya Airways
- [CKY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gucy.md) Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport · Guinea · 1,546 km / 961 mi · Africa World Airlines
- [BJL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gbyd.md) Banjul International Airport · Gambia · 2,001 km / 1,243 mi · Asky Airlines
- [CMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmmn.md) Mohammed V International Airport · Morocco · 3,181 km / 1,977 mi · Royal Air Maroc
- [KGL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hryr.md) Kigali International Airport · Rwanda · 3,469 km / 2,156 mi · RwandAir
- [LIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppt.md) Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · Portugal · 3,798 km / 2,360 mi · TAP Air Portugal
- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 4,191 km / 2,604 mi · Kenya Airways
- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 4,209 km / 2,615 mi · ITA Airways
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 4,282 km / 2,661 mi · EgyptAir
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 4,312 km / 2,679 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [DAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htda.md) Julius Nyerere International Airport · Tanzania · 4,584 km / 2,848 mi · Air Tanzania
- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 4,674 km / 2,904 mi · South African Airways
- [BEY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/olba.md) Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport · Lebanon · 4,829 km / 3,001 mi · Middle East Airlines - Air Liban
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 4,893 km / 3,040 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 5,055 km / 3,141 mi · Brussels Airlines
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 5,064 km / 3,147 mi · British Airways
- [LHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egll.md) London Heathrow Airport · United Kingdom · 5,100 km / 3,169 mi · British Airways
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 5,213 km / 3,239 mi · KLM
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 5,919 km / 3,678 mi · Qatar Airways
- [AUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omaa.md) Zayed International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 6,202 km / 3,854 mi · Etihad Airways
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 6,290 km / 3,908 mi · Emirates
- [JFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjfk.md) John F. Kennedy International Airport · United States · 8,222 km / 5,109 mi · Delta Air Lines
- [IAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiad.md) Washington Dulles International Airport · United States · 8,518 km / 5,293 mi · United Airlines

### Seasonal (1)

- [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 9,132 km / 5,674 mi · Delta Air Lines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ACC, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (3)

- AW [Africa World Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/africa-world-airlines) · 7
- OP [Passion Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/passion-air) · 5
- [Gianair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gianair)

### Passenger (25)

- KP [Asky Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/asky-airlines) · 4
- P4 [Air Peace](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-peace) · 3
- [Ibom Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ibom-air) · 3
- KQ [Kenya Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kenya-airways) · 3
- BA [British Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/british-airways) · 2
- DL [Delta Air Lines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-air-lines) · 2
- EK [Emirates](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emirates) · 2
- SA [South African Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/south-african-airways) · 2
- TP [TAP Air Portugal](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tap-air-portugal) · 2
- [United Nigeria Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-nigeria-airlines) · 2
- 2J [Air Burkina](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-burkina) · 1
- HF [Air Côte d'Ivoire](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cote-divoire) · 1
- TC [Air Tanzania](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-tanzania) · 1
- SN [Brussels Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/brussels-airlines) · 1
- MS [EgyptAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair) · 1
- ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 1
- EY [Etihad Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/etihad-airways) · 1
- AZ [ITA Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ita-airways) · 1
- KL [KLM](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/klm) · 1
- ME [Middle East Airlines - Air Liban](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/middle-east-airlines-air-liban) · 1
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 1
- AT [Royal Air Maroc](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/royal-air-maroc) · 1
- WB [RwandAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rwandair) · 1
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1
- UA [United Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-airlines) · 1

Former hub of [Antrak Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/antrak-air), [CTK – CiTylinK](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ctk-citylink), [Eagle Atlantic Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eagle-atlantic-airlines), [Ghana Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ghana-airways).

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2.8M (2022) | #488 of 3,974 | #21 in Africa | #1 in GH |
| Longest runway | 3,403 m / 11,165 ft | #581 of 29,858 | #84 in Africa | #1 in GH |
| Elevation | 63 m / 205 ft | =33,787 of 43,403 | #2,767 in Africa | #9 in GH |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =1 in GH |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | ACCRA APP | 119.500 |
| GND | ACCRA GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | ACCRA TWR | 119.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [GH-0001](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gh-0001.md) Kpong Airfield · 62 km / 38 mi
- [GH-0002](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gh-0002.md) Ajena Airstrip · 85 km / 53 mi
- [DGAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dgah.md) Ho Airport · 133 km / 83 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: “Accra International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Accra_International_Airport&oldid=1374202503), revision of 10 Sep 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/dgaa/data