# Yakubu Tali International Airport (TML / DGLE)

**Yakubu Tali International Airport** (IATA: TML, ICAO: DGLE) is a large airport in Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana. It has one runway, 2,438 m (7,999 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 218 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TML / DGLE
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana
- Elevation: 169 m / 553 ft
- Coordinates: 9.5539, -0.8661
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,438 m / 7,999 ft
- Passengers: 217,958 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+0 · Africa/Accra
- Website: https://www.gacl.com.gh/tamale-airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamale_International_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2195432
- Weather station: DGLE · WMO 65418
- Ident: DGLE

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 2,438 m / 7,999 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 045° / 225° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 172,294 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 135,941 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 120,907 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 152,425 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 137,496 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 196,600 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 148,545 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 207,216 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 217,958 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [ACC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dgaa.md) Kotoka International Airport · Ghana · 446 km / 277 mi · Africa World Airlines, Passion Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- AW [Africa World Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/africa-world-airlines) · 1
- OP [Passion Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/passion-air) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 218K (2022) | #1,499 of 3,974 | #98 in Africa | #3 in GH |
| Longest runway | 2,438 m / 7,999 ft | =2,781 of 29,858 | #336 in Africa | #2 in GH |
| Elevation | 169 m / 553 ft | =26,173 of 43,403 | #2,561 in Africa | #6 in GH |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =1 in GH |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | AIR GND | 658.600 |
| APP | APP | 120.400 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.100 |
| ATIS |  | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [DGLY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dgly.md) Yendi Airport · 96 km / 59 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: “Tamale International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tamale_International_Airport&oldid=1363684079), revision of 11 Jul 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/dgle/data