# Wa Airport (WZA / DGLW)

**Wa Airport** (IATA: WZA, ICAO: DGLW) is a small airport in Wa, Upper West Region, Ghana. It has one runway, 2,015 m (6,612 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 26 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WZA / DGLW
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Wa, Upper West Region, Ghana
- Elevation: 323 m / 1,060 ft
- Coordinates: 10.0827, -2.5077
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,015 m / 6,612 ft
- Passengers: 25,875 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+0 · Africa/Accra
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wa_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1153024
- Weather station: DGLW · WMO 65404
- Ident: DGLW

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 2,015 m / 6,612 ft | 44 m / 145 ft | Asphalt | 020° / 200° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2019 | 653 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 2,698 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 4,696 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 25,875 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [KMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dgsi.md) Prempeh I International Airport · Ghana · 388 km / 241 mi · Passion Air
- [ACC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dgaa.md) Kotoka International Airport · Ghana · 561 km / 349 mi · Passion Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- OP [Passion Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/passion-air) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 26K (2022) | #2,345 of 3,974 | #158 in Africa | #4 in GH |
| Longest runway | 2,015 m / 6,612 ft | #3,775 of 29,858 | #432 in Africa | #4 in GH |
| Elevation | 323 m / 1,060 ft | =16,763 of 43,403 | =2,273 in Africa | #2 in GH |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =1 in GH |

## Nearby airports

- [DFCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dfce.md) Batie Airport · 50 km / 31 mi
- [XGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dfog.md) Gaoua Airport · 79 km / 49 mi
- [BQO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dibn.md) Bouna Airport · 109 km / 67 mi
- [XLU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dfcl.md) Leo Airport · 122 km / 76 mi
- [XDE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dfou.md) Diebougou Airport · 126 km / 78 mi
- [DFOA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dfoa.md) Dano Airport · 132 km / 82 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: “Wa Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wa_Airport&oldid=1363086767), revision of 7 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/dglw/data