# Prempeh I International Airport (KMS / DGSI)

**Prempeh I International Airport** (IATA: KMS, ICAO: DGSI) is a large airport in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana. It opened in 1999. It has one runway, 2,320 m (7,612 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 476 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KMS / DGSI
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana
- Opened: 1999
- Elevation: 287 m / 942 ft
- Coordinates: 6.7146, -1.5908
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,320 m / 7,612 ft
- Passengers: 476,266 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+0 · Africa/Accra
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prempeh_I_International_Airport (20 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1877066
- Weather station: DGSI · WMO 65442
- Ident: DGSI

## Timeline

- 1999: Prempeh I International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 2,320 m / 7,612 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 012° / 192° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 386,058 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 275,644 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 226,984 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 244,673 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 205,962 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 376,823 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 229,127 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 417,510 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 476,266 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 476K (2022) | #1,132 of 3,974 | #76 in Africa | #2 in GH |
| Longest runway | 2,320 m / 7,612 ft | =3,010 of 29,858 | #366 in Africa | #3 in GH |
| Elevation | 287 m / 942 ft | =18,701 of 43,403 | =2,375 in Africa | #4 in GH |
| Age | Opened 1999 | =11,027 of 15,079 | =110 in Africa | #2 in GH |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =1 in GH |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | A/G VOICE RDO | 658.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [NYI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dgsn.md) Sunyani Airport · 109 km / 68 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)
- [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/dgsi/data