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[2] [3] [4] In 2023, the airport handled over 400,000 passengers, making it the second busiest airport in Ghana after Kotoka International Airport in Accra. [5] in September 2024, its name changed from Kumasi Airport to Prempeh I International Airport, named after the Asante King Prempeh I.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Ho Airport: Kumasi: DGSI: KMS: Kumasi Airport: Obuasi: ... Transport in Ghana; List of airports by ICAO code: D#DG ...
Until the upgrading of the Tamale and Kumasi airports to international standards, KIA, for a longtime, was the sole international airport in Ghana. [4] In 2023, the airport served a record of 3.1 million passengers, a recovery from the 1.2 million in 2020 (reduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic). [1]
The Tamale Airport was upgraded to the status of an international airport in two phases; Phase 1 and Phase 2. Phase 1. In preparation for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations (20 January 2008 to 10 February 2008) and with a budget of US$4.2 million, this airport was upgraded by: resurfacing the single runway, the taxiways and aprons, upgrading the terminal building, constructing a modified fire ...
Sunyani Airport (IATA: NYI, ICAO: DGSN) is a regional airport serving the city of Sunyani, Bono, Ghana. Thee airport is located about 3 km (1.9 mi) from the city centre and 110 km (68 mi) from Kumasi. [5] It is own and operated by Ghana Airports Company Limited. The airport closed in 2015 and reopened in 2022 after the first phase of its ...
Kumasi [a] is a city and the capital of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly and the Ashanti Region of Ghana. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] : 1, 3 It is the second largest city in the country, [ 10 ] : 9 with a population of 443,981 as of the 2021 census. [ 3 ]
Obuasi train station is on the Ashanti railway line to and from Kumasi (59.4 km (36.9 mi) or 1 hour 2 minutes south-west of Kumasi). [5] The only airport in the town is the Obuasi Airport . It has a runway length of 1,600 by 30 m (5,249 by 98 ft) and was developed from a former airstrip.
One of the most influential decisions in the history of the city was that of building the Accra-Kumasi railway in 1908. This was to connect Accra, the country's foremost port at that time, with Ghana's main cocoa-producing regions. In 1923, the railway was completed, and by 1924, cocoa was Ghana's largest export. [citation needed]