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Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Ho Airport: Kumasi: DGSI: KMS: Kumasi Airport: Obuasi: ... Transport in Ghana; List of airports by ICAO code: D#DG ...
[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.
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 ...
The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres. [3] This is 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the most populated region, with a population of 5,455,692 in 2021, accounting for 17.7 per cent of Ghana's total population. [4] [5]
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 ]
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]