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Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) is a state-owned company with responsibility for developing, maintaining, planning, and managing airports in Ghana. It was registered in 2006 and presently manages airports such as Kotoka International Airport, Nana Agyemang Prempeh I International Airport, Tamale International Airport, Wa Airport, Sunyani Airport, Ho Airport and other airstrips in Ghana. [2]
In line with the Act, a new entity, the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), was incorporated on 17 January 2006 to manage and operate all government-owned airports in the country. The Ghana Civil Aviation (Amendment) Acts of 2016 (Act 906) and 2019 (Act 985) were passed to expand the GCAA’s functions, incorporating international ...
The ASF was established in 1976 under the Airports Security Force Act LXXVII of 1975, initially as the directorate within the Department of Civil Aviation. After the hijacking of a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft in March 1981 , sensing the contradictory requirements of security and facilitation, the ASF was separated, and, in December ...
The Prempeh I International Airport is currently served by two domestic carriers, Africa World Airlines and PassionAir. [31] Yvonne Nana Afriyie Opare, Managing Director of the Ghana Airports Company Limited, has announced that the remaining construction activities at the Prempeh I International Airport are on track to be finished by September ...
Until the upgrading of the Tamale and Kumasi airports to international standards, KIA, for a long time, 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 construction of the airport is in line with the Ghanaian government's goal to have airports in each of the country's regions. The cost of construction is estimated to be US$25 million, provided by Ghana Airports Company Limited. [3] The company building Ho Airport stated in May 2017 that the project would be finished by the end of 2017. [4]
The shipping unit of the company is the first and only Freight Forwarding Company to obtain the Air Carrier Licence in handling chartered cargo flights in Ghana and currently has the GSA for Global Aviation in West Africa. [8] In 2019, McDan acquired a license to operate a private jet section at the Kotoka International Airport. [9]
Kotoka International Airport: Ada: ... International Civil Aviation Organization. 2006-01-12. ... External links. Lists of airports in Ghana: Great Circle Mapper;