Wikipedia

Cadjehoun Airport

(Redirected from Cotonou Airport)

Cardinal Bernadin Gantin International Airport (formerly known as Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport) (IATA: COO, ICAO: DBBB) is an airport in the Cadjehoun neighborhood of Cotonou, the largest city in Benin, in West Africa. The airport is the largest in the country, and the primary entry point into the country by air, with flights to Africa and Europe.

Cardinal Bernadin Gantin International Airport

Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport
Summary
ServesCotonou and Porto-Novo, Benin
Hub forRwandair[1]
Elevation AMSL6 m / 19 ft
Coordinates6°21′21″N 2°23′06″E / 6.35583°N 2.38500°E / 6.35583; 2.38500
Websiteaeroport-de-cotonou.bj
Map
COO is located in Benin
COO
COO
Location of Airport in Benin
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 2,400 7,874 Asphalt
Sources: GCM[2] ACI's 2014 World Airport Traffic Report.

The airport was renamed after cardinal Bernardin Gantin in 2021.[3]

Airlines and destinations

edit

Passenger

edit
AirlinesDestinations
Air Burkina Lomé, Ouagadougou
Air Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan[4][5]
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air Peace Lagos[6]
ASKY Airlines Lomé, Niamey, Ouagadougou
Benin Airlines[7] Parakou
Brussels Airlines Brussels
Camair-Co Douala, Lagos
CEIBA Intercontinental Malabo
Corsair International Paris–Orly[8]
Cronos Airlines Bata, Malabo
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa
Mauritania Airlines Bamako, Brazzaville, Nouakchott
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca
RwandAir Abidjan,[1] Bamako,[1] Brazzaville, Conakry,[1] Dakar–Diass,[1] Douala,[1] Kigali, Libreville
Trans Air Congo Brazzaville, Libreville, Pointe-Noire
Turkish Airlines Abidjan, Istanbul

Cargo

edit
AirlinesDestinations
Allied Air Lagos, Libreville
Air France Cargo Paris–Charles de Gaulle

Statistics

edit
Annual passenger traffic at COO airport. See Wikidata query.
Traffic by calendar year. Official ACI Statistics
Passengers Change from previous year Aircraft operations Change from previous year Cargo
(metric tons)		 Change from previous year
2007 401,073  20.79% 9,274  13.96% 5,772  36.94%
2008 394,444   1.65% 9,915   6.91% 10,091  74.83%
2009 391,318   0.79% 10,209   2.97% 8,081  19.92%
2010 406,491   3.88% 11,604  13.66% 6,047  25.17%
2011 432,500   6.40% N.D. N.D. 6,829  12.93%
2012 481,389  11.30% N.D. N.D. 6,959   1.90%
2013 470,068   2.35% 11,876 N.D. 6,506   6.51%
2014 503,633  7.14% 11,855   0.18% 7,995  22.89%
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Reports
(Years 2005,[9] 2006,[10] 2007,[11] 2009,[12] 2011,[13] 2012,[14] 2013,[15] and 2014[16])

Accidents and incidents

edit

Replacement

edit

In 1974, it was decided to move the operations of the Cotonou international airport to a new facility in Glo-Djigbé. Lack of funding quickly stopped the project.

The plans were revived in 2011, and President Yayi Boni presided at a ceremonial start to the construction of the new airport, using South African funding.[17] Construction on the new facility appears to have stalled again.[18]

Meanwhile, improvements to the Cotonou airport were initiated.[19][20]

References

edit
  1. ^ a b c d e f "Rwandair opens Cotonou hub in late-August 2017". Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  2. ^ Airport information for COO at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ^ "Benin - 2.2.1 Cardinal Bernardin Gantin International Airport of Cotonou". Logistics Cluster Assessment. 2022.
  4. ^ "Air Côte d'Ivoire adds new sectors from April 2017". Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Air Cote d'Ivoire International Service Changes in Oct 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Air Peace Expands Regional Footprint: New Flights to Cotonou and Abidjan Set to Take off".
  7. ^ "Benin Airlines".[full citation needed]
  8. ^ "Routes In Brief: Rolling Daily Updates (W/C July 25, 2022)". RoutesOnline. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  9. ^ Airport Council International[permanent dead link]'s 2005 World Airport Traffic Report
  10. ^ Airport Council International Archived 7 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine's 2006 World Airport Traffic Report
  11. ^ Airport Council International Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine's 2007 World Airport Traffic Report
  12. ^ Airport Council International Archived 11 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine's 2009 World Airport Traffic Report
  13. ^ Airport Council International Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine's 2011 World Airport Traffic Report
  14. ^ Airport Council International Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine's 2012 World Airport Traffic Report
  15. ^ Airport Council International Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine's 2013 World Airport Traffic Report
  16. ^ Airport Council International Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine's 2014 World Airport Traffic Report
  17. ^ Beninese Embassy in Paris, France. "Bénin : Glo-Djigbé, un aéroport flambant neuf à 360 milliards". Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  18. ^ Teiga, Marcus Boni (27 June 2012). "Bénin – Que sont les grands projets économiques devenus?" (in French). SlateAfrique. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  19. ^ The President visits the airport Archived 6 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine French
  20. ^ The President inaugurates improvements Archived 6 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine French
edit
 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cadjehoun Airport.


   

This article about an airport in Benin is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cadjehoun_Airport&oldid=1253664029"