Airports of Ghana 2026: All 8 Airports Compared – Flights, Passengers and the Honest Truth

Ghana's airports at a glance

Status in October 2026. Passenger figures from the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority.

Airport	Code	Region	Airlines	Passengers	Status
Accra International	ACC	Greater Accra	24 airlines	3,624,087 (2025)	Ghana's only real international gateway
Kumasi: Prempeh I International	KMS	Ashanti	AWA, Passion Air	over 450,000 (2024)	New terminal 2024; runway extension ongoing; no regular international flights
Tamale: Yakubu Tali International	TML	Northern	AWA, Passion Air	217,899 (2025)	New terminal 2023; Hajj flights; no scheduled international flights
Takoradi	TKD	Western	AWA, Passion Air	133,069 (2025)	Ghana Air Force base with civil flights
Sunyani	NYI	Bono	Passion Air	36,163 (2025)	Reopened 2022; runway too short for jets; new runway promised
Wa	WZA	Upper West	Passion Air	24,970 (2025)	About six flights a week
Ho	HZO	Volta	none	969 (2022, last full year with flights)	No scheduled flights since March 2022
Bolgatanga	none	Upper East	none	none	Not built; construction promised to start by end of 2026

The eight airports, one by one

Accra International · ACCTerminal 3 for international flights, Terminal 2 for domestic. Renamed back from Kotoka in February 2026, and being rebuilt again.
Kumasi · Prempeh I International · KMSGhana's busiest domestic route, a €66 million terminal, and a runway still being stretched.
Tamale · Yakubu Tali International · TMLThe gateway to the north, with a 3,400 m runway and its own Hajj terminal.
Takoradi · TKDAn air force base with a passenger terminal, and the start of the RAF's wartime air route across Africa.
Sunyani · NYIClosed in 2016, rebuilt for GH¢50 million, reopened in 2022, and still too short for jets.
Wa · WZAOne flight a day to the far north-west, and the start of the Upper West.
Ho · HZOA US$25 million airport with the longest regional runway, and no flights.
BolgatangaPromised by every government since around 1980. Still not built.

New names you will see on tickets and signs

Three of Ghana's airports have changed their names recently. Booking sites, taxi drivers and older guides often still use the old ones.

Official name now	Old or common name	Since	Named after
Accra International Airport	Kotoka International Airport (KIA)	23 February 2026	Its original 1958 name, restored
Prempeh I International Airport	Kumasi Airport	May 2024	Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I, exiled by the British from 1896 to 1924
Yakubu Tali International Airport	Tamale Airport	2024	Tolon Naa Yakubu Tali, a leading northern figure of the independence era

The airport codes (ACC, KMS, TML) did not change, so tickets and luggage tags are not affected.

Who flies inside Ghana

Ghana has had no national airline since Ghana Airways collapsed in 2005. Two private airlines carry almost all domestic passengers, and every route runs to or from Accra. There are no scheduled direct flights between, for example, Kumasi and Tamale.

Born in wartime

Most of Ghana's airports did not begin as airports at all. During the Second World War the Gold Coast was a vital link in the Allied supply chain. From 1940, British fighters were shipped to Takoradi in crates, assembled at RAF Takoradi and flown in stages across Africa to Egypt. The airfields at Accra (1940s), Tamale (December 1940), Kumasi (1943) and Sunyani (1942) were all built or used for the war effort. After the war they became the colony's civil airports, and Accra's became the new nation's international gateway in 1958.

The military never fully left. Takoradi is still a Ghana Air Force base, and Accra and Tamale share their runways with air force stations.

Takoradi and the air route Cape Coast War Cemetery The 1939 earthquake archive

Airstrips without scheduled flights

Obuasi: the gold-mining town's airport, opened in 2012 by AngloGold Ashanti and run by Gianair, mainly for mine staff and charters.
Paga / Navrongo: an unpaved strip on the Burkina Faso border, once used for commercial flights until Burkina Faso complained about its airspace in the 1990s. Today only occasional official or charter flights.
Military and mining strips: several more strips across the country serve the air force, mines and oil companies, and are not open to ordinary travellers.

The honest picture

Ghana's air network is a hub with spokes: Accra in the middle, five working domestic routes around it. The busy routes, Kumasi and Tamale above all, work well and save travellers a long, often dangerous road. The smaller airports live or die with one airline and one aircraft. And the politics of airports is a story of its own: new terminals with "International" in their names but no international flights, an airport built in Ho without airlines to use it, and an airport in Bolgatanga promised by every government since the early 1980s.

What is promised next

In 2026 the government announced a new concourse and car park at Accra, a runway extension at Kumasi, a new runway or airport for Sunyani, a new airport for Bolgatanga with construction to begin by the end of 2026, and an aviation training hub at Ho. We will report on each one when work actually starts, not before.

Tips for flying inside Ghana

Everything goes via Accra. To get from Kumasi to Tamale by air you fly Kumasi–Accra–Tamale. By road, the direct route is often faster.
Different terminals in Accra. International flights use Terminal 3, domestic flights Terminal 2. Allow three to four hours to connect, or stay a night.
Book early in December and at Easter. The diaspora season fills domestic flights weeks ahead.
Small aircraft, small holds. Check the baggage allowance on the Dash 8 and Embraer jets before you pack heavily.
Fly one way, drive the other. Fly into the north at Wa or Tamale, travel by road through the regions, and fly home from another airport.
Harmattan and rainy-season delays. Dust haze from December to February and afternoon storms in the rainy season can delay small aircraft. Keep slack in your plans.

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