Cadjehoun Airport

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Cardinal Bernadin Gantin International Airport

Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport
Aeroport International Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, Cotonou, Benin Jan 10, 2020 09-22-41 AM.jpeg
Summary
Serves Cotonou and Porto-Novo, Benin
Hub for Rwandair [1]
Elevation  AMSL 6 m / 19 ft
Coordinates 6°21′21″N2°23′06″E / 6.35583°N 2.38500°E / 6.35583; 2.38500
Website aeroport-de-cotonou.bj
Map
Benin location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
COO
Location of Airport in Benin
Cadjehoun Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
06/242,4007,874Asphalt
Sources: GCM [2] ACI's 2014 World Airport Traffic Report.

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.

Contents

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

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

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
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

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

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at COO airport. See Wikidata query.
Traffic by calendar year. Official ACI Statistics
PassengersChange from previous yearAircraft operationsChange from previous yearCargo
(metric tons)
Change from previous year
2007401,073Increase2.svg20.79%9,274Increase2.svg13.96%5,772Increase2.svg36.94%
2008394,444Decrease2.svg 1.65%9,915Increase2.svg 6.91%10,091Increase2.svg74.83%
2009391,318Decrease2.svg 0.79%10,209Increase2.svg 2.97%8,081Decrease2.svg19.92%
2010406,491Increase2.svg 3.88%11,604Increase2.svg13.66%6,047Decrease2.svg25.17%
2011432,500Increase2.svg 6.40%N.D.N.D.6,829Increase2.svg12.93%
2012481,389Increase2.svg11.30%N.D.N.D.6,959Increase2.svg 1.90%
2013470,068Decrease2.svg 2.35%11,876N.D.6,506Decrease2.svg 6.51%
2014503,633Increase2.svg7.14%11,855Decrease2.svg 0.18%7,995Increase2.svg22.89%
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

Replacement

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]

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References

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  20. The President inaugurates improvements Archived 6 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine French