Tamale Airport (IATA: TML, ICAO: DGLE) is an airport serving Tamale, a town in the Northern Region of Ghana.[1][2] It is the third busiest airport in Ghana, with 207,216 passengers in 2021.[3] [4]
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Airport type | Public / military | ||||||||||
Operator | Ghana Airports Company Limited | ||||||||||
Location | Tamale, Ghana | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 553 ft / 169 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 09°33′25″N 000°51′47″W | ||||||||||
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The Tamale Airport was temporarily upgraded to the status of an international airport, with all the necessary facilities.[5] It gained international status in December 2008. The facilities put in place include a runway, taxiways, aprons, terminal, modified fire service building, rehabilitation of the tower building, a car park and a VVIP lounge. Others are the provision of offices for the Customs, Excise and Preventive Services (CEPS) and the Immigration Services.
The airport received its first international flights during the CAN 2008 African Cup of nations.
In August 2016 Tamale International airport was cleared to uplift pilgrims to Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Airport in Madina in 3 batches of 500 passengers.[6] Flynas air services providers were contracted to uplift the pilgrims using leased Lion Air Boeing 747-400 jets.[7][8]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Africa World Airlines | Accra |
Passion Air | Accra |
These data show number of passengers movements into the airport, according to the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority.
Year | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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Passengers | 172,294 | 135,941 | 120,907 | 152,425 | 137,496 | 196,600 | 148,545 | 207,216 |
Reference | [9] | [9] | [9] | [9] | [10] | [11] | [3] | [4] |
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