Cardinal Bernadin Gantin International Airport Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport | |||||||||||
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Serves | Cotonou and Porto-Novo, Benin | ||||||||||
Hub for | Rwandair [1] | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 6 m / 19 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 6°21′21″N 2°23′06″E / 6.35583°N 2.38500°E | ||||||||||
Website |
aeroport-de-cotonou | ||||||||||
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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 as such, is the primary entry point into the country by air, with flights to Africa and Europe.
The airport is named after cardinal Bernardin Gantin.
Airlines | Destinations |
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Allied Air | Lagos, Libreville |
Air France Cargo | Paris–Charles de Gaulle |
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on
Phabricator and on
MediaWiki.org. |
Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) |
Change from previous year | |
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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, [8] 2006, [9] 2007, [10] 2009, [11] 2011, [12] 2012, [13] 2013, [14] and 2014 [15]) |
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.
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. [16] Construction on the new facility appears to have stalled again. [17]
Meanwhile, improvements to the Cotonou airport were initiated. [18] [19]
Cardinal Bernadin Gantin International Airport Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport | |||||||||||
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Summary | |||||||||||
Serves | Cotonou and Porto-Novo, Benin | ||||||||||
Hub for | Rwandair [1] | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 6 m / 19 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 6°21′21″N 2°23′06″E / 6.35583°N 2.38500°E | ||||||||||
Website |
aeroport-de-cotonou | ||||||||||
Map | |||||||||||
Runways | |||||||||||
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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 as such, is the primary entry point into the country by air, with flights to Africa and Europe.
The airport is named after cardinal Bernardin Gantin.
Airlines | Destinations |
---|---|
Allied Air | Lagos, Libreville |
Air France Cargo | Paris–Charles de Gaulle |
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on
Phabricator and on
MediaWiki.org. |
Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) |
Change from previous year | |
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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, [8] 2006, [9] 2007, [10] 2009, [11] 2011, [12] 2012, [13] 2013, [14] and 2014 [15]) |
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.
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. [16] Construction on the new facility appears to have stalled again. [17]
Meanwhile, improvements to the Cotonou airport were initiated. [18] [19]