Cadjehoun Airport

Cardinal Bernadin Gantin International Airport
Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport
Summary
ServesCotonou and Porto-Novo, Benin
Hub forRwandair, Benin Airlines
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
Location of Airport in Benin
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 2,400 7,874 Asphalt
Sources: GCM[1] 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, a West African country. The airport is the largest in the country, and the primary entry point into the country by air, with flights to Africa and Europe.

The airport was renamed after cardinal Bernardin Gantin in 2021.[2]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Air Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan[3][4]
Air Peace Lagos[5]
ASKY Airlines Lomé[6]
Camair-Co Libreville
Corsair International Paris–Orly
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa[7]
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca[8]
RwandAir Abidjan, Bamako, Conakry, Dakar–Diass, Douala

Statistics

PassengersYear150,000200,000250,000300,000350,000400,000450,000500,000550,000200720102013201620192022PassengersAnnual passenger traffic
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[9] 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[10] 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[11] 432,500 6.40% N.D. N.D. 6,829 12.93%
2012[12] 481,389 11.30% N.D. N.D. 6,959 1.90%
2013[13] 470,068 2.35% 11,876 N.D. 6,506 6.51%
2014[14] 503,633 7.14% 11,855 0.18% 7,995 22.89%

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.[15] Construction on the new facility appears to have stalled again.[16]

Meanwhile, improvements to the Cotonou airport were initiated.[17][18]

References

  1. ^ Airport information for COO at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ^ "Benin - 2.2.1 Cardinal Bernardin Gantin International Airport of Cotonou". Logistics Cluster Assessment. 2022.
  3. ^ "Air Côte d'Ivoire adds new sectors from April 2017". Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Air Cote d'Ivoire International Service Changes in Oct 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Air Peace Expands Regional Footprint: New Flights to Cotonou and Abidjan Set to Take off".
  6. ^ "Lome, Togo LFW". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 609–609. May 2025. ISSN 1466-8718. OCLC 41608313.
  7. ^ "Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ADD". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 17–19. May 2025. ISSN 1466-8718. OCLC 41608313.
  8. ^ "Casablanca". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (5). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 194–195. November 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
  9. ^ "2007 World Airport Traffic Report" (PDF). Airport Council International. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
  10. ^ "2009 World Airport Traffic Report" (PDF). Airport Council International. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016.
  11. ^ "2011 World Airport Traffic Report" (PDF). Airport Council International. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
  12. ^ "2012 World Airport Traffic Report" (PDF). Airport Council International. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
  13. ^ "2013 World Airport Traffic Report" (PDF). Airport Council International. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
  14. ^ "2014 World Airport Traffic Report" (PDF). Airport Council International. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2016.
  15. ^ Beninese Embassy in Paris, France. "Bénin : Glo-Djigbé, un aéroport flambant neuf à 360 milliards". Retrieved 6 July 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ "The President visits the airport" (in French). Archived from the original on 6 August 2016.
  18. ^ "The President inaugurates improvements" (in French). Archived from the original on 6 August 2016.
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