Gnassingbé Eyadéma International Airport (French: Aéroport international Gnassingbé Eyadéma), commonly known as Lomé–Tokoin International Airport, is an international airport serving Lomé, the capital of Togo. ASKY Airlines has its hub at the airport. The airport is named after Gnassingbé Eyadéma, the third President of Togo.
In 2014, the airport served 616,800 passengers. A new terminal at the airport opened in early 2016, with the capacity for up to 2 million passengers annually.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
+ Traffic by calendar year, official ACI statistics Passengers Change from previous year Aircraft operations Change from previous year Cargo(metric tons) Change from previous year2005218,966 6.6% 9,496 4.6% 2,977 12.9%2006297,769 20.79% 12,101 26.5% 3,801 27.7%2007274,235 7.9% 14,875 23.9% 3,422 10.0%2008264,464 3.6% 13,562 8.8% 3,531 3.2%2009241,079 9.7% 10,400 30.4% 3,139 12.5%2010307,246 27.4% 9,252 11.0% 4,908 56.4%2011551,608 44.3% 8,983 3.0% 5,484 10.5%2012472,313 14.4% 7,256 19.2% 4,431 19.2%2013589,416 24.8% 6,413 11.6% 5,134 15.9%2014616,800 4.6% 9,670 50.8% 5,448 6.1%2015N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2016758,784 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2017N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2018N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2019916,659N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2020459,961 49.8% N/A N/A N/A N/ASources: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Reports(Years 2005,Airport Council International's 2005 World Airport Traffic Report 2006,Airport Council International's 2006 World Airport Traffic Report 2007,Airport Council International 's 2007 World Airport Traffic Report's 2009 World Airport Traffic Report 2011,Airport Council International's 2011 World Airport Traffic Report 2012,Airport Council International's 2012 World Airport Traffic Report 2013,Airport Council International's 2013 World Airport Traffic Report and 2014Airport Council International's 2014 World Airport Traffic Report)Togo First (Years 2019, 2020)
Accidents and incidents
26 December 1974: A Grumman American G-1159 Gulfstream II (5V-TAA) of the Togolese government crashed on approach to Lome from Niamey, killing 3 of the 6 occupants (the 3 crew were killed, but all 3 passengers survived). The plane was returning from a flight carrying Nigerien president Seyni Kountche back to Niger. The presidential jet was a replacement for a Douglas C-47 lost in January 1974. 22 October 1977: a Lockheed L-749A-79-52 Constellation (N273R) of Lanzair, a stationary British cargo airline, was destroyed by fire. 2 February 2008: a Boeing 747-2D7B (N527MC) on Atlas Air Flight 14 (Lome-Amsterdam) had its cargo break loose during takeoff, breaking through the bulkhead and causing severe damage which led to the plane being written off.
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