Wa Airport (IATA: WZA, ICAO: DGLW) is an airport serving Wa, a city in the Upper West Region of Ghana which is also its capital.[1] The airport is operated by Ghana Airports Company Limited. It is the fifth busiest commercial airport in Ghana with over 25,000 passengers passing through in 2022.[2]
History
The land was acquired by the Government in the year 1958.[3]
The airport opened to scheduled commercial flight operations on 15 October 2019 with service by Africa World Airlines from Accra via Tamale using an Embraer 145 regional jet.[4] Services were suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and remain suspended pending resolution of various safety challenges.[5]
In December 2021, Passion Air announced 3 weekly services to Accra via Tamale. This service was subsequently increased to 5 weekly non-stop services using a Dash 8 aircraft.[6]
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^ a b"Traffic Statistics - Domestic per airport" (PDF). Ghana Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
^"Over 300 houses to be demolished in Wa to make space for planned airstrip | Local News". Archived from the original on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
^"Ghana's Africa World Airlines first to serve Wa". ch-aviation.com. 6 September 2019.
^"Safety challenges in Wa Airport to be addressed". Joy Business News. 21 August 2020.
^ a b"PassionAir to start Accra-Ho, Wa flights from December". 22 November 2021.
^"Domestic passenger distribution per airport 2019" (PDF). gcaa.com.gh.
^"Domestic passenger distribution per month 2020" (PDF). gcaa.com.gh.
^"Domestic passenger distribution per airport 2021" (PDF). gcaa.com.gh.
^"Index of /Web/Wp-content/Uploads/2023". gcaa.com.gh.
^"Index of /Web/Wp-content/Uploads/2023". gcaa.com.gh.
External links
Airport information for DGLW at Great Circle Mapper.
