Lomé–Tokoin International Airport

{{Infobox airport

| name = Gnassingbé Eyadéma International Airport

| nativename = Aéroport international Gnassingbé Eyadéma

| nativename-a =

| nativename-r =

| image = 2014-06-16 17-21-49 Togo Maritime - Station Météo.JPG

| image-width = 250

| IATA = LFW

| ICAO = DXXX

| pushpin_map = Togo

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Togo

| pushpin_label = LFW

| pushpin_label_position = right

| type = Public/Military

| owner =

| operator =

| city-served = Lomé

| location = Lomé, Togo

| hub = ASKY Airlines,

Ethiopian Airlines

| elevation-f = 72

| elevation-m = 22

| coordinates = {{Coord|06|09|56.2|N|01|15|16.24|E|type:airport}}

| website = {{URL|aeroportdelome.com}}

| metric-elev =

| metric-rwy =

| r1-number = 04/22

| r1-length-f = 9,847

| r1-length-m = 3,001

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| stat-year = 2014

| stat1-header = Passengers

| stat1-data = 616,800

| stat2-header =

| stat2-data =

| footnotes =Source: List of the busiest airports in Africa

}}

Lomé–Tokoin International Airport (French: Aéroport international de Lomé-Tokoin) {{airport codes|LFW|DXXX}}, also known as Gnassingbé Eyadéma International Airport (French: Aéroport international Gnassingbé Eyadéma), 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.Togo: Lomé airport gets 'safe airport' certificate, 29 May 2015, {{cite web |url=http://africanmanager.com/site_eng/detail_article.php?art_id=22011 |title=Togo: Lom? Airport gets 'safe airport' certificate |accessdate=2015-05-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529173902/http://africanmanager.com/site_eng/detail_article.php?art_id=22011 |archivedate=29 May 2015 |df=dmy-all }}

Airlines and destinations

{{Airport-dest-list

|Air Burkina | Cotonou, Ouagadougou

|Air Côte d'Ivoire | Abidjan

|Air France | Paris–Charles de Gaulle{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240803-afnw24nim | title=Air France NW24 Niamey Service Resumptions }}

|ASKY Airlines | Abidjan, Abuja, Accra, Bamako, Bangui, Banjul, Bissau, Brazzaville, Conakry, Cotonou, Dakar–Diass, Douala, Freetown, Kinshasa–N'Djili, Lagos, Libreville, Luanda,{{cite web |title=Asky Airlines Plans Angola Launch in August 2023 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230607-kpaug23lad |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=7 June 2023}} Malabo, Monrovia–Roberts, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta,{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230804-kp4q23nbo|title=ASKY AIRLINES ADDS LOME – NAIROBI IN 4Q23|work=Aeroroutes|accessdate=4 August 2023}} N'Djamena, Niamey, Ouagadougou, Pointe-Noire,{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240716-kpoct24pnr|title=Asky Airlines Resumes Pointe Noire Service From Oct 2024|publisher=AeroRoutes|date=16 July 2024|accessdate=16 July 2024}} Praia,{{cite web |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Asky Airlines adds Cape Verde service from April 2020 |url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/286259/asky-airlines-adds-cape-verde-service-from-april-2020/ |website=Routesonline |accessdate=9 September 2019}} São Tomé,{{cite web |title=Asky Airlines Adds Sao Tome et Principe Service From Oct 2022 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220920-kpoct22tms |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=20 September 2022}} Yaoundé

|Brussels Airlines | Brussels

|{{nowrap|Ceiba Intercontinental Airlines}} | Malabo

|Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa,{{cite web |title=Ethiopian Airlines NW24 North America / Europe Service Changes – 30AUG24 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240830-etnw24lh |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=30 August 2024}} Newark,{{cite web |title=Ethiopian NS25 Lome – New York Service Changes – 02APR25 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250403-etns25lfwnyc |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=3 April 2025}} Washington–Dulles{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Global/Ethiopian-Airlines-to-Add-DC-Service-Nears-Full-US-Capacity-Recovery|title = Ethiopian Airlines to Add D.C. Service, Nears Full U.S. Capacity Recovery | Business Travel News| date=19 April 2022 }}

|Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Casablanca|date=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=194-195}}

}}

Statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; width:600px" \|+ Traffic by calendar year, official ACI statistics
style="width:50px"\|	style="width:150px"\| Passengers	style="width:175px"\| Change from previous year	style="width:150px"\| Aircraft operations	style="width:175px"\| Change from previous year	style="width:150px"\| Cargo (metric tons)	style="width:175px"\| Change from previous year
2005 \|218,966\|\| {{decrease}}6.6% \|\| 9,496 \|\| {{decrease}}4.6% \|\| 2,977 \|\| {{decrease}}12.9%
2006 \|297,769 \|\| {{increase}}20.79% \|\| 12,101 \|\| {{increase}}26.5% \|\| 3,801 \|\| {{increase}}27.7%
2007 \|274,235 \|\| {{decrease}}7.9% \|\| 14,875\|\| {{increase}}23.9% \|\| 3,422\|\| {{decrease}}10.0%
2008 \|264,464 \|\| {{decrease}}3.6% \|\| 13,562 \|\| {{decrease}}8.8% \|\| 3,531 \|\| {{increase}}3.2%
2009 \|241,079\|\| {{decrease}}9.7% \|\| 10,400 \|\| {{decrease}}30.4% \|\| 3,139 \|\| {{increase}}12.5%
2010 \|307,246\|\| {{increase}}27.4% \|\| 9,252 \|\| {{decrease}}11.0% \|\| 4,908\|\| {{increase}}56.4%
2011 \|551,608 \|\| {{increase}}44.3% \|\| 8,983 \|\|{{decrease}}3.0%\|\| 5,484\|\| {{increase}}10.5%
2012 \|472,313 \|\| {{decrease}}14.4% \|\| 7,256 \|\|{{decrease}}19.2%\|\| 4,431 \|\| {{decrease}}19.2%
2013 \|589,416 \|\| {{increase}}24.8% \|\| 6,413 \|\|{{decrease}}11.6%\|\| 5,134 \|\| {{increase}}15.9%
2014 \|616,800\|\| {{increase}}4.6% \|\| 9,670 \|\| {{increase}}50.8% \|\| 5,448 \|\| {{increase}}6.1%
2015 \|N/A\|\| N/A\|\| N/A \|\| N/A \|\| N/A \|\| N/A
2016 \|758,784\|\| N/A \|\| N/A \|\| N/A \|\| N/A \|\| N/A
2017 \|N/A\|\| N/A\|\| N/A \|\| N/A \|\| N/A \|\| N/A
2018 \|N/A\|\| N/A\|\| N/A \|\| N/A \|\| N/A \|\| N/A
2019 \|916,659\|\|N/A \|\| N/A \|\| N/A \|\| N/A \|\| N/A
2020 \|459,961\|\| {{decrease}}49.8% \|\| N/A \|\| N/A \|\| N/A \|\| N/A
colspan="7" style="text-align:left"\|Sources: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Reports (Years 2005,[http://www.aci.aero/aci/aci/file/_2005%20WATR.pdf Airport Council International]'s 2005 World Airport Traffic Report 2006,[http://www.domodedovo.ru/img/uploaded/rating/WorldAirportTrafficReport2006_Revised.pdf Airport Council International]'s 2006 World Airport Traffic Report 2007,[http://www.abcal.org/images/stories/docs2010/aci_watr2007.pdf Airport Council International]'s 2007 World Airport Traffic Report[http://www.soulouconsult.com/PDFs/ACI_WATR_2009_FINAL.pdf Airport Council International] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811131701/http://www.soulouconsult.com/PDFs/ACI_WATR_2009_FINAL.pdf \|date=11 August 2016 }}'s 2009 World Airport Traffic Report 2011,[http://leea.recherche.enac.fr/Bdd/AirTraffic2011.pdf Airport Council International]'s 2011 World Airport Traffic Report 2012,[http://leea.recherche.enac.fr/Bdd/AirTraffic2012.pdf Airport Council International]'s 2012 World Airport Traffic Report 2013,[http://leea.recherche.enac.fr/Bdd/WorldwideAirTraffic2013.pdf Airport Council International]'s 2013 World Airport Traffic Report and 2014[http://leea.recherche.enac.fr/Bdd/WorldwideAirTraffic2014.pdf Airport Council International]'s 2014 World Airport Traffic Report) Togo First (Years 2019, 2020{{cite news \|last1=Edoh \|first1=Esaïe \|title=Covid-19 halved passenger traffic of Lomé's airport in 2020-2019 \|url=https://www.togofirst.com/en/transport/1608-8313-covid-19-halved-passenger-traffic-of-lome-s-airport-in-2020-2019 \|access-date=8 December 2023 \|work=Togo First \|date=16 August 2021 \|language=en-gb}})

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; width:600px"

|+ Traffic by calendar year, official ACI statistics

style="width:50px"|

style="width:150px"| Passengers

style="width:175px"| Change from previous year

style="width:150px"| Aircraft operations

style="width:175px"| Change from previous year

style="width:150px"| Cargo
(metric tons)

style="width:175px"| Change from previous year

2005

|218,966|| {{decrease}}6.6% || 9,496 || {{decrease}}4.6% || 2,977 || {{decrease}}12.9%

2006

|297,769 || {{increase}}20.79% || 12,101 || {{increase}}26.5% || 3,801 || {{increase}}27.7%

2007

|274,235 || {{decrease}}7.9% || 14,875|| {{increase}}23.9% || 3,422|| {{decrease}}10.0%

2008

|264,464 || {{decrease}}3.6% || 13,562 || {{decrease}}8.8% || 3,531 || {{increase}}3.2%

2009

|241,079|| {{decrease}}9.7% || 10,400 || {{decrease}}30.4% || 3,139 || {{increase}}12.5%

2010

|307,246|| {{increase}}27.4% || 9,252 || {{decrease}}11.0% || 4,908|| {{increase}}56.4%

2011

|551,608 || {{increase}}44.3% || 8,983 ||{{decrease}}3.0%|| 5,484|| {{increase}}10.5%

2012

|472,313 || {{decrease}}14.4% || 7,256 ||{{decrease}}19.2%|| 4,431 || {{decrease}}19.2%

2013

|589,416 || {{increase}}24.8% || 6,413 ||{{decrease}}11.6%|| 5,134 || {{increase}}15.9%

2014

|616,800|| {{increase}}4.6% || 9,670 || {{increase}}50.8% || 5,448 || {{increase}}6.1%

2015

|N/A|| N/A|| N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A

2016

|758,784|| N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A

2017

|N/A|| N/A|| N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A

2018

|N/A|| N/A|| N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A

2019

|916,659||N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A

2020

|459,961|| {{decrease}}49.8% || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A

colspan="7" style="text-align:left"|Sources: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Reports
(Years 2005,[http://www.aci.aero/aci/aci/file/_2005%20WATR.pdf Airport Council International]'s 2005 World Airport Traffic Report 2006,[http://www.domodedovo.ru/img/uploaded/rating/WorldAirportTrafficReport2006_Revised.pdf Airport Council International]'s 2006 World Airport Traffic Report 2007,[http://www.abcal.org/images/stories/docs2010/aci_watr2007.pdf Airport Council International]'s 2007 World Airport Traffic Report[http://www.soulouconsult.com/PDFs/ACI_WATR_2009_FINAL.pdf Airport Council International] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811131701/http://www.soulouconsult.com/PDFs/ACI_WATR_2009_FINAL.pdf |date=11 August 2016 }}'s 2009 World Airport Traffic Report 2011,[http://leea.recherche.enac.fr/Bdd/AirTraffic2011.pdf Airport Council International]'s 2011 World Airport Traffic Report 2012,[http://leea.recherche.enac.fr/Bdd/AirTraffic2012.pdf Airport Council International]'s 2012 World Airport Traffic Report 2013,[http://leea.recherche.enac.fr/Bdd/WorldwideAirTraffic2013.pdf Airport Council International]'s 2013 World Airport Traffic Report and 2014[http://leea.recherche.enac.fr/Bdd/WorldwideAirTraffic2014.pdf Airport Council International]'s 2014 World Airport Traffic Report)
Togo First (Years 2019, 2020{{cite news |last1=Edoh |first1=Esaïe |title=Covid-19 halved passenger traffic of Lomé's airport in 2020-2019 |url=https://www.togofirst.com/en/transport/1608-8313-covid-19-halved-passenger-traffic-of-lome-s-airport-in-2020-2019 |access-date=8 December 2023 |work=Togo First |date=16 August 2021 |language=en-gb}})

Gallery

File:Lomé Airport.jpg|Lomé Airport terminal outside

File:Lomé Airport street.jpg|Lomé Airport seen from street

File:Lome Airport.jpg|Lomé Airport arrivals terminal

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.{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Grumman American G-1159 Gulfstream II 5V-TAA Lome Airport (LFW) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19741226-0 |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=aviation-safety.net}}
22 October 1977: a Lockheed L-749A-79-52 Constellation (N273R) of Lanzair, a stationary British cargo airline, was destroyed by fire.{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-749A-79-52 Constellation N273R Lome Airport (LFW) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19771022-0 |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=aviation-safety.net}}
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.{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 747-2D7B N527MC Lome Airport (LFW) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20080202-0 |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=aviation-safety.net}}

References

Category:Airports in Togo

Category:Buildings and structures in Lomé