Sunyani Airport
{{Short description|Airport serving Sunyani, Bono Region, Ghana}}
{{use DMY dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Sunyani Airport
| nativename =
| image =
| caption = Front-view of the passenger terminal and air control tower
| IATA = NYI
| ICAO = DGSN
| type = Public
| owner =
| operator = Ghana Airports Company Limited
| opened = 1974
| hub = Passion Air
| city-served = Bono
| elevation-f = 1,014
| elevation-m = 309
| coordinates = {{coord|07|21|42|N|002|19|43|W|region:GH_type:airport}}
| pushpin_map = Ghana#Africa
| pushpin_mapsize =
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Bono, Ghana
| pushpin_relief =
| pushpin_image =
| pushpin_label = NYI
| website = {{URL|gacl.com.gh}}
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 07/25
| r1-length-m = 1,400
| r1-length-f = 4,800
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| footnotes = Source: DAFIF,{{sfn|World Aero Data|2019}}{{GCM|NYI|source=DAFIF}} official website,{{sfn|Ghana Airports Company Limited|2022|p=7}} Google Maps.{{sfn|Google Maps|2024}}
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Sunyani Airport {{airport codes|NYI|DGSN}} is a regional airport serving the city of Sunyani, Bono, Ghana. Thee airport is located about {{convert|3|km|abbr=on}} from the city centre and {{convert|110|km|abbr=on}} from Kumasi.{{cite web|publisher=Daft Logic|url=http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-distance-calculator.htm|title=Google Maps Distance Calculator|access-date=22 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726200056/http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-distance-calculator.htm|archive-date=26 July 2010|url-status=live}} It is own and operated by Ghana Airports Company Limited. The airport closed in 2015 and reopened in 2022 after the first phase of its rehabilitation project was completed. The airport handled 36,632 passengers in 2024https://www.gcaa.com.gh/web/wp-content/uploads/2025/ERBD/Stats%20for%20Publication/Statistic%20Domestic%20Passenger%20Movement.%202024..pdf
History
The airport was originally built in 1942 as an airstrip used by the Allies during World War II. The airstrip was later abandoned. In 1969, the Busia government started a project to upgrade the airstrip into an fully-fledged airport and it officially opened on 13 July 1974.{{sfn|Ministry of Transport|2023|p=12}}
Due to reasons such as visible deterioration of the airport's overall infrastructural status, which included fractures and portholes seen on the runway, in 2016 the facility's operations were halted. In 2019, a rehabilitation project consisting of three phases commenced. The first phase of the project was anticipated to be completed in around nine months, but after delays as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic the due date was pushed back and it was completed on July 2022.{{sfn|Ghana Airports Company Limited|2022|p=7}}{{sfn|Ghana Business News|2022}}
The second phase, which is estimated to cost around {{currency|36,345,025.10|US}}, focuses on making the airport more suited for full commercial operations and accessibility for larger aircraft. This phase would extend the existing runway to a minimum length of {{convert|1900|metres}} including the runway safety areas.{{sfn|Ministry of Transport|2023|p=13}}
Facilities
Accounting for all of the facilities below, the airport have the maximum capacity of handling around 100 passengers per hour.{{sfn|Ghana Airports Company Limited|2022|p=7}}
= Runway =
The airport has one runway, which as of 2022 is currently undergoing upgrades during the airport's rehabilitation project. After the initial works, the airport's total runway's length is {{convert|1,520|metres}}, consisting of {{convert|1,400|metres}} of paved surface and {{convert|60|metres}} of unpaved runway safety area on both ends of the runway.{{sfn|Citi Newsroom|2022}}{{sfn|Ghana Airports Company Limited|2022|p=7}}
Airlines and destinations
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| {{nowrap|Passion Air}} | Accra | {{sfn|Ministry of Transport|2023|p=13}}
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See also
References
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Sources
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- {{cite web|url-status=usurped|url=http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=DGSN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143444/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=DGSN|archive-date=2019-03-05|title=Airport information for DGSN|website=World Aero Data|ref={{harvid|World Aero Data|2019}}}}
- {{cite report|url=https://www.gacl.com.gh/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Sunyani-Airport-Project-Brochure-V8_compressed49631-2.pdf|title=Commissioning of Sunyani Airport Project|publisher=Ghana Airports Company Limited|date=3 August 2022|access-date=29 October 2024|ref={{harvid|GANL|2022}}}}
- {{cite news|date=20 September 2022|url=https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2022/09/20/sunyani-airport-resumes-operations-after-six-years/|title=Sunyani Airport resumes operations after six years|publisher=Ghana Business News|access-date=29 October 2024|ref={{harvid|Ghana Business News|2022}}}}
- {{cite web|url=https://mot.gov.gh/files/resources/Catalogue_of_Investment_Projects_MOT_Feb._2023.pdf|title=CATALOGUE OF INVESTMENT PROJECTS|date=December 2023|agency=Ministry of Transport|publisher=Government of Ghana|accessdate=29 October 2024|ref={{harvid|Ministry of Transport|2023}}}}
- {{Cite Google Maps|url=https://maps.google.com/?ll=7.360998,-2.328951&spn=0.020217,0.017166&t=h&z=16|access-date=29 October 2024|ref={{harvid|Google Maps|2024}}}}
- {{cite news|url=https://citinewsroom.com/2022/08/nana-addo-commissions-phase-1-of-sunyani-airport/|date=3 August 2022|title=Nana Addo commissions phase 1 of Sunyani Airport|publisher=Citi Newsroom|accessdate=29 October 2024|ref={{harvid|Citi Newsroom|2022}}}}
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External links
- {{NWS-current|DGSN}}
- {{ASN|NYI}}
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