Lomé–Tokoin International Airport

Lomé–Tokoin International Airport (French: Aéroport international de Lomé-Tokoin) (IATA: LFW, ICAO: 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.

Gnassingbé Eyadéma International Airport Aéroport international Gnassingbé Eyadéma
IATA: LFW ICAO: DXXX
Summary
Airport type	Public/Military
Serves	Lomé
Location	Lomé, Togo
Hub for	ASKY Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines
Elevation AMSL	72 ft / 22 m
Coordinates	06°09′56.2″N 01°15′16.24″E
Website	aeroportdelome.com
Map
LFW Location of airport in Togo
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 04/22 9,847 3,001 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 616,800
Source: [1]

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.^[2]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Burkina	Cotonou, Ouagadougou
Air Côte d'Ivoire	Abidjan
Air France	Paris–Charles de Gaulle[3]
ASKY Airlines	Abidjan, Abuja, Accra, Bamako, Bangui, Banjul, Bissau, Brazzaville, Conakry, Cotonou, Dakar–Diass, Douala, Freetown, Kinshasa–N'Djili, Lagos, Libreville, Luanda,[4] Malabo, Monrovia–Roberts, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta,[5] N'Djamena, Niamey, Ouagadougou, Pointe-Noire,[6] Praia,[7] São Tomé,[8] Yaoundé
Brussels Airlines	Brussels
Ceiba Intercontinental Airlines	Malabo
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa,[9] Newark,[10] Washington–Dulles[11]
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca[12]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at LFW airport. See Wikidata query.

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
2005	218,966	6.6%	9,496	4.6%	2,977	12.9%
2006	297,769	20.79%	12,101	26.5%	3,801	27.7%
2007	274,235	7.9%	14,875	23.9%	3,422	10.0%
2008	264,464	3.6%	13,562	8.8%	3,531	3.2%
2009	241,079	9.7%	10,400	30.4%	3,139	12.5%
2010	307,246	27.4%	9,252	11.0%	4,908	56.4%
2011	551,608	44.3%	8,983	3.0%	5,484	10.5%
2012	472,313	14.4%	7,256	19.2%	4,431	19.2%
2013	589,416	24.8%	6,413	11.6%	5,134	15.9%
2014	616,800	4.6%	9,670	50.8%	5,448	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	49.8%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sources: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Reports (Years 2005,[13] 2006,[14] 2007,[15][16] 2011,[17] 2012,[18] 2013,[19] and 2014[20]) Togo First (Years 2019, 2020[21])

Gallery

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  Lomé Airport terminal outside
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  Lomé Airport seen from street
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  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.^[22]
• 22 October 1977: a Lockheed L-749A-79-52 Constellation (N273R) of Lanzair, a stationary British cargo airline, was destroyed by fire.^[23]
• 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.^[24]