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 | |||||||||||
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| 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 / 6.165611°N 1.2545111°E | ||||||||||
| Website | aeroportdelome | ||||||||||
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  LFW Location of airport in Togo | |||||||||||
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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
Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at LFW airport.See Wikidata query.
| Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) | Change from previous year | |
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| 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,[9] 2006,[10] 2007,[11][12] 2011,[13] 2012,[14] 2013,[15] and 2014[16]) Togo First (Years 2019, 2020[17]) | ||||||
Gallery
Lomé Airport terminal outside
Lomé Airport seen from street
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.[18]
- 22 October 1977: a Lockheed L-749A-79-52 Constellation (N273R) of Lanzair, a stationary British cargo airline, was destroyed by fire.[19]
- 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.[20]