Cardinal Bernadin Gantin International Airport Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport | |||||||||||
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| Serves | Cotonou andPorto-Novo, Benin | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Rwandair,[1]Benin Airlines[2] | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 6 m / 19 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 6°21′21″N2°23′06″E / 6.35583°N 2.38500°E /6.35583; 2.38500 | ||||||||||
| Website | aeroport-de-cotonou | ||||||||||
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  COO Location of Airport in Benin | |||||||||||
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| Sources: GCM[3]ACI's 2014 World Airport Traffic Report. | |||||||||||
Cardinal Bernadin Gantin International Airport (formerly known asCotonou Cadjehoun Airport) (IATA:COO,ICAO:DBBB) is an airport in theCadjehoun neighborhood ofCotonou, the largest city inBenin, in West Africa. The airport is the largest in the country, and the primary entry point into the country by air, with flights to Africa and Europe.
The airport was renamed after cardinalBernardin Gantin in 2021.[4]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air France Cargo | Paris–Charles de Gaulle |
| Allied Air | Lagos,Libreville |
| Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) | Change from previous year | |
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| 2007 | 401,073 |  20.79% | 9,274 | 13.96% | 5,772 | 36.94% |
| 2008 | 394,444 |  1.65% | 9,915 | 6.91% | 10,091 | 74.83% |
| 2009 | 391,318 | 0.79% | 10,209 | 2.97% | 8,081 | 19.92% |
| 2010 | 406,491 | 3.88% | 11,604 | 13.66% | 6,047 | 25.17% |
| 2011 | 432,500 | 6.40% | N.D. | N.D. | 6,829 | 12.93% |
| 2012 | 481,389 | 11.30% | N.D. | N.D. | 6,959 | 1.90% |
| 2013 | 470,068 | 2.35% | 11,876 | N.D. | 6,506 | 6.51% |
| 2014 | 503,633 | 7.14% | 11,855 | 0.18% | 7,995 | 22.89% |
| Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Reports (Years 2005,[14] 2006,[15] 2007,[16] 2009,[17] 2011,[18] 2012,[19] 2013,[20] and 2014[21]) | ||||||
In 1974, it was decided to move the operations of the Cotonou international airport to a new facility inGlo-Djigbé. Lack of funding quickly stopped the project.
The plans were revived in 2011, and PresidentYayi Boni presided at a ceremonial start to the construction of the new airport, using South African funding.[22] Construction on the new facility appears to have stalled again.[23]
Meanwhile, improvements to the Cotonou airport were initiated.[24][25]
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