Cadjehoun Airport
International airport serving Cotonou, Benin
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Cardinal Bernadin Gantin International Airport (formerly known as Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport) (IATA: COO, ICAO: DBBB) is an airport in the Cadjehoun neighborhood of Cotonou, the largest city in Benin, a West African country. The airport is the largest in the country, and the primary entry point into the country by air, with flights to Africa and Europe.
Cardinal Bernadin Gantin International Airport Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport | |||||||||||
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| Serves | Cotonou and Porto-Novo, Benin | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Rwandair, Benin Airlines[citation needed] | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 6 m (20 ft) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 6°21′21″N 2°23′06″E | ||||||||||
| Website | aeroport-de-cotonou | ||||||||||
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  COO Location of Airport in Benin | |||||||||||
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| Sources: GCM[1] ACI's 2014 World Airport Traffic Report.[citation needed] | |||||||||||
The airport was renamed after cardinal Bernardin Gantin in 2021.[2]
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Statistics
| Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) | Change from previous year | |
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| 2007[11] | 401,073 |  20.79% | 9,274 | 13.96% | 5,772 | 36.94% |
| 2008[citation needed] | 394,444 |  1.65% | 9,915 | 6.91% | 10,091 | 74.83% |
| 2009[12] | 391,318 | 0.79% | 10,209 | 2.97% | 8,081 | 19.92% |
| 2010[citation needed] | 406,491 | 3.88% | 11,604 | 13.66% | 6,047 | 25.17% |
| 2011[13] | 432,500 | 6.40% | N.D. | N.D. | 6,829 | 12.93% |
| 2012[14] | 481,389 | 11.30% | N.D. | N.D. | 6,959 | 1.90% |
| 2013[15] | 470,068 | 2.35% | 11,876 | N.D. | 6,506 | 6.51% |
| 2014[16] | 503,633 | 7.14% | 11,855 | 0.18% | 7,995 | 22.89% |
Replacement
In 1974, it was decided to move the operations of the Cotonou international airport to a new facility in Glo-Djigbé. Lack of funding quickly stopped the project.[citation needed]
The plans were revived in 2011, and President Yayi Boni presided at a ceremonial start to the construction of the new airport, using South African funding.[17] Construction on the new facility appears to have stalled again.[18]
Meanwhile, improvements to the Cotonou airport were initiated.[19][20]
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