Wa Airport is an airport serving Wa, a city in the Upper West Region of Ghana which is also its capital.
It is the fifth busiest commercial airport in Ghana with over 25,000 passengers passing through in 2022.
The airport is operated by Ghana Airports Company Limited.
The Wa Airport has undergone extensive renovations including the refurbishment of an existing building to make it suitable for terminal operations, rehabilitation of the runway and fencing of the facility to make it suitable and safe for commercial operations.
The airport has a runway length of 2000 meters and a width of 45 metres, thus enhancing its capacity to host medium-sized aircraft.
The operationalization of the Wa Airport in 2019 made it easier to travel to the region.
Currently, PassionAir operates daily flights from Accra.
Reference: Wa Airport – GACL