Editing Transport in Ghana (section)

== Aviation ==
{{See also|List of airports in Ghana|l1=Airports in Ghana}}
[[File:Kotoka International Airport – Kumasi Airport – Sekondi-Takoradi Airport.jpg|thumb|right|[[Kotoka International Airport]] in [[Accra]], [[Kumasi Airport|Kumasi International Airport]] in [[Kumasi]], and [[Takoradi Airport|Sekondi-Takoradi Airport]] in [[Sekondi-Takoradi]].]]

On July 4, 1958, the Ghanaian government established [[Ghana Airways]] connecting Ghana with other countries. By the mid-1990s, Ghana Airways operated international scheduled passenger and cargo service to numerous European, Middle Eastern, and African destinations, including London, Düsseldorf, Rome, Abidjan, Dakar, Lagos, Lomé, and Johannesburg. As a result of persistent management and financial problems, Ghana Airways ceased all operations and entered into liquidation in 2004.<ref name="aviation">Clark, Nancy L. "Civil Aviation". ''[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ghtoc.html A Country Study: Ghana]'' (La Verle Berry, editor). [[Library of Congress]] [[Federal Research Division]] (November 1994). ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [[public domain]].[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/about.html]''</ref>

Ghana has twelve airports, six with hard surfaced runways. The most important are [[Kotoka International Airport]] at Accra and airports at Sekondi-Takoradi, Kumasi, and Tamale that serve domestic air traffic. In 1990, the government spent US$12 million to improve Accra's facilities. Workmen resurfaced the runway, upgraded the lighting system and built a new freight terminal. Construction crews also extended and upgraded the terminal building at Kumasi. In early 1991, the government announced further plans to improve Accra's international airport. The main runway was upgraded, improvements were made in freight landing and infrastructure, and the terminal building and the airport's navigational aids were upgraded.<ref name=aviation/>

[[File:Ghana Airways DC-10-30 9G-ANE JFK 2004-4-10.png|thumb|[[McDonnell Douglas DC-10]] of [[Ghana Airways]]]]
The first Ghanaian [[flag carrier]] was the [[Ghana Airways]] which commenced operations in 1958; then ceased operations in 2005 and was succeeded by the Ghana International Airlines in 2005. Ghana has a vibrant airline industry and there are five main [[airport]]s in Ghana: Kotoka International Airport in Greater Accra, Kumasi Airport in Kumasi, Sekondi-Takoradi Airport in Western Ghana, Sunyani Airport in Sunyani, and Tamale Airport in Tamale. In addition, Ghana has a total of 8 [[airports]], of which the most transited is the Kotoka International Airport located in Accra, with a transit in 2009 of 1.2 million passengers.<ref>{{cite web |work = Ghana Airports |url = http://www.ghanaairports.com.gh/statistics.html |title = Kotoka International Airport - Flight Statistics |access-date = 5 June 2013 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110913124853/http://www.ghanaairports.com.gh/statistics.html |archive-date = 13 September 2011 }}</ref>

In 2005, [[Ghana International Airlines]] (GIA) began services as the new national airline of Ghana. GIA operated [[Boeing 757]] and [[Boeing 767]] aircraft under [[wet lease]] arrangements with other airlines, and connected [[Kotoka International Airport]] in Accra with [[Gatwick Airport|London Gatwick]] and [[Düsseldorf]]. After several years GIA also ceased operations. After the cessation of operations of [[Ghana International Airlines]] in 2010, major airlines of Ghana are [[Africa World Airlines]], [[Antrak Air]], [[CTK – CiTylinK]] and [[Starbow Airlines]] which fly to [[Domestic flight|domestic destinations]] in Ghana, around the world and to main flight points of the Africa continent. There are also some commercial airlines running domestic flights between the major cities in Ghana.<ref>{{cite web |work= Aero Transport Data Bank |url = http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?q=Ghana+International+Airlines |title = Ghana International Airlines |access-date=5 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work = Antrak Air|url = http://www.antrakair.com/aboutantrakair.aspx|title = Company Profile|access-date = 5 June 2013|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120104154223/http://www.antrakair.com/aboutantrakair.aspx|archive-date = 4 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |work= CTK-CiTylinK |url = http://www.flycitylink.com/ |title = Home |access-date = 5 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |work = Starbow airlines |url = http://www.flystarbow.com/?p=51 |title = Who we are - Flystarbow |access-date = 5 June 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111211210320/http://www.flystarbow.com/?p=51 |archive-date = 11 December 2011 |url-status = dead }}</ref> In 2010, Ghana planned for the revival of [[Ghana Airways]] to commence [[commercial aviation]].<ref>{{cite web |work=ghana.gov.gh |publisher=Government of Ghana |url = http://www.ghana.gov.gh/index.php/news/general-news/2551-government-to-review-management-of-ariks-proposal-to-revive-ghana-airways |title=Government To Review Proposal To Revive Ghana Airways|date=25 June 2010 |access-date = 5 June 2013}}</ref> At present there exists no Ghanaian airline providing long-haul international services.

Between 2009 and 2013, the number of air passengers in Ghana more than quadrupled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IS.AIR.PSGR|title=Air transport, passengers carried - Data}}</ref>

=== Airports - with paved runways ===
[[Kotoka International Airport]]
<br>''total:''
6
<br>''2,438 to 3,047 m:''
1
<br>''1,524 to 2,437 m:''
3
<br>''914 to 1,523 m:''
2 (1999 est.)

=== Airports - with unpaved runways ===
''total:''
6
<br>''1,524 to 2,437 m:''not true

1
<br>''914 to 1,523 m:''
3
<br>''under 914 m:''
2