Today, August 3, 2022, President Nana Akufo-Addo would launch the upgraded Sunyani Airport.
The challenges of flying to Sunyani have now been resolved by the opening of the Sunyani Airport. Additionally, it means that routes can now be used by commercial flights. The Sunyani Airport’s newly renovated runway has been lengthened from 1,280 meters to 1,400 meters. The airport can now accept medium-sized jet flights thanks to the 1,400-meter extension of the runway.
Because certain local airline firms can currently fly their jet planes to the airport, there will be enough capacity once the airport is formally opened for regular flights. The government claims that in addition to an apron, internal roadways, and terminal building renovations, the airport in Ghana’s central region has also experienced construction. Currently, over 97 percent of the work is complete.
In 1969, the Sunyani Airport had upgraded from an airstrip to an airport. The runway at the airport is currently 1,520 meters long, with 60 meters of unpaved Runway End Safety Area (RESA) at each end and 1,400 meters of asphalt runway.
100 passengers may be accommodated and processed in an hour using this system. The airport’s poor condition, including cracks and potholes on the runway, is due to the lack of significant renovations since the beginning of commercial operations.
The airport was closed in 2015 as a preventative measure by the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) and Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to avert any calamity. It was maintained by Starbow, a now-defunct domestic airline operator before it was shut down.
