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Cotonou Cadjehoun International Airport

Cotonou, Benin · Africa

Africa Africa/Porto-Novo IVCA 43.4

17direct destinations

16airlines

1runway

2,410 mLongest runway

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. The airport was renamed after cardinal Bernardin Gantin in 2021.

Location

6.357°N, 2.384°E · 6 m s. n. m. (19 ft)

General data

CountryBenin

CityCotonou

IATA codeCOO

ICAO codeDBBB

Coordinates6.357°N, 2.384°E

Elevation6 m s. n. m. (19 ft)

Time zoneAfrica/Porto-Novo

Runways1

Longest runway2,410 m

Direct destinations17

Official website Its quality in the IVCA Ranking

Runways · 1

06/24

Length2,410 m7,907 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 2

Tower

118.700125.900TWR · APP

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 16

Other airlines with direct routes

Mauritania Airlines Air Côte d'Ivoire Asky Airlines Brussels Airlines Camair-Co Turkish Airlines AfriJet Air Burkina Air Congo Air France Air Peace Corsair International Ethiopian Airlines Royal Air Maroc RwandAir Trans Air Congo

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: Patrick Mutzenberg · GFDL 1.2 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Cotonou Cadjehoun International Airport (COO). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/COO

MLA

“Cotonou Cadjehoun International Airport (COO).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/COO. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Cotonou Cadjehoun International Airport (COO).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/COO.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Cotonou Cadjehoun International Airport (COO). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/COO (Accessed: 16 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_coo,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Cotonou Cadjehoun International Airport (COO)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/COO},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/COO}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-16},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/COO |title=Cotonou Cadjehoun International Airport (COO) |website=Vuelopedia |publisher=Fundación Poderia |date=2026-10-15 |access-date=2026-10-16 |language=en}}