KMS · Kumasi, Ghana
Prempeh I International Airport.
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Prempeh I International Airport
Airport serving Kumasi, Ghana
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for KMS
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 2093; ident DGSI; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
No official airport website accepted in this snapshot
The page does not fabricate an official source when the airport facts snapshot did not accept one.
Reference summary
Prempeh I International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
19 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot, manual airport facts override; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
KMS / DGSI
OurAirports ident
DGSI
GPS / local code
DGSI
ISO region
GH-AH
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
major international passenger gateway
Official host
Not accepted
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q1877066
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 9:22 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--GMT · UTC+00:00
Time zone
GMT
Africa/Accra · UTC+00:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
4.7 km
Approximate distance to central Kumasi.
Official source
Prempeh I International Airport
Wikipedia / reference summary
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Accra
Languages
English
Currency
GHS (₵)
Country area
238,533 km²
Passenger volume
453,201 passengers (2024)
Terminals
new terminal building
Runways
1 runway
Longest runway
7,612 ft / 2,320 m
Runway surface
asphalt
Opened / operator
1943 · Ghana Airports Company Limited
Owner / entity
Q1877066
Hub airlines
Ghana inland regional gateway with a single-runway layout and a recently expanded international terminal role.
Airport role
major international passenger gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
19 source-backed signals
Prempeh I International Airport is a major international passenger gateway for Kumasi, Ghana. Kumasi's built-up core sits roughly 4.7 km from the terminal area. Operations run on Africa/Accra (UTC+00:00, GMT). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Prempeh I International Airport (KMS / DGSI) is at 6.7146° N, 1.5908° W, elevation 942 ft (287 m), serving Kumasi, Ghana.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Kumasi is in Ghana (capital Accra); on Africa/Accra (GMT, UTC+00:00); working languages: English; currency: GHS (₵).
Distance from central Kumasi: 5 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for KMS.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Prempeh I International Airport (KMS / DGSI)
Prempeh I International Airport · Airport serving Kumasi, Ghana
Source identifiers
DGSI · DGSI · GH-AH
No official host accepted · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Regional role cue
KMS serves Kumasi, the Ashanti Region, Ghana's middle belt, and northern Ghana demand.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for KMS; not treated as a live service guarantee.
Name or history cue
Kumasi Airport was renamed Prempeh I International Airport in 2024 after Asante King Prempeh I.
Retained because history, naming, or opening context helps distinguish this airport from same-shaped airport pages.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. New Tafo
new-tafo · 2.4 km from KMS
Ghana · Africa/Accra · +0h · population 30,380 · city coordinates 6.7190, -1.6119
2. Tafo
tafo · 3.2 km from KMS
Ghana · Africa/Accra · +0h · population 50,457 · city coordinates 6.7316, -1.6137
3. Kumasi
kumasi · 4.7 km from KMS
Ghana · Africa/Accra · +0h · population 2,544,530 · city coordinates 6.6885, -1.6244
4. Ahwiaa
ahwiaa · 5.1 km from KMS
Ghana · Africa/Accra · +0h · population 32,163 · city coordinates 6.7605, -1.5940
5. Ahwiaa
ahwiaa-13275281 · 22 km from KMS
Ghana · Africa/Accra · +0h · population 19,729 · city coordinates 6.9031, -1.6520
6. Effiduase
effiduase · 26 km from KMS
Ghana · Africa/Accra · +0h · population 30,486 · city coordinates 6.8468, -1.3961
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. ACC DGAA
Kotoka International Airport · Accra
200 km from KMS · Africa/Accra · +0h · elevation 205 ft (62 m) · airport coordinates 5.6052, -0.1668
2. ABJ DIAP
Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport · Abidjan
305 km from KMS · Africa/Abidjan · +0h · elevation 21 ft (6 m) · airport coordinates 5.2614, -3.9263
3. LFW DXXX
Lomé–Tokoin International Airport · Lomé
320 km from KMS · Africa/Lome · +0h · elevation 72 ft (22 m) · airport coordinates 6.1656, 1.2545
Route-time reference set
1. KMS-ACC
Accra · 200 km · 1h 5m
Africa/Accra · +0h from KMS; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. KMS-ABJ
Abidjan · 305 km · 1h 13m
Africa/Abidjan · +0h from KMS; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. KMS-LFW
Lomé · 320 km · 1h 14m
Africa/Lome · +0h from KMS; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
1 runway
Longest runway 7,612 ft / 2,320 m. 1 lighted runway in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
asphalt
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for KMS.
Runway identifiers
02/20
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. ACC DGAA
Kotoka International Airport · Accra · 200 km from KMS
large airport · Africa/Accra · ghana · 205 ft (62 m) · 5.6052, -0.1668
Accepted operational notes
Source note 1
Prempeh I International Airport serves Kumasi and the Ashanti Region rather than Togo's coastal capital market.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for KMS.
Source note 2
The airport's 2024 passenger signal and 2024 renaming give KMS a distinct source trail from other West African pages.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for KMS.
Source note 3
GACL describes the airport expansion as including a new terminal building, boarding bridges, roads, parking, and power infrastructure.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for KMS.
Source note 4
In 2024, the airport handled over 453,201 passengers, making it the second busiest airport in Ghana after Accra International Airport in Accra.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for KMS.
Country and authority
KMS sits in Ghana (Republic of Ghana), whose capital is Accra. No specific civil-aviation authority label is attached in the current map, so this page avoids inventing one. Country context: Africa, Western Africa.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: English. Currency context: GHS (₵). KMS is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Reference description
Airport serving Kumasi, Ghana. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Source-specific cues
Regional role cue: KMS serves Kumasi, the Ashanti Region, Ghana's middle belt, and northern Ghana demand. Name or history cue: Kumasi Airport was renamed Prempeh I International Airport in 2024 after Asante King Prempeh I.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q1877066 · Kumasi Airport. Administrative area: Kumasi Metropolitan District · Asokore Mampong Municipal District
Field and clock profile
Prempeh I International Airport is a low-elevation field at 942 ft (287 m), positioned at 6.7146° N, 1.5908° W in the Northern deep tropics. The runway snapshot lists 1 runway and a longest runway of 7,612 ft / 2,320 m. The airport clock uses Africa/Accra (GMT, UTC+00:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
New Tafo is the closest retained city-time anchor at 2.4 km. ACC Accra is the closest retained airport alternative at 200 km.
Country airport peers
KMS is compared with ACC Accra at 200 km inside the retained Ghana airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
Route geometry
KMS-ACC Accra: 200 km, about 1h 5m, +0h. KMS-ABJ Abidjan: 305 km, about 1h 13m, +0h. KMS-LFW Lomé: 320 km, about 1h 14m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident DGSI backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. No official airport website passed the current airport-facts snapshot. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
453,201 passengers (2024)
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
new terminal building
Runway footprint
1 runway · longest 7,612 ft / 2,320 m
Runway identifiers
02/20
OurAirports classifies KMS as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Kumasi.
KMS (DGSI) is one of the curated airport pages with a real traffic signal attached: 453,201 passengers (2024), operating from a low-elevation field at 942 ft (287 m).
KMS also has a clear airline-network role: the source summary describes it as ghana inland regional gateway with a single-runway layout and a recently expanded international terminal role..
KMS's runway record lists 1 runway, with the longest runway at 7,612 ft / 2,320 m and source surfaces recorded as asphalt.
Ghana Airports Company Limited is the clearest operator or management signal we currently have on file for KMS.
- Prempeh I International Airport serves Kumasi and the Ashanti Region rather than Togo's coastal capital market.
- The airport's 2024 passenger signal and 2024 renaming give KMS a distinct source trail from other West African pages.
- GACL describes the airport expansion as including a new terminal building, boarding bridges, roads, parking, and power infrastructure.
- In 2024, the airport handled over 453,201 passengers, making it the second busiest airport in Ghana after Accra International Airport in Accra.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at Prempeh I International Airport, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for KMS
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
KMS uses Africa/Accra (GMT, UTC+00:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Prempeh I International Airport is about 4.7 km from central Kumasi; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
ACC Accra is the closest retained alternate at 200 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
The accepted airport reference came from en.wikipedia.org; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place KMS inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
KMS ranks #2 in the curated Ghana airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 2 airports.
Same-zone airport cohort
KMS shares Africa/Accra with ACC Accra GH. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
KMS is 942 ft (287 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include ONT 944 ft (288 m) (2 ft delta) · DSM 958 ft (292 m) (16 ft delta) · GSO 925 ft (282 m) (17 ft delta) · NDJ 968 ft (295 m) (26 ft delta) · TYS 981 ft (299 m) (39 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
KMS's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are ACC 200 km +0h · ABJ 305 km +0h · LFW 320 km +0h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accra | ACC | 200 km | 1h 5m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Abidjan | ABJ | 305 km | 1h 13m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Lomé | LFW | 320 km | 1h 14m | +0h | --:--:-- |
KMS to ACC
Accra
Distance 200 km; estimated travel window 1h 5m; destination zone Africa/Accra is +0h from KMS. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
KMS to ABJ
Abidjan
Distance 305 km; estimated travel window 1h 13m; destination zone Africa/Abidjan is +0h from KMS. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
KMS to LFW
Lomé
Distance 320 km; estimated travel window 1h 14m; destination zone Africa/Lome is +0h from KMS. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
Central Kumasi is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
Kumasi is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Prempeh I International Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from KMS, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
New Tafo
new-tafo · 2.4 km · Africa/Accra
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Tafo
tafo · 3.2 km · Africa/Accra
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Kumasi
kumasi · 4.7 km · Africa/Accra
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Ahwiaa
ahwiaa · 5.1 km · Africa/Accra
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Ahwiaa
ahwiaa-13275281 · 22 km · Africa/Accra
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Effiduase
effiduase · 26 km · Africa/Accra
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Bekwai
bekwai · 29 km · Africa/Accra
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Konongo
konongo · 43 km · Africa/Accra
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Mampong
mampong · 44 km · Africa/Accra
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Agogo
agogo · 57 km · Africa/Accra
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Obuase
obuase · 58 km · Africa/Accra
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Bechem
bechem · 64 km · Africa/Accra
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Prempeh I International Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Accra (ACC), Abidjan (ABJ), Lomé (LFW). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Ghana inland regional gateway with a single-runway layout and a recently expanded international terminal role..
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: 453,201 passengers (2024).
- Terminal footprint: new terminal building.
- Runway footprint: 1 runway; longest runway 7,612 ft / 2,320 m; identifiers 02/20.
- Runway surfaces: asphalt; 1 lighted runway in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: Ghana Airports Company Limited.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1943.
- Network role: Ghana inland regional gateway with a single-runway layout and a recently expanded international terminal role..
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from KMS. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Kotoka International AirportACC
Accra · large airport
- Distance
- 200 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 205 ft (62 m)
Compare against ACC when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International AirportABJ
Abidjan · large airport
- Distance
- 305 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 21 ft (6 m)
Compare against ABJ when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Lomé–Tokoin International AirportLFW
Lomé · large airport
- Distance
- 320 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 72 ft (22 m)
Compare against LFW when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Companion Planning Tools
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Prempeh I International Airport (KMS) in?▾
Prempeh I International Airport is in the Africa/Accra timezone (UTC+00:00, GMT).
What are the codes for Prempeh I International Airport?▾
Prempeh I International Airport uses IATA code KMS and ICAO code DGSI.
Where is Prempeh I International Airport located?▾
Prempeh I International Airport is located in Kumasi, Ghana at coordinates 6.7146° N, 1.5908° W, with an elevation of 942 ft (287 m) (low-elevation field in the deep tropics).
How far is Prempeh I International Airport from central Kumasi?▾
Prempeh I International Airport sits roughly 4.7 km from the nearest mapped city center for Kumasi.
Which route reference is most useful from KMS?▾
Accra (ACC) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 5m, destination timezone Africa/Accra, and a +0h difference from KMS.
What other airports in Ghana are close peers to KMS?▾
KMS's curated peers in Ghana on this site include ACC Accra.
How many runways does Prempeh I International Airport have?▾
Prempeh I International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 1 runway, with the longest runway recorded at 7,612 ft / 2,320 m; identifiers include 02/20.