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Lomé–Tokoin International Airport, officially Gnassingbé Eyadéma International Airport, is the principal gateway to Togo's capital and a major hub for ASKY Airlines on the West African coast. For the sim pilot it offers a single long paved runway with an ILS approach, set right on the Gulf of Guinea coastline, and a mix of civil and military traffic under its Public/Military designation.
Lomé–Tokoin International Airport, known formally as Gnassingbé Eyadéma International Airport after Togo's third president, serves Lomé, the capital of Togo. It is a combined public and military airfield and functions as the hub for ASKY Airlines, with Ethiopian Airlines also basing significant operations there. For a visiting sim pilot it is a straightforward single-runway international field with a long ILS-equipped strip, close to the sea and the city, making it a useful and visually distinctive West African destination.
The airport lies at Lomé on Togo's Atlantic coast in the Maritime Region, close to the border with Ghana. It sits within Togolese controlled airspace with a tower service in operation. No other major airports lie in the immediate vicinity, and the field is the principal international aerodrome for the country.
The airport has a single physical runway, 04/22, some 9,866 feet long with a hard surface. Both directions are lit, and an ILS approach is provided, aligned with runway 22.
Traffic at Lomé–Tokoin is worked on TWR 120.7 MHz, with an A/G voice frequency also published on 123.6 MHz. An ILS is available for runway 22, supporting instrument approaches to the field.
The airport lies directly on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea on the southern edge of Lomé, giving pilots a clear coastal landmark for locating and joining for the field; the city itself, immediately adjacent, is a further prominent visual reference.
The airport is named after Gnassingbé Eyadéma, the third President of Togo, reflecting its role as the country's principal aerial gateway through periods of political change. It has seen a mix of civil and government traffic over the decades, including an accident on 26 December 1974 when a Togolese government Grumman American G-1159 Gulfstream II crashed on approach from Niamey, killing the three crew while all three passengers survived; the aircraft had been carrying the Nigerien president home. Other recorded incidents include the destruction by fire of a Lockheed L-749A Constellation on 22 October 1977, and the write-off of a Boeing 747-2D7B on an Atlas Air cargo flight to Amsterdam on 2 February 2008 after cargo broke loose during takeoff and damaged the aircraft. A new passenger terminal, with capacity for up to two million passengers a year, opened at the airport in early 2016.
The airport remains Togo's principal international aerodrome and the hub for ASKY Airlines, which operates an extensive network of West and Central African destinations from Lomé, alongside Ethiopian Airlines services to Addis Ababa and long-haul routes to the United States. Brussels Airlines, Air France, Royal Air Maroc, Air Côte d'Ivoire, Air Burkina and Ceiba Intercontinental also serve the field. As a mixed public/military airport handling scheduled international traffic, prior permission is generally required for general aviation and non-scheduled movements.
