Wa Airport

Wa Airport is an airport serving , a city in the of which is also its capital. The airport is operated by Ghana Airports Company Limited.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: commercial airport in Ghana
  • Also known as: “DGLW”, “frwdgah wa”, “wa kong gang”, and “WZA”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wa Municipal District and Dondoli Mosque.

Government office
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is one of the eleven districts in , . Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Wa District, until two parts of the district were later split off by a decree of president John…

Ruins
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The is a located in the village of Dondoli in in the in . Built in the 19th century in the Sudano-Sahelian architectural style, the mosque is in partial ruins.

College
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is a teacher education college in established in 1982. The college is located in Northern Zone. It is one of the 46 colleges of education in Ghana.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wa and Nakore.

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is a town and the capital of the Metropolitan Assembly and the of . It has a population of 200,672 people, according to the 2021 census.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 8 km southwest of Wa Airport.

Wa Airport

Latitude
10.08293° or 10° 4′ 59″ north
Longitude
-2.50781° or 2° 30′ 28″ west
Elevation
323 metres (1,060 feet)
IATA airport code
WZA
ICAO airport code
DGLW
United Nations Location Code
GH WA2
Open location code
7C2V3FMR+5V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 316001396
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6296424
Wiki­data ID
Q1153024
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tajik—“Wa Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Wa (tugpahanan)”
  • Cebuano: “Wa”
  • French: “aérodrome de Wa”
  • French: “Aérodrome de Wa”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Wa Airport”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Wa”
  • Indonesian: “DGLW”
  • Japanese: “ワ空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Wa”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه وا”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Wa”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Wa”
  • Southern Dagaare: “DGLW”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Wa airport”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Wa Aloopɛlɛ leebu bee iribu zie”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Wa Nɛɛse kɔlaagyi”
  • Southern Dagaare: “WZA”
  • Swedish: “Wa flygplats”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи во”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Kunbiasi and Dobile.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wa Sports Stadium and Jamiat Al-Hidaya Islamic Girls Senior High School.

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