KIA to get a modern air traffic control tower
The Acting Director-General of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Rev Stephen Wilfred Arthur, has noted that ongoing projects at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) will soon be completed.
According to him, the government is putting measures in place to uplift the status of the airport to a business and air traffic centre in West Africa.
He noted that these measures include the construction of a modern air traffic control tower centre.
“The construction of the modern air traffic control tower centre will transform our airspace management systems, boosting radar surveillance, communication efficiency, and safety protocols. All these projects are very much on course,” he said.
He added that the project will be completed by the end of 2025.
“It is expected that by the end of next year, the modern air traffic control centre will be completed. The forthcoming implementation, I must say, (sic) is more than 80% complete. The infrastructural part of it is 100% complete,” he was quoted in a report by myjoyonline.com on June 12, 2025.
Rev Wilfred said the GCAA is also working to broaden its data system to coordinate and harmonise flight activities at the airport.
According to him, the advanced passenger information system will improve security by receiving all passenger data at a central point to be analysed by the state security agencies when needed.
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) will then be able to identify persons entering Ghana’s airspace before they land at any airport in the country.
“What exactly am I referring to? I am referring to the advanced passenger information system and the passenger name record system that is long overdue to be implemented in Ghana,” he said.
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