Airports / Ghana / KMS
Prempeh I International Airport
DGSI / KMSKumasi, GhanaELEV 942 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
59 nm
To the nearest alternate
Sunyani Airport (NYI).
Overview
Prempeh I International Airport, listed as DGSI / KMS, is a large commercial airport in Kumasi, Ghana. The field lies at an elevation of 942 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
KMS has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Sunyani Airport (NYI, 59 nm), Kotoka International Airport (ACC, 108 nm), and Takoradi Airport (TKD, 110 nm).
Quotes for flights out of KMS vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from KMS, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
DGSI
IATA
KMS
FAA / Local
DGSI
Elevation
942 ft
Coordinates
6.7146° N · 1.5908° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Ghana fields
state range 21–1,014 ft
At 942 ft, KMS sits higher than 67% of the 6 Ghana fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 59nmNYISunyani AirportSunyani
- 108nmACCKotoka International AirportAccra
- 110nmTKDTakoradi AirportSekondi-Takoradi
- 127nmDGAHHo AirportHo
- 164nmABJFélix-Houphouët-Boigny International AirportAbidjan
- 173nmLFWLomé–Tokoin International AirportLomé
Location
Open the full mapDGSI · Prempeh I International Airport · Kumasi, Ghana