18 September 2026

Conakry’s Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport Handles 545,330 Passengers in First Half of 2026

Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport in Conakry handled 545,330 passengers in the first half of 2026, up 22.18%, with domestic traffic up 63.98% and freight and mail up 20.85% to 4,973 tonnes.

SOGEAG infographic showing Conakry airport traffic in the first half of 2026: 545,330 passengers, 35,596 domestic passengers and 4,973 tonnes of freight and mail. — SOGEAG's summary of traffic at Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport in the first half of 2026. [SOGEAG]

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African Pilot Newsdesk

Why this article matters
Conakry’s airport added 98,995 passengers in the first half of 2026 compared with a year earlier, and passed 100,000 passengers a month in both May and June. Growth came from every segment, with domestic traffic up 63.98% and transit up 54.60%, the latter led by a 78.52% rise in non-African transit passengers.

Cargo remains overwhelmingly import-led, with imports making up 87.9% of the 4,973 tonnes of freight and mail handled, although exports also rose by 18.48%. Whether the airport can hold monthly traffic above 100,000 passengers through the second half will show how far the first-half gains are sustained.

Of Interest
- Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport handled 545,330 passengers in the first half of 2026, up 22.18% on the first half of 2025.
- Domestic traffic rose 63.98% to 35,596 passengers.
- Transit traffic rose 54.60% to 46,101 passengers.
- Monthly traffic reached 101,830 passengers in May 2026 and 101,888 in June 2026.
- Freight and mail rose 20.85% to 4,973 tonnes.
- Imports accounted for 87.9% of freight and mail volumes.

Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport in Conakry handled 545,330 passengers in the first half of 2026, 22.18% more than the 446,335 recorded in the same period of 2025, according to figures published by the airport’s operator, SOGEAG.

The additional 98,995 passengers were spread across every traffic category. International departures rose 15.34% to 223,584 and international arrivals 19.45% to 240,049. Domestic traffic grew fastest, up 63.98% to 35,596 passengers, while transit passengers increased by 54.60% to 46,101.

Services outside Africa carried the larger share of international traffic. Departures to non-African destinations rose 9.10% to 118,555 and arrivals from them 24.91% to 136,803, compared with 105,029 departures to African destinations, up 23.29%, and 103,246 arrivals from them, up 12.92%. Non-African transit traffic rose 78.52% to 30,093 passengers and African transit 23.49% to 16,008.

Passenger traffic, Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport

Monthly traffic passed 100,000 passengers in May, at 101,830, and again in June, at 101,888. SOGEAG says this is the first time the airport has crossed that threshold. The operator also reported a 114.33% increase in domestic departures in June.

Freight and mail rose 20.85% to 4,973 tonnes, from 4,115t. Imports accounted for 4,373t, or 87.9% of the total, up 21.07% from 3,612t. Exports increased 18.48% to 577t from 487t, with February exports at 192t against 102t a year earlier. Mail rose from 16t to 23t.

Freight and mail (tonnes), Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport

SOGEAG places the results within the Simandou 2040 programme, which it describes as a plan to modernise Guinea’s infrastructure and position Conakry as a hub in West Africa.