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Air traffic statistics for Banjul International Airport
Short answer
- Passengers handled, 2025
- 646,543 1
- Passengers disembarked, 2025
- 320,680 1
- Passengers embarked, 2025
- 325,863 1
- Aircraft movements, 2025
- 1,533 1
- Freight handled, 2025
- 1,911.8 tonnes 1
- Publisher
- Gambia Bureau of Statistics, June 2026, using GCAA data 1
Latest yearly figures
The bureau's Transport Statistics 2025 summary report, dated June 2026, gives five years of air traffic at Banjul. It names the GCAA as the source of the air data 1. It does not report transit passengers, mail or monthly figures 1.
Before and during the pandemic
The report dated December 2023 gives 407,300 passengers in 2018 and 477,512 in 2019. It gives 192,351 in 2020 4. The 2025 total of 646,543 is higher than any year in these reports 1,4.
The report dated June 2022 counted direct transit passengers on top of the totals. It gave 42,015 in 2019, 19,118 in 2020 and 27,153 in 2021 5. Later editions drop the transit line 1,4.
The June 2022 edition shows 5,426 passengers disembarked and 157,911 embarked in 2017 5. These rows look incomplete, so this site does not use the 2017 figures.
Why the editions differ
The bureau revises past years from one edition to the next. It does not explain the changes. The table shows some of the differences 1,23,5.
- The June 2025 edition says embarked passengers rose from 208,325 in 2023 to 199,944 in 2024. The figures show a fall 2.
- The June 2025 edition labels freight in kilograms, but a footnote says the 2024 values are in tonnes and include mail 2.
- The June 2026 edition gives 2021 movements as 3,008, matching the June 2022 edition, not the 1,542 in the editions between 1,35.
| Figure | Earlier edition | Later edition |
|---|---|---|
| Passengers, 2024 2 | 425,323, June 2025 2 | 446,070, June 2026 1 |
| Passengers, 2023 3 | 418,807, September 2024 3 | 415,909, June 2026 1 |
| Passengers, 2021 5 | 199,939, June 2022 5 | 200,473, June 2026 1 |
| Aircraft movements, 2021 5 | 3,008, June 2022 5 | 1,542, September 2024 3 |
| Aircraft movements, 2019 5 | 5,462, June 2022 5 | 2,616, December 2023 4 |
The editions dated December 2023 and September 2024 give mail in kilograms 4,3. The June 2026 edition has no mail line 1.
Monthly and other counts
Gambia International Airlines, the ground handler, has a statistics page with month and year selectors for 2022 to 2025. For August 2025 it showed 7 airlines, 8,240 passengers in, 10,771 passengers out and 111 operations (provider page) 6. It showed freight of 30,504 in and 10,872 out, with no unit stated 6.
The national aviation safety plan dated November 2025 counts 26,281 movements in The Gambia from 2019 to 2024. It does not give yearly figures 7. This total does not match the bureau's yearly counts.
Inside the GCAA, the International Relations and Statistics Division captures and analyses traffic data 8.
Common questions
How many passengers used Banjul airport in 2025?
646,543, according to the Gambia Bureau of Statistics report dated June 2026 1.
Who collects Gambian air traffic statistics?
The GCAA collects the data and the Gambia Bureau of Statistics publishes it each year 1,8.
Why do the passenger numbers for the same year differ?
Each edition revises earlier years. For 2024 the bureau gave 425,323 in June 2025 and 446,070 in June 2026 2,1.
Is there monthly traffic data for Banjul airport?
Gambia International Airlines shows monthly counts on its statistics page (provider page) 6.
How much freight goes through Banjul airport?
1,911.8 tonnes in 2025, up from 1,808.1 tonnes in 2024 1.
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Sources
- Gambia Bureau of Statistics: Transport Statistics 2025, Summary Report (June 2026)
- Gambia Bureau of Statistics: Transport Statistics Summary Report 2024 (June 2025)
- Gambia Bureau of Statistics: Transport Statistics Summary Report 2023 (September 2024)
- Gambia Bureau of Statistics: Transport Statistics Summary Report 2022 (December 2023)
- Gambia Bureau of Statistics: Transport Statistics Summary Report 2021 (June 2022)
- Gambia International Airlines: Statistics, total traffic in and out of Banjul International Airport (provider page, August 2025 figures)
- Ministry of Transport, Works and Infrastructure and GCAA: The Gambia National Aviation Safety Plan 2026 to 2028, issue 1 (November 2025)
- Gambia Civil Aviation Authority: Air transport (official page, undated)
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