Route profile

Lome (LFW) → Abidjan (ABJ)

A reference for the Lomé-Tokoin Airport to Port Bouet Airport route. You'll find the operators on file, the great-circle geometry, the connecting options if no nonstop fits your dates, and a short profile of each endpoint airport.

582 kmGreat-circle distance
362 miIn miles
1h 25mApprox. block time
2Operators on file

The flight from Lome (LFW) to Abidjan (ABJ) covers a great-circle distance of roughly 582 km (362 miles). Aircraft leave Lomé-Tokoin Airport on an initial west heading. As international sectors go, this one sits in the medium-haul bracket: long enough that most carriers run it as its own dedicated rotation, but short enough to fit inside a single crew duty period.

2 carriers file a direct LFW to ABJ sector, with Ethiopian Airlines and Hapagfly among the operators on record. A route attracting this many carriers usually points to a city pair with both leisure and business demand, or a competitive hub-to-hub link where the airline alliances overlap on the same metal.

Operators on the LFW → ABJ direction

Carriers with at least one scheduled rotation on this sector in the OpenFlights dataset, ranked by the number of code-shared filings.

IATAAirlineCountryCallsign
ET Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopia ETHIOPIAN
HF Hapagfly Germany HAPAG LLOYD

A medium-haul sector of this length is an operational sweet spot. Block time lands near 1h 25m, well inside a single crew duty for most carriers, and modern narrow-bodies (A320neo, 737 MAX, A321) can fly it without payload restrictions. Premium-cabin product on this kind of sector is usually a recliner seat rather than a fully flat bed.

If a nonstop doesn't match your dates, Paris (CDG), Brussels (BRU), and Lagos (LOS) show up on both ends of the network and make the most natural connecting points. The connecting-hubs grid below extends that list to the eight strongest options, ranked by each airport's overall departure activity. That ranking is a fast proxy for how many onward flights a single stop is likely to feed.

Connecting hubs

Airports that already appear on both ends of this network. They're the natural one-stop options when no nonstop matches your dates, ranked by overall departure activity.

This is an international sector between Togo and Cote d'Ivoire. Build in time for passport validity, possible visa requirements, and the time-zone gap between Lome and Abidjan. International itineraries are quoted in local time at each end, so a "midnight" departure in Lome typically lands the next morning in Abidjan. Customs clearance happens on first arrival in the destination country.

On the day of operation, the LFW to ABJ direction lifts off heading west, then the great-circle track curves to compensate for the Earth's rotation. The return ABJ to LFW sector heads east out of the gate, with 5 operators on file for the inbound side. Combine the two operator lists for a full picture of the city pair's competitive landscape.

Endpoints

Other routes from Lome (LFW)

Other destinations served from the same origin. Handy for combining trips or for finding an alternate first leg.

Other routes into Abidjan (ABJ)

Other origins that already file scheduled service into the destination airport.

Reading this route page

The operator list reflects scheduled-route filings in the OpenFlights dataset, not real-time availability. A carrier appearing here publishes a scheduled service on this sector. It isn't a live timetable, and the actual flight numbers, frequencies, and aircraft types shift season to season. For booking and current schedules, cross-reference the airline page above with the carrier's own website.

Distance here is the great-circle arc between the two airports' published coordinates. Real flight tracks wander off that line because of wind, ATC routings, oceanic crossings, and political airspace constraints. Block time is an estimate covering ground taxi, climb, cruise at typical jet speeds, and descent. Real block times shift with aircraft type, weather, and traffic, so treat the stat-strip number as a planning indicator rather than a published flight time.