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Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport

 
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Coordinates: 09°00′24″N 007°15′47″E / 9.00667°N 7.26306°E / 9.00667; 7.26306

Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
IATA: ABVICAO: DNAA
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner/Operator Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)
Serves Abuja, Nigeria
Elevation AMSL 1,123 ft / 342 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 3,609 11,842 Asphalt
Sources: FAAN [1] and DAFIF [2][3]

Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (IATA: ABVICAO: DNAA) is located in Abuja, FCT, Nigeria, and is the main airport serving the Nigerian capital city. It was named after Nigeria's first President, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe. It consists of an international and a domestic terminal. Both terminals share the same runway.

The Abuja Gateway Consortium signed on November 13, 2006 an USD101.1 million contract for the management of the airport over the next 25 years. The contract includes the construction of an airport hotel, private car parks, shopping malls and a bonded warehouse, totalling USD50 million, during its first five years in addition to an upfront payment of USD10 million. Total investments will according to the business plan amount to USD371 million during the period of the contract.

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Statistics

Statistics for Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport [4]
Year Total Passengers  % Increase Freight (tons) Total Aircraft Movements
2002 1,441,734 -%
2003 1,742,271 20.8%
2004 2,194,512 26%
2005 2,126,645 (3.1%)
2006 2,011,320 5.4%
2007 2,200,000[5] 8.6%

Airlines and destinations

International

Airlines Destinations
Arik Air Niamey
British Airways London-Heathrow
Delta Air Lines Dakar, New York-JFK
EgyptAir Cairo
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Amsterdam
Lufthansa Frankfurt
Virgin Nigeria Accra

Domestic

Airlines Destinations
Aero Contractors (Nigeria) Lagos, Port Harcourt
Afrijet Airlines Lagos, Yola
Arik Air Akure, Benin City, Calabar, Gombe, Enugu, Kano, Katsina, Lagos, Maiduguri, Owerri, Port Harcourt, Sokoto, Yola, Warri
Associated Aviation Benin City, Ibadan, Markudi
Bellview Airlines Kano, Lagos
Capital Airlines (Nigeria) Ilorin, Lagos, Minna
Chanchangi Airlines Lagos, Port Harcourt
Dana Air Lagos
IRS Airlines Calabar, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Maiduguri, Yola
Overland Airways Ibadan, Ilorin
Virgin Nigeria Kano, Lagos, Sokoto

Incidents and accidents

On 10 December 2005 Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crashed at Port Harcourt Airport in Port Harcourt after flying from Abuja.

On October 29, 2006 ADC Airlines Flight 53 crashed shortly after take-off from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria.

References

  1. ^ Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN): Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja
  2. ^ Airport information for DNAA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.. Source: DAFIF.
  3. ^ Airport information for ABV at Great Circle Mapper. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
  4. ^ Statistics from Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria
  5. ^ http://odili.net/news/source/2008/dec/9/12.html

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