Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport

Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport Filin Jirgin Saman Mallami Aminu Kano (Hausa)
IATA: KAN ICAO: DNKN
Summary
Airport type	Public/Military
Owner/Operator	Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)
Serves	Kano, Nigeria
Hub for	Azman Air, Max Air
Elevation AMSL	1,562 ft / 476 m
Coordinates	12°02′55″N 8°31′20″E / 12.04861°N 8.52222°E / 12.04861; 8.52222
Map
KAN Location of the airport in Nigeria
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 2,451 8,041 Asphalt 06/24 3,301 10,830 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 389,530 Passenger change 14–15 10.1%
Sources: FAAN[1] WAD[2] GCM[3]

Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (Hausa: Filin Jirgin Saman Mallami Aminu Kano, IATA: KAN, ICAO: DNKN) is an international airport serving Kano, the capital city of Kano State of Nigeria. It was a Royal Air Force station before the country became independent. It is the main airport serving northern Nigeria and was named after the 20th-century politician Aminu Kano. The airport has an international and a domestic terminal. Construction started on a new domestic terminal and was commissioned on 23 May 2011. In 2009, the airport handled 323,482 passengers. The bulk of international flights cater to the large Sudanese community in Kano and Muslim pilgrimages to Mecca.