Kaduna International Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kaduna, Nigeria | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,073 ft / 632 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 10°41′45″N 7°19′15″E / 10.69583°N 7.32083°E | ||||||||||
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Kaduna Airport (IATA: KAD, ICAO: DNKA) is an airport serving Kaduna, the capital of Kaduna State in Nigeria. The airport is around 22 kilometres (14 mi) northwest of the city. The airport opened in 1982.[4]
Kaduna also has an older airport, Old Kaduna Airport, located in the northern part of the city.
The airport was attacked by bandits on March 26, 2022, killing a security guard.[5]
- ^ "Airport information for DNKA". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. - ^ Airport information for KAD at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Google Maps - Kaduna
- ^ "Kaduna Airport | Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria". Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
- ^ "Two flights 'escape' as '200 terrorists' attack Kaduna airport, one dead". Vanguard News. 2022-03-27. Retrieved 2022-03-27.