Anambra International Cargo Airport

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Chinua Achebe International Airport Umueri
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/Operator Anambra State Government
Serves Onitsha

Awka Nnewi Ekwulobia Ihiala Otuocha

Anambra
Location Umueri, Anambra
Opened30 October 2021;2 years ago (2021-10-30)
Hub for Air Peace
Coordinates 6°16′13″N6°52′39″E / 6.27026°N 6.87761°E / 6.27026; 6.87761
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
06L/24R3,70012,139 Asphalt
Statistics (January 2022)
Passengers11,860
Aircraft movements376
Land Area1,901 hectares (4,700 acres)

Chinua Achebe International Airport Umueri is an international airport in Nigeria. It is situated at Ivite-Umueri in Umueri, Anambra State. [1]

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History

The project to build the airport was officially launched by the Anambra State government on 11 April 2017, with construction finishing three years later. The airport was then inaugurated by Anambra State's Governor Willie Obiano on 30 October 2021. [2]

On 2 December 2021, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority issued the Anambra State Government the authority to open the airport for commercial operations, [3] [4] after which the airport began commercial operations on 7 December 2021. In its first month of operations, it had recorded 142 flights carrying a total of 3,865 passengers. [5]

In March 2022, a Ziegler fire truck was delivered to the airport. [6]

On 1 October 2023, the airport was renamed after Chinua Achebe, a literary icon who was a notable author, poet and critic from Anambra State and whose first novel, Things Fall Apart is globally acclaimed. Presently, the airport is known as Chinua Achebe International Airport, Umueri. [7] [8]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinationsRefs
Air Peace Abuja, Lagos [9]
United Nigeria Airlines Abuja, Lagos [10]

The airport located at Umueri, in Anambra East LGA of Anambra state, serves a lot of the neighboring states because it is a cargo airport, also. The roads that lead to the airport is motorable. Two airlines are currently functional here: Air Peace and United Nigeria Airlines. [5]

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