| Eket Airstrip | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Location | Eket, Nigeria | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 42 ft / 13 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 4°38′50″N7°57′00″E / 4.64722°N 7.95000°E | ||||||||||
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  DNEK Location of the airport in Nigeria | |||||||||||
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Eket Airstrip or Eket Airfield( ICAO : DNEK) is an airport serving Eket, a city in the Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria.
The ICAOairport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world. These codes, as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators, are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning.
Eket is the second largest city in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The name also refers to the indigenous ethnic group of the region and to their language. The city itself, an industrial city that in recent years has become a conurbation engulfing separate villages, has a population of over 200,000, while entire urban area, which covers Okon, Nsit Ubium,Idua, Afaha Eket and Esit Eket, has a combined population of 364,489, the second largest urban population in Akwa Ibom state.
Akwa Ibom is a state in Nigeria. It is located in the coastal southern part of the country, lying between latitudes 4°32′N and 5°33′N, and longitudes 7°25′E and 8°25′E. The state is located in the South-South geopolitical zone, and is bordered on the east by Cross River State, on the west by Rivers State and Abia State, and on the south by the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost tip of Cross River State.
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The Eket non-directional beacon (Ident:EK) is located on the field. [4] Runway length does not include a 145 metres (476 ft) displaced threshold on Runway 19.
A non-directional (radio) beacon (NDB) is a radio transmitter at a known location, used as an aviation or marine navigational aid. As the name implies, the signal transmitted does not include inherent directional information, in contrast to other navigational aids such as low frequency radio range, VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) and TACAN. NDB signals follow the curvature of the Earth, so they can be received at much greater distances at lower altitudes, a major advantage over VOR. However, NDB signals are also affected more by atmospheric conditions, mountainous terrain, coastal refraction and electrical storms, particularly at long range.
A displaced threshold or DTHR is a runway threshold located at a point other than the physical beginning or end of the runway.
