Escravos Airstrip

Escravos Airport
IATA: none ICAO: DNES
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Escravos
Elevation  AMSL	10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates	5°37′00″N5°11′20″E / 5.61667°N 5.18889°E / 5.61667; 5.18889
Map
DNES Location of the airport in Nigeria
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 13/31 1,700 5,577 Asphalt
Source: GCM [1] Google Maps [2]

Escravos Airport( ICAO : DNES) is an airport serving the Escravos coastal oil terminal in the Delta State of Nigeria.

The Osubi non-directional beacon (Ident: ESC) is located on the field. The Escravos NDB (Ident: ES) is 1.2 nautical miles (2.2 km) southeast of the airport. The runway length includes a 300 metres (980 ft) displaced threshold on Runway 31.

Description

The airport is located in Delta state in the south eastern part of Nigeria. The airport is a personal runway belonging to Chevron. It is mostly used by entering and exiting the Escravos tank farm, gas plants, and EGTL. The airport also serves as a departure point for Chevron employees traveling to marsh fields and offshore locations. According to findings the airstrip has a latitude of 5.6253222222 and a longitude of 5.1923833333. ^[3]

See also

• Transport in Nigeria
• List of airports in Nigeria
• Nigeriaportal
• Aviationportal

References

1. Airport information for DNES at Great Circle Mapper.
2. Google Maps - Escravos
3. "DNES - Escravos [Escravos Airstrip], DE, NG - Airport - Great Circle Mapper". www.gcmap.com. Retrieved 2023-06-14.

External links

• OurAirports - Escravos Archived 2017-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
• SkyVector - DNES