Escravos Airstrip

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Escravos Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
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
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DNES
Location of the airport in Nigeria
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
13/311,7005,577Asphalt
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.

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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.It's a personal runway that belongs to Chevron. It is mostly used by entering and exiting the Escravos tank farm, gas plants, and EGTL. It also serves as a departure point for Chevron employees traveling to marsh fields and offshore locations..it has only one runway 1770m.According to findings the airstrip has latitude of 5.6253222222 and longitude of 5.1923833333. [3]

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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.