Maiduguri International Airport

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Maiduguri International Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/Operator Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria
Serves Maiduguri, Borno Nigeria
Elevation  AMSL 1,099. ft / 335 m
Coordinates 11°51′20″N13°04′55″E / 11.85556°N 13.08194°E / 11.85556; 13.08194
Map
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MIU
Location of the airport in Nigeria
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
05/233,0009,843Asphalt, concrete
Sources: WAD [1] GCM [2]

Maiduguri International Airport( IATA : MIU, ICAO : DNMA) is an airport serving Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in Nigeria.

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General Muhammadu Buhari International Airport Maiduguri

The first aircraft, an Airco DH.9, that landed in Nigeria, landed in Maiduguri in 1925 [3]

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AirlinesDestinations
Azman Air Abuja, Kaduna, Kano, Lagos, Yola
Max Air Abuja

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References

  1. "Airport information for DNMA". 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.
  2. Airport information for MIU at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. "Coningham a Biography of Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham".