Port Harcourt International Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) | ||||||||||
Serves | Port Harcourt | ||||||||||
Location | Omagwa, Nigeria | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 91 ft / 27.7 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 5°00′55″N6°57′00″E / 5.01528°N 6.95000°E | ||||||||||
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Port Harcourt International Airport( IATA : PHC, ICAO : DNPO) is an international airport located in Omagwa, a suburb of Port Harcourt, the capital city of the Rivers State in Nigeria. The airport has two terminals for both international and domestic flights. The new International terminal was commissioned by the executive president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on 25 October 2018. In 2009, the airport served 1,081,587 passengers, making it the third-busiest airport in Nigeria [ citation needed ].
In 1997, Air France started flights to Paris. [5] [6]
On 18 August 2006, the airport was closed for repairs. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority stated that the emergency shutdown was in order to overhaul the runway and build a fence around the facility. Such maintenance had been in planning stages for several months, but an electrical fire on 17 August 2006 made repairs immediately necessary. All domestic flights were diverted to Sam Mbakwe Airport (Owerri), Akanu Ibiam International Airport (Enugu) and Margaret Ekpo International Airport (Calabar), while international flights were diverted to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (Abuja) or Murtala Mohammed International Airport (Lagos). Repair work started in January 2007, while re-opening was originally expected to be in August 2007. In June 2007, work was suspended due to safety concerns of the engineers. In December 2007, the airport was reopened to a limited capacity. Operations were restricted to daytime until the first quarter of 2008, by which time the new CAT III lighting system became fully operational.
In 2015, the airport gained notoriety for having been declared the worst in the world; amid this, the construction of a new passenger terminal was underway, which later opened in 2018. [7] [8]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has its Port Harcourt office on the airport grounds. [9]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Air France Cargo | Paris–Charles de Gaulle |
Air Atlanta Icelandic | Liège |
Cargolux Airlines | Luxembourg |
Western Global Airlines | Liège |
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These data show number of passengers movements into the airport, according to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria's Aviation Sector Summary Reports.
Year | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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Passengers | 917,151 | 679,282 | 278,363 | 868,458 | 1,080,088 | 1,211,816 | 1,346,611 | 1,192,136 | 1,220,306 | 1,337,477 | 1,223,807 |
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Source: Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). Aviation Sector Reports (2010-2013, [13] 2014, [14] Q3-Q4 of 2015, [15] and Q1-Q2 of 2016, [16] ) |
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