Port Harcourt International Airport

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Port Harcourt International Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/Operator Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)
Serves Port Harcourt
LocationOmagwa, Nigeria
Elevation  AMSL 91 ft / 27.7 m
Coordinates 5°00′55″N6°57′00″E / 5.01528°N 6.95000°E / 5.01528; 6.95000
Map
Nigeria location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
PHC
Location of the airport in Nigeria
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
03/213,0009,843Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers1,223,807
Passenger change 14–15Decrease2.svg8.5%
Sources: FAAN [1] WAD [2] GCM [3] Google Maps [4]

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 ].

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History

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]

Other facilities

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has its Port Harcourt office on the airport grounds. [9]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Aero Contractors Abuja, Lagos
Africa's Connection STP Sao Tome
Air Peace Abuja, Kano, Lagos
Arik Air Abuja, Lagos, Libreville
Cronos Airlines Accra, Malabo [10]
Lufthansa Frankfurt
Qatar Airways Doha [11]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul, [12] Malabo
ValueJet Lagos

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Air France Cargo Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air Atlanta Icelandic Liège
Cargolux Airlines Luxembourg
Western Global Airlines Liège

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at PHC airport. See Wikidata query.

These data show number of passengers movements into the airport, according to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria's Aviation Sector Summary Reports.

Year20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015
Passengers917,151679,282278,363868,4581,080,0881,211,8161,346,6111,192,1361,220,3061,337,4771,223,807
Growth (%)Increase2.svg 5.39%Decrease2.svg 25.94%Decrease2.svg 59.02%Increase2.svg211.99%Increase2.svg 24.37%Increase2.svg 12.20%Increase2.svg 11.12%Decrease2.svg 11.47%Increase2.svg 2.36%Increase2.svg 9.60%Decrease2.svg 8.50%
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] )

Accidents and incidents

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References

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  2. ↑ "Airport information for DNPO". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
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  12. ↑ Turkish Airlines adds Port Harcourt service from late-June 2019
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  14. ↑ "Aviation Sector Summary Report Q4 2014 – Q1 2015" . Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  15. ↑ "NIGERIA AVIATION SECTOR Q3-Q4 2015 REPORT" . Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  16. ↑ "Nigerian Aviation Sector Summary Report: Q1-Q2 2016" . Retrieved 30 May 2017.
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  18. ↑ Accident Synopsis 27 November 2001 [usurped] AirDisaster.com
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