Global InformationGombe Lawanti International Airport information
Sani Abacha International Airport, Gombe | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Gombe, Nigeria | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 10°17′56″N 10°54′00″E / 10.29889°N 10.90000°E | ||||||||||
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Sources: FAAN[1] and DAFIF[2][3] | |||||||||||
Sani Abacha International Airport (IATA: GMO, ICAO: DNGO) is the international airport that serves Gombe, the capital of Gombe State, Nigeria. Gombe Lawanti International Airport got its name because of its nearness to Lawanti which is a small village in Gombe State, Nigeria. It was built along the Bauchi to Gombe road in Akko Local Government Area,Gombe. The federal government began the Planning in 2005 and it was launched for flights in 2008, it was developed for the public for domestic and commercial services. The first International flight was en route Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. since then the Gombe Lawanti international airport was recorded high air-passengers traffic. Gombe International airport has standard runway paved with asphalt, in order to allow commercial operations at night. Even runway lighting has been installed, it also has an elevation of 1590 feet (484.63m).[4] Gombe International Airport Lawanti is 3.5 kilometers length and can accommodate cargo planes.[5]
- ^ Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN): Gombe Airport Archived 2009-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Airport information for". 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. - ^ Airport information for at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ "Gombe Lawanti International Airport, Gombe - Photos". Hotels.ng Places. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
- ^ "Nigeria: Flight operations suspended at Gombe and Kebbi airports May 2 /update 1". GardaWorld. Retrieved 2021-01-04.