Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport DNAA / ABV
Nigeria's capital airport, 40 minutes from the Central Business District and Maitama, with a general-aviation terminal, 24-hour CIQ and a second runway under construction. Government and oil-sector VIP traffic dominates; permits and handling must be pre-arranged.
11,810 ft
Longest runway
40 min
Drive to Abuja
2
FBOs / handlers
1,123 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- No
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A-1
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 35 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Any size including widebody VIP.
- Website
- www.faan.gov.ng
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Quits Aviation Services Abuja
- Skyjet Aviation Services
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 11,810 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 9,800 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) 7,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ319neo 6,300 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ320neo 6,800 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 6,200 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Everything in our database can operate here.