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Victor Attah International Airport (IATA: QUO, ICAO: DNAI), is an airport serving Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria. The airport is 24 kilometres (15 mi) Southeast of Uyo, and 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) northwest of the river port of Oron. The Akwa Ibom non-directional beacon (Ident: AI) and Uyo VOR-DME (Ident: AKW) are located on the ...
Akwa Ibom: DNAI QUO Akwa Ibom Airport - Victor Attah International Airport (Victor Attah Int'l) 1 1 Yola: Adamawa: DNYO YOL Yola Airport: 1 1 Lafia: Nassarawa: Lafia Cargo Airport: N/A N/A Other domestic airports [5] Akure: Ondo: DNAK AKR Akure Airport: N/A N/A Gombe: Gombe: DNGO GMO Gombe Lawanti International Airport (Sani Abacha Int'l.) 1 1 ...
Akwa Ibom Airport; G. Godswill Akpabio International Stadium; I. Ibom E-Library; Idongesit Nkanga Secretariat This page was last edited on 10 August 2021, at ...
The airport also serves some parts of Akwa Ibom and Cross River States in the South South (southernmost part) of Nigeria. The airport is named after Sam Mbakwe , the first civilian governor of Imo State who started the project.
The nearest airport to Abia is Sam Mbakwe Cargo Airport (Owerri Airport), it is an hour drive to Umuahia and Aba. It is two hours' drive to Port Harcourt International Airport. Akwa Ibom Airport (Akwa Ibom State) can also serve would-be visitors. The distance between Uyo (Akwa Ibom) and Umuahia (Abia) is: 73.28 kilometres (45.53 mi).
Eket Airstrip or Eket Airfield (ICAO: DNEK) is an airport serving Eket, a city in the Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria. [4] The Eket non-directional beacon (Ident:EK) is located on the field. [5] Runway length does not include a 145 metres (476 ft) displaced threshold on Runway 19.
On 24 November 2018, in a public statement, Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state, renamed Akwa Ibom International Airport to Victor Attah International Airport, It was named after the ex-governor to honour him for being the founder of the airport while he was in power from 1999 to 2007. [10]
The International airport was opened on November 26, 2009 [7] Although the primary focus was on cargo traffic and airplane maintenance repair and overhaul, the airport started by serving commercial local passenger flights. [8] In December 2009, as an elder of the Ibibio people he was a strong supporter of Akwa-Ibom Governor Godswill Akpabio.