Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport
Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport[2] or Sultan Saddik Abubakar Airport[1] (IATA: SKO, ICAO: DNSO) is an airport serving Sokoto, the capital of the Sokoto State in Nigeria. Arik Air does daily operation from Abuja and Med-View Airlines does flights to Jeddah during Hajj using a 747.
Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Sokoto, Nigeria | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,010 ft / 308 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°54′58″N 5°12′25″E | ||||||||||
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  SKO Location of the airport in Nigeria | |||||||||||
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The Sokoto VOR-DME (Ident: SOK) and non-directional beacon (Ident: SK) are located on the field.[5] The runway length does not include 118 metres (387 ft) displaced thresholds on each end.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aero Contractors | Abuja |
| Arik Air | Abuja |
| Med-View Airlines | Seasonal charter: Jeddah |
References
- FAAN - Sokoto Airport
- Airport information for DNSO at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for SKO at Great Circle Mapper.
- Google Maps - Sokoto
- "Sokoto VOR-DME (SOK) @ OurAirports". ourairports.com. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
External links
- Accident history for SKO at Aviation Safety Network
- OurAirports - Sokoto
- SkyVector - Sokoto
- OpenStreetMap - Saddiq Abubakar
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