Port Harcourt International Airport

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Coordinates: 05°00′55″N 006°56′58″E / 5.01528, 6.94944

Port Harcourt International Airport
IATA: PHC – ICAO: DNPO
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner/Operator		Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)
Serves		Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Elevation AMSL		87 ft / 27 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
03/21	3,001	9,846	Asphalt
Sources: FAAN ^[1] and DAFIF ^[2]^[3]

Port Harcourt International Airport (IATA: PHC, ICAO: DNPO) is located in Port Harcourt, a city in the Rivers State of Nigeria. It is the main airport serving southeastern Nigeria. The airport consists of a single terminal with separate facilities for international and domestic flights. In 2004, the airport served 781,046 passengers.

On August 18, 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 August 17, 2006 made repairs immediately necessary. All domestic flights will be diverted to Imo Airport and Margaret Ekpo International Airport while international flights will be diverted to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja or Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. Repair work started in January 2007, while re-opening is expected 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 are currently restricted to daytime until the first quarter of 2008, by which time the new CAT III lighting system would be fully operational.