Sam Mbakwe Airport

Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport
Imo Airport
IATA: QOW – ICAO: DNIM
QOW
Location of airport in Nigeria
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner/Operator Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)
Serves Owerri, Nigeria
Elevation AMSL 373 ft / 114 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
17/35 2,700 8,858 Asphalt
FAAN[1] and DAFIF[2][3]

Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport[1] (IATA: QOW[3], ICAO: DNIM), also known as Imo State Airport[2], is an airport serving Owerri, the capital city of Imo State in southern-eastern Nigeria. The airport is named in honor of a former governor and politician-philanthropist, the late Chief Sam Mbakwe of Imo State.

Contents

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 373 feet (114 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) by 45 metres (148 ft).[2]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Aero Contractors Lagos
Air Nigeria Abuja, Lagos
Arik Air Abuja, Lagos

References

  1. ^ a b "Sam Mbakwe Airport - Owerri". Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria. http://www.faannigeria.org/nigeria-airport.php?airport=17. Retrieved 24 April 2010. 
  2. ^ a b c Airport information for DNIM from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  3. ^ a b Airport information for QOW at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).

External links

Nigeria portal
Aviation portal