# Umaru Musa Yar'adua Airport (DKA / DNKT)

**Umaru Musa Yar'adua Airport** (IATA: DKA, ICAO: DNKT) is a medium airport in Katsina, Katsina State, Nigeria. It has one runway, 3,460 m (11,352 ft) long, asphalt. In 2017 it handled 12 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/dn57

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DKA / DNKT
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Katsina, Katsina State, Nigeria
- Elevation: 506 m / 1,660 ft
- Coordinates: 13.0078, 7.6604
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,460 m / 11,352 ft
- Passengers: 11,592 (2017)
- Time zone: UTC+1 · Africa/Lagos
- Website: http://www.faannigeria.org/nigeria-airport.php?airport=18
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsina_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6378034
- Weather station: DNKT · WMO 65028
- Ident: DN57

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 3,460 m / 11,352 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 037° / 217° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 11,803 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 13,782 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 11,592 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [ABV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnaa.md) Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport · Nigeria · 447 km / 278 mi · Rano Air, United Nigeria Airlines, Max Air
- [LOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnmm.md) Murtala Muhammed International Airport · Nigeria · 859 km / 534 mi · United Nigeria Airlines, Max Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from DKA, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (3)

- NR [Max Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/max-air) · 2
- [United Nigeria Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-nigeria-airlines) · 2
- Rano Air · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 12K (2017) | #2,631 of 3,974 | #180 in Africa | #19 in NG |
| Longest runway | 3,460 m / 11,352 ft | #560 of 29,858 | #80 in Africa | #5 in NG |
| Elevation | 506 m / 1,660 ft | =10,814 of 43,403 | =1,830 in Africa | #8 in NG |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =3 in NG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 125.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [MFQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/drrm.md) Maradi Airport · 80 km / 50 mi
- [DNGU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dngu.md) Gusau Airport · 140 km / 87 mi
- [KAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnkn.md) Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport · 142 km / 88 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Katsina Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katsina_Airport&oldid=1365582814), revision of 23 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/dn57/data