BCU

Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Bauchi State International Airport

ICAO DNBC10.4828°N 9.7440°E599 m / 1,965 ftLarge airport
On the map

Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Bauchi State International Airport (IATA: BCU, ICAO: DNBC) is a large airport in Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria. It opened in 2014. It has one runway, 3,400 m (11,154 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Dana Air.

Timeline

1 event · 2014–2014
2014
OpenedSir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Bauchi State International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
17/35 · LIT
LENGTH3,400 m11,154 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

1 destinations · 1 country
100 km200 km300 km50 mi100 mi150 mi200 miABV · Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport · 318 km / 198 miABVBCU
Most destinationsValueJet 1Overland Airways 1Max Air 1Aero Contractors 1Arik Air 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BCU. From the Wikipedia article “Bauchi State Airport” (revision of 1 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,400 m11,154 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=615of 29,823 · #94 Africa · #7 NGElevation599 m1,965 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=9,081of 43,341 · #1,678 Africa · #7 NGAgeOpened 20142026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=13,103of 15,079 · =131 Africa · =5 NGRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =176 Africa · =3 NG
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

1 channels
TWR124.500