# Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Bauchi State International Airport (BCU / DNBC)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BCU / DNBC
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Dana Air
- Serves: Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria
- Opened: 2014
- Elevation: 599 m / 1,965 ft
- Coordinates: 10.4828, 9.7440
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,400 m / 11,154 ft
- Time zone: UTC+1 · Africa/Lagos
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauchi_State_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18205425
- Ident: DNBC

## Timeline

- 2014: Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Bauchi State International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 3,400 m / 11,154 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [ABV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnaa.md) Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport · Nigeria · 318 km / 198 mi · ValueJet, Overland Airways, Max Air, Aero Contractors, Arik Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (5)

- AJ [Aero Contractors](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aero-contractors) · 1
- W3 [Arik Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/arik-air) · 1
- NR [Max Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/max-air) · 1
- OF [Overland Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/overland-airways) · 1
- VK [ValueJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/valuejet) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,400 m / 11,154 ft | =614 of 29,858 | #94 in Africa | #7 in NG |
| Elevation | 599 m / 1,965 ft | =9,089 of 43,403 | #1,678 in Africa | #7 in NG |
| Age | Opened 2014 | =13,089 of 15,079 | =131 in Africa | =5 in NG |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =3 in NG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR |  | 124.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [DNBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ng-bcu.md) Bauchi Airport · 22 km / 14 mi
- [GMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dngo.md) Gombe Lawanti International Airport · 128 km / 80 mi
- [JOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnjo.md) Yakubu Gowon Airport · 134 km / 83 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Bauchi State Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bauchi_State_Airport&oldid=1372673163), revision of 1 Sep 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/dnbc/data