# Akanu Ibiam International Airport (ENU / DNEN)

**Akanu Ibiam International Airport** (IATA: ENU, ICAO: DNEN) is a large airport in Enegu, Enugu State, Nigeria. It has one runway, 2,402 m (7,879 ft) long, asphalt. In 2021 it handled 525 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ENU / DNEN
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Enegu, Enugu State, Nigeria
- Elevation: 142 m / 466 ft
- Coordinates: 6.4737, 7.5605
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,402 m / 7,879 ft
- Passengers: 524,859 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+1 · Africa/Lagos
- Website: https://www.faannigeria.org/nigeria-airport.php?airport=11
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akanu_Ibiam_International_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3497354
- Weather station: DNEN
- Ident: DNEN

## Timeline

- 28 Nov 1983: Nigeria Airways Flight 250. 53 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,402 m / 7,879 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 080° / 260° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | 201,064 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 276,035 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 366,592 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 301,744 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 211,225 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 229,676 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 337,530 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 378,864 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 378,892 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 321,017 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 65,009 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 524,859 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 3,452 km / 2,145 mi · Ethiopian Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 525K (2021) | #1,092 of 3,974 | #73 in Africa | #6 in NG |
| Longest runway | 2,402 m / 7,879 ft | #2,831 of 29,858 | #342 in Africa | #25 in NG |
| Elevation | 142 m / 466 ft | =27,730 of 43,403 | #2,610 in Africa | #31 in NG |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =3 in NG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 123.300 |
| ENG VOR | Enugu VOR | 115.700 |
| ILS - IEN | Enugu ILS freq. IEN | 108.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [DNAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnan.md) Chinua Achebe International Airport · 80 km / 49 mi
- [ABB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnas.md) Asaba International Airport · 103 km / 64 mi
- [QOW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnim.md) Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport · 123 km / 76 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: “Akanu Ibiam International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Akanu_Ibiam_International_Airport&oldid=1376628793), revision of 25 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/dnen/data