# Yakubu Gowon Airport (JOS / DNJO)

**Yakubu Gowon Airport** (IATA: JOS, ICAO: DNJO) is a medium airport in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. It has one runway, 3,001 m (9,845 ft) long, asphalt. In 2017 it handled 55 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JOS / DNJO
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
- Elevation: 1,290 m / 4,232 ft
- Coordinates: 9.6398, 8.8691
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,001 m / 9,845 ft
- Passengers: 55,177 (2017)
- Time zone: UTC+1 · Africa/Lagos
- Website: http://www.faannigeria.org/nigeria-airport.php?airport=15
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakubu_Gowon_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8047227
- Weather station: DNJO · WMO 65134
- Ident: DNJO

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 3,001 m / 9,845 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 095° / 275° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 62,570 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 58,990 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 55,177 | 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 · 190 km / 118 mi · Max Air
- [LOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnmm.md) Murtala Muhammed International Airport · Nigeria · 699 km / 434 mi · ValueJet, Arik Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- W3 [Arik Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/arik-air) · 1
- NR [Max Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/max-air) · 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 55K (2017) | #2,051 of 3,974 | #140 in Africa | #15 in NG |
| Longest runway | 3,001 m / 9,845 ft | =1,184 of 29,858 | =181 in Africa | #14 in NG |
| Elevation | 1,290 m / 4,232 ft | =3,096 of 43,403 | #623 in Africa | #1 in NG |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =3 in NG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | JOS TWR | 122.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [DNBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ng-bcu.md) Bauchi Airport · 127 km / 79 mi
- [BCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnbc.md) Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Bauchi State International Airport · 134 km / 83 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: “Yakubu Gowon Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yakubu_Gowon_Airport&oldid=1363088229), revision of 7 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/dnjo/data