# Kaduna International Airport (KAD / DNKA)

**Kaduna International Airport** (IATA: KAD, ICAO: DNKA) is a large airport in Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,843 ft) long, asphalt. In 2021 it handled 79 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KAD / DNKA
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria
- Elevation: 632 m / 2,073 ft
- Coordinates: 10.6960, 7.3201
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,843 ft
- Passengers: 79,487 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+1 · Africa/Lagos
- Website: http://www.faannigeria.org/nigeria-airport.php?airport=10
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaduna_International_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5672567
- Weather station: DNKA · WMO 65019
- Ident: DNKA

## Timeline

- 13 Nov 1995: Nigeria Airways Flight 357. 11 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 050° / 230° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 159,624 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 141,821 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 400,921 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 191,083 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 186,784 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 79,487 | Wikidata |

## Airlines

Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- DAV [Dornier Aviation Nigeria](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/dornier-aviation-nigeria)

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 79K (2021) | #1,903 of 3,974 | #129 in Africa | #13 in NG |
| Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | =1,196 of 29,858 | =185 in Africa | =16 in NG |
| Elevation | 632 m / 2,073 ft | =8,560 of 43,403 | #1,619 in Africa | #5 in NG |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =3 in NG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 122.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [DN53](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dn53.md) Kaduna Old Airport · 18 km / 11 mi
- [NG-0017](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ng-0017.md) Jaji Airport · 28 km / 18 mi
- [ZAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnza.md) Zaria Airport · 63 km / 39 mi
- [DN50](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dn50.md) Shiroro Airport · 106 km / 66 mi
- [MXJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnmn.md) Minna Airport · 149 km / 93 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)
- [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/dnka/data