SKO

Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport

ICAO DNSO12.9157°N 5.2075°E308 m / 1,010 ftLarge airport
On the map

Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport (IATA: SKO, ICAO: DNSO) is a large airport in Sokoto, Sokoto State, Nigeria. It has one runway, 3,001 m (9,844 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria. In 2021 it handled 138 thousand passengers.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
08/26077° / 257° · LIT
LENGTH3,001 m9,844 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2021
89K
97K
82K
109K
156K
138K
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Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers138K (2021)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,697of 3,974 · #112 Africa · #11 NGLongest runway3,001 m9,844 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,189of 29,823 · =183 Africa · #15 NGElevation308 m1,010 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=17,450of 43,341 · =2,317 Africa · #19 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
TWRSOKOTO TWR122.100