# Yola Airport (YOL / DNYO)

**Yola Airport** (IATA: YOL, ICAO: DNYO) is a medium airport in Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria. It has one runway, 2,999 m (9,840 ft) long, asphalt. In 2021 it handled 42 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YOL / DNYO
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria
- Elevation: 183 m / 599 ft
- Coordinates: 9.2576, 12.4304
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,999 m / 9,840 ft
- Passengers: 42,480 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+1 · Africa/Lagos
- Website: http://www.faannigeria.org/nigeria-airport.php?airport=16
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yola_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8190895
- Weather station: DNYO · WMO 65167
- Ident: DNYO

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 2,999 m / 9,840 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 171° / 351° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 108,677 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 118,623 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 92,640 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 110,493 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 135,214 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 156,611 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 164,474 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 161,237 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 147,132 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 190,063 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 228,326 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 42,480 | Wikidata |

## Routes

4 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [KAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnkn.md) Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport · Nigeria · 528 km / 328 mi · Max Air
- [ABV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnaa.md) Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport · Nigeria · 568 km / 353 mi · ValueJet, Air Peace, Max Air, Aero Contractors
- [LOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnmm.md) Murtala Muhammed International Airport · Nigeria · 1,046 km / 650 mi · Air Peace, Max Air, Aero Contractors

### Charter (1)

- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 3,172 km / 1,971 mi · Max Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- NR [Max Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/max-air) · 4
- AJ [Aero Contractors](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aero-contractors) · 2
- P4 [Air Peace](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-peace) · 2
- 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 | 42K (2021) | #2,144 of 3,974 | #145 in Africa | #16 in NG |
| Longest runway | 2,999 m / 9,840 ft | =1,386 of 29,858 | =233 in Africa | =18 in NG |
| Elevation | 183 m / 599 ft | =25,393 of 43,403 | #2,541 in Africa | #29 in NG |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =3 in NG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 122.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [GOU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fkkr.md) Garoua International Airport · 104 km / 64 mi
- [DNJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnja.md) Jalingo Airport · 132 km / 82 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: “Yola Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yola_Airport&oldid=1376175756), revision of 22 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/dnyo/data