Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport Explained

Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport (SABIA)
Icao:DNBK
Type:Public
Operator:Kebbi State
City-Served:Birnin Kebbi
Elevation-F:775
Coordinates:12.4806°N 4.3694°W
Website:http://kebbi.aviationportal.com.ng/
Pushpin Map:Nigeria
Pushpin Label:DNBK
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the airport in Nigeria
R1-Number:06/24
R1-Length-M:3100
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Metric-Rwy:y
Footnotes:Source: GCM Google Maps[1]

Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport (SABIA) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_airports_by_ICAO_code:_D# is an airport serving Birnin Kebbi in the Kebbi State of Nigeria. It is located at Ambursa, east of Birnin Kebbi, along the Birnin Kebbi-Argungu road.

The runway was extended from its original to and had a new ramp and terminal built in 2013. The Birnin Kebbi DVOR-DME (Ident: BIK) is located on the field.[2] Also Instrument Landing System (ILS) Localiser (ident IRK) and Glideslope is installed at runway 06.

The airport started full operations in 2014, and since then Muslim pilgrims from Kebbi state were flown from SABIA to Jedda International Airport in Saudi Arabia. The airport also has scheduled and unscheduled domestic flights. The scheduled flights to Abuja were via Airpeace prior to Azman Air, which is currently the major airline operating from SABIA.[3] [4]

The Airport has also Jet A1 fuelling Station.

Airlines and destinations

MAX Air

NG Eagle

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Notes and References

  1. https://maps.google.com/?ll=12.476386,4.372387&spn=0.084558,0.069609&t=h&z=14 Google Maps - Kebbi
  2. Web site: SkyVector: Flight Planning / Aeronautical Charts. skyvector.com. 2018-08-21.
  3. News: Kebbi To Launch New Airport By August ⋆. 2013-04-25. The Herald Nigeria. 2018-08-21. en-US.
  4. Web site: Leadership Newspaper - Nigerian News, Nigeria Newspapers. Leadership Newspaper. en-US. 2018-08-21.