Yola International Airport | |
Iata: | YOL |
Icao: | DNYO |
Pushpin Map: | Nigeria |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Nigeria |
Pushpin Label: | YOL |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Type: | Public |
Owner-Oper: | Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) |
City-Served: | Yola, Nigeria |
Location: | Jimeta |
Elevation-F: | 612 |
Coordinates: | 9.2575°N 12.4303°W |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 17/35 |
R1-Length-M: | 3000 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2015 |
Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
Stat1-Data: | 158,896 |
Stat2-Header: | Passenger change 14–15 |
Stat2-Data: | 1.5% |
Footnotes: | Sources: WAD[1] GCM |
Yola Airport is an airport serving Yola, the capital of the Adamawa State of Nigeria. It is northwest of Yola.
The airport has night landing capabilities, but for most flights in non-international designated airports, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria restricts night operations except for passenger flights during pilgrimage (Hajj).
These data show the number of passengers movements into the airport, according to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria's Aviation Sector Summary Reports.
Year | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
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Passengers | 70,466 | 64,324 | 46,489 | 26,379 | 108,677 | 118,623 | 92,640 | 110,493 | 135,214 | 156,611 | 158,896 | |
Growth (%) | 27.59% | 8.72% | 27.73% | 43.26% | 311.98% | 9.15% | 21.90% | 19.27% | 22.37% | 15.82% | 1.46% | |
Source: Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). Aviation Sector Reports (2010-2013,[2] 2014,[3] Q3-Q4 of 2015,[4] and Q1-Q2 of 2016,[5]) |