Margaret Ekpo International Airport Calabar Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Calabar, Nigeria | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 210 ft / 64 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 4°58′33″N 8°20′50″E / 4.97583°N 8.34722°E | ||||||||||
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  CBQ Location of the airport in Nigeria | |||||||||||
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Margaret Ekpo International Airport (IATA: CBQ, ICAO: DNCA), also known as Calabar Airport, is an airport serving Calabar, the capital of the Cross River State in Nigeria. The airport is named after Margaret Ekpo, who was one of Nigeria's pioneering feminist and anticolonial activists. It was commissioned in 1983 by Alhaji Shehu Shagari, then president of Nigeria.[4]
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Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Aero Contractors | Abuja, Lagos |
| Air Peace | Abuja, Lagos |
| Ibom Air | Abuja, Lagos |
Statistics
These data show 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passengers | 136,153 | 167,767 | 207,542 | 273,586 | 316,736 | 281,935 | 153,068 | 206,168 | 198,157 | 204,036 | 189,908 |
| Growth (%) |  4.40% |
 23.22% |
23.71% |
31.82% |
15.77% |
10.99% |
45.71% |
34.69% |
3.89% |
2.97% |
6.92%
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| Source: Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). Aviation Sector Reports (2010-2013,[5] 2014,[6] Q3-Q4 of 2015,[7] and Q1-Q2 of 2016,[8]) | |||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN): Margaret Ekpo International Airport - Calabar
- ^ "Airport information for DNCA". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. - ^ Airport information for CBQ at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar". Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria. 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
- ^ Passenger Only Aviation Data Report 2010-13 to Q1 2014
- ^ Aviation Sector Summary Report Q4 2014 - Q1 2015
- ^ NIGERIA AVIATION SECTOR Q3-Q4 2015 REPORT
- ^ Nigerian Aviation Sector Summary Report: Q1-Q2 2016
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