Sam Mbakwe Airport

Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport
Imo Airport
IATA: QOW – ICAO: DNIM
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner/Operator Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)
Serves Owerri, Nigeria
Elevation AMSL 373 ft / 114 m
Coordinates 5°25′35″N 7°12′20″E / 5.42639°N 7.20556°E / 5.42639; 7.20556
Map
QOW

Location of the airport in Nigeria

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
17/35 2,700 8,858 Asphalt
WAD[1] GCM[2] Google Maps[3]

Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport (IATA: QOW, ICAO: DNIM), also known as Imo State Airport, serves Owerri, the capital city of Imo State in southeastern Nigeria.

The airport is named in honor of a former governor and politician-philanthropist, the late Chief Sam Mbakwe of Imo State. It is the first state-government-built airport. Navy Commodore Anthony E. Oguguo, who was military governor of Imo State from 1990 to 1992 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida, commissioned and built the airport. He famously said "I saw money and looked away, it is not everything; we can all do the same and teach it to our children." It was later taken over by the federal government.

Facilities

The airport underwent upgrading in 2013-14 that covered its infrastructure and the communication equipment covering the airspace past Port Harcourt Airport as part of the Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria (TRACON) project.[4]

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).

The Owerri VOR-DME (Ident:OWR) is located 1.3 nautical miles (2.4 km) north of the airport.[5] The Owerri non-directional beacon (Ident: OW) is located 1.3 nautical miles (2.4 km) south of the airport.[6]

Currently the cargo section is undergoing expansion and should be completed by 2016.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Aero Contractors Abuja, Lagos
Air Peace Abuja, Lagos
Arik Air Abuja, Lagos

See also

References

  1. ↑ Airport information for DNIM from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ↑ Airport information for QOW at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ↑ Google Maps - Owerri
  4. ↑ Nigerian Airspace Management Agency - TRACON
  5. ↑ SkyVector - OWR VOR
  6. ↑ OurAirports - - OW NDB
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