Ajaokuta Airstrip
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesAjaokuta, Nigeria
Elevation AMSL620 ft / 189 m
Coordinates7°27′30″N 6°27′40″E / 7.45833°N 6.46111°E / 7.45833; 6.46111
Map
Ajaokuta is located in Nigeria
Ajaokuta
Ajaokuta
Location of the airport in Nigeria
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 1,500 4,921 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1] GCM[2] Google Maps[3]

Ajaokuta Airstrip or Ajaokuta Airfield is an airstrip 22 kilometres (14 mi) southwest of Ajaokuta, a town in the Kogi State in Nigeria.

Description

The airport is located in kogi state in adogo in ajaokuta town, one of the industrial area in kogi state, according to findings the airport has a Latitude of (7° 27' 15.59" N) and Longitude of (6° 27' 23.99" E.).The airport has no airline service. And there are some nearer and closer airport to the airstrip. The likes of Lokoja airstrip 40 kilometers away, Akure airport which is 130 kilometers away from the airport.[4]

Latest About

In 2021 the national assembly under the Senate president approved the bill for the renovation of some airstrips in Nigeria; in the 2022 Nigeria national budget Ajaokuta airstrip strip was among the eight listed airstrips for renovation and profer function in other to generate more income and revenue from the ajaokuta airstrip. And also for the movement and transportation of raw materials, in and out of ajaokuta steel mill in kogi state.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Airport information for DN51[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ↑ Airport information for DN51 at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ↑ Google Maps - Ajaokuta
  4. ↑ "Ajaokuta Airport closest airports @ OurAirports". ourairports.com. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  5. ↑ admin (2021-11-28). "2022 Budget: Senate Proposes Rehabilitation of Ajaokuta Airstrip, 7 Others - :: Kogi Reports ::". kogireports.com. Retrieved 2023-06-16.



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