Kaduna International Airport

Airport serving Kaduna, Nigeria

KAD

Location of the airport in Nigeria

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
05/23	3,000	9,843	Asphalt

Sources: WAD^[1] GCM^[2] Google Maps^[3]

Kaduna Airport (IATA: KAD, ICAO: DNKA) is an airport serving Kaduna, the capital of Kaduna State in Nigeria. The airport is around 22 kilometres (14 mi) northwest of the city. The airport opened in 1982.^[4]

Kaduna also has an older airport, Old Kaduna Airport, located on the northern edge of the city.

The airport was attacked by bandits on March 26, 2022, killing a security guard.^[5]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aero Contractors	Lagos
Air Peace	Lagos
Arik Air	Lagos
Azman Air	Lagos

Statistics

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Annual passenger traffic at KAD airport. See Wikidata query.

Accidents and incidents

Eleven passengers died in the crash of Nigeria Airways Flight 357 which took place at the airport in 1955.^[6]^[7]
On 20 August 2010, Chanchangi Airlines Flight 334, involving a Boeing 737-200 5N-BIF, struck the localizer antenna and landed short of the runway. Several passengers were injured and the aircraft was substantially damaged. Chanchangi Airlines suspended operations following the accident.^[8]

References

^ "Airport information for DNKA". 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 KAD at Great Circle Mapper.
^ Google Maps - Kaduna
^ "Kaduna Airport | Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria". Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
^ "Two flights 'escape' as '200 terrorists' attack Kaduna airport, one dead". Vanguard News. 2022-03-27. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2F9 5N-AUA Kaduna Airport (KAD)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
^ "5N-AUA Nigeria Airways Boeing 737-2F9(A) - cn 22985 / 920". PlaneSpotters.net.
^ Hradecky, Simon. "Accident: Chanchangi B732 at Kaduna on Aug 20th 2010, landed short of runway". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 22 August 2010.