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Airport record

Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport

Sokoto, Sokoto State, Nigeria

Scheduled service reported
WGS 84 position 12.91573°, 5.20755° Open map
FIELD ELEVATION 1,010 ft MSL

308 metres

REPORTED OPEN RUNWAYS 1

1 reported lighted

LONGEST REPORTED 9,844 ft

3,000 metres · 08/26

PUBLISHED COMMS 1

Source records

Runway geometry

Reported runway surfaces

TRUE headings
Runway Dimensions Surface Heading (true) Lighting Status
08/26 9,844 × 197 ft3,000 × 60 m Asphalt 77.0° / 257.0° east–west Reported lighted Reported open

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Runway ends

Published end data

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Runway-end identifiers, parent runways, true headings, elevations, displaced thresholds, and published coordinates
End Runway True heading End elevation Displaced threshold Coordinates
08 LE · low-numbered end 08/26 Reported open 77.0°T 1,002 ft MSL305 m Not published 12.91280°, 5.19344° Open end map ↗
26 HE · high-numbered end 08/26 Reported open 257.0°T 1,010 ft MSL308 m Not published 12.91900°, 5.22035° Open end map ↗

Communications

Published frequencies

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TypeFrequencyDescription
TWR 122.100 MHz SOKOTO TWR

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Source & provenance

Data source

Airport, runway, and frequency records come from the OurAirports Public Domain dataset snapshot dated . Missing values remain missing; Runway Almanac does not invent them.