AirportsUmaru Musa Yar'adua Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Katsina, in Katsina State, Nigeria. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is DKA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- DKA
- ICAO code
- DNKT
- City
- Katsina
- State or region
- Katsina State
- Country
- Nigeria
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 13.0078° N, 7.6604° E
- Elevation
- 506 m (1,660 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,460 m (11,352 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, DKA means Umaru Musa Yar'adua Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: DNKT. ICAO codes that begin with D belong to West Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 13.0078° N, 7.6604° E. It stands 506 metres (1,660 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Africa/Lagos, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Umaru Musa Yar'adua Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,460 metres (11,352 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 24 airports of Nigeria on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 4.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,460 m 11,352 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mallam Aminu Kano International AirportKano | KAN | 142 km |
| Zinder AirportZinder, Niger | ZND | 167 km |
| Kaduna International AirportKaduna | KAD | 260 km |
| Sadiq Abubakar III International AirportSokoto | SKO | 266 km |
| Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Bauchi State International AirportBauchi | BCU | 361 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 7,329 km | 9 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,964 km | 8 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,165 km | 6 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 4,339 km | 5 h 45 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 8,354 km | 10 h 35 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,287 km | 15 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,659 km | 13 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 12,635 km | 15 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,663 km | 19 h 20 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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