AirportsYakubu Gowon Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Jos, in Plateau State, Nigeria. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is JOS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- JOS
- ICAO code
- DNJO
- City
- Jos
- State or region
- Plateau State
- Country
- Nigeria
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 9.6398° N, 8.8691° E
- Elevation
- 1,290 m (4,232 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,001 m (9,845 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, JOS means Yakubu Gowon Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: DNJO. ICAO codes that begin with D belong to West Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 9.6398° N, 8.8691° E. It stands 1,290 metres (4,232 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
Yakubu Gowon Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,001 metres (9,845 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 24 airports of Nigeria on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 11.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,001 m 9,845 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Bauchi State International AirportBauchi | BCU | 134 km |
| Nnamdi Azikiwe International AirportAbuja | ABV | 190 km |
| Kaduna International AirportKaduna | KAD | 206 km |
| Makurdi AirportMakurdi | MDI | 217 km |
| Gombe Lawanti International AirportGombe | GMO | 234 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 7,377 km | 9 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,939 km | 8 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,198 km | 6 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 4,728 km | 6 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 8,694 km | 11 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,642 km | 15 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,544 km | 13 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 12,825 km | 15 h 55 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,321 km | 19 h 00 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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