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Margaret Ekpo International Airport

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Margaret Ekpo International Airport
Calabar Airport

IATA: CBQ

ICAO: DNCA

Summary

Airport type

Public

Owner/Operator

Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)

Serves

Calabar, Nigeria

Elevation AMSL

210 ft / 64 m

Coordinates

4°58′33″N 8°20′50″E / 4.97583°N 8.34722°E

Map

CBQ

Location of the airport in Nigeria

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
03/21	2,450	8,038	Asphalt

Statistics (2015)

Passengers	189,908
Passenger change 14–15	6.9%

Sources: FAAN^[1] WAD^[2] GCM^[3]

Margaret Ekpo International Airport (IATA: CBQ, ICAO: DNCA), also known as Calabar Airport, is an airport serving Calabar, the capital of the Cross River StateinNigeria. The airport is named after Margaret Ekpo, who was one of Nigeria's pioneering feminist and anticolonial activists. It was commissioned in 1983 by Alhaji Shehu Shagari, then president of Nigeria.^[4]

Airlines and destinations[edit]

Airlines	Destinations
Aero Contractors	Abuja, Lagos
Air Peace	Abuja, Lagos
Ibom Air	Abuja, Lagos

Statistics[edit]

This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (December 2023)

These data show number of passengers movements into the airport, according to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria's Aviation Sector Summary Reports.

Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Passengers	136,153	167,767	207,542	273,586	316,736	281,935	153,068	206,168	198,157	204,036	189,908
Growth (%)	4.40%	23.22%	23.71%	31.82%	15.77%	10.99%	45.71%	34.69%	3.89%	2.97%	6.92%
Source: Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). Aviation Sector Reports (2010-2013,^[5] 2014,^[6] Q3-Q4 of 2015,^[7] and Q1-Q2 of 2016,^[8])

References[edit]

^ Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN): Margaret Ekpo International Airport - Calabar

^ "Airport information for DNCA". 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 CBQ at Great Circle Mapper.

^ "Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar". Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria. 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2021-01-31.

^ Passenger Only Aviation Data Report 2010-13 to Q1 2014

^ Aviation Sector Summary Report Q4 2014 - Q1 2015

^ NIGERIA AVIATION SECTOR Q3-Q4 2015 REPORT

^ Nigerian Aviation Sector Summary Report: Q1-Q2 2016