Margaret Ekpo International Airport , also known as Calabar Airport, is an
airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...
serving
Calabar, the capital of the
Cross River State in
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
. The airport is named after
Margaret Ekpo
Chief Margaret Ekpo (27 July 1914 – 21 September 2006) was a Nigerian women's rights activist and social mobilizer who was a pioneering female politician in the country's First Republic and a leading member of a class of traditional Nigerian ...
, who was one of Nigeria's pioneering feminist and anticolonial activists. It was commissioned in 1983 by
Alhaji Shehu Shagari
Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari (25 February 1925 – 28 December 2018), titled Turakin Sokoto from 1962, was the first democratically elected President of Nigeria, after the transfer of power by Military Head of State of Nigeria, military head of ...
, then president of Nigeria.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
These data show number of passengers movements into the airport, according to the
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria
Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is a service organization statutorily charged to manage all Commercial Airports in Nigeria and provide service to both passenger and cargo airlines. Generally, to create conditions for the development i ...
's Aviation Sector Summary Reports.
See also
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Transport in Nigeria
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List of airports in Nigeria
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List of the busiest airports in Africa
References
External links
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SkyVector - Margaret Ekpo
Airports in Nigeria
Cross River State
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