Coordinates: 05°00′55″N 006°56′58″E / 5.01528°N 6.94944°E / 5.01528; 6.94944

Port Harcourt International Airport
IATA: PHC – ICAO: DNPO
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner/Operator		Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)
Serves		Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Elevation AMSL		87 ft / 27 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
03/21	3,001	9,846	Asphalt
Sources: FAAN [1] and DAFIF [2][3]

Port Harcourt International Airport (IATA: PHC, ICAO: DNPO) is located in Port Harcourt, a city in the Rivers State of Nigeria. It is the main airport serving southeastern Nigeria. The airport consists of a single terminal with separate facilities for international and domestic flights. In 2004, the airport served 781,046 passengers.

On August 18, 2006, the airport was closed for repairs. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority stated that the emergency shutdown was in order to overhaul the runway and build a fence around the facility. Such maintenance had been in planning stages for several months, but an electrical fire on August 17, 2006 made repairs immediately necessary. All domestic flights were diverted to Imo Airport and Margaret Ekpo International Airport while international flights were diverted to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja or Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. Repair work started in January 2007, while re-opening was originally expected to be in August 2007. In June 2007 work was suspended due to safety concerns of the engineers. In December 2007, the airport was reopened to a limited capacity. Operations were restricted to daytime until the first quarter of 2008, by which time the new CAT III lighting system became fully operational.

Contents 1 Airlines and destinations 1.1 International 1.2 Domestic 1.3 Cargo airlines 2 Incidents and accidents 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operated services at the airport (October 2009):

[edit] International

Airlines	Destinations
Air France	Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Lufthansa	Frankfurt

[edit] Domestic

Airlines	Destinations
Aero Contractors	Abuja, Lagos
Arik Air	Abuja, Lagos
Chanchangi Airlines	Abuja, Lagos
Dana Air	Lagos
Nigerian Eagle Airlines	Lagos

[edit] Cargo airlines

Airlines	Destinations
Air France Cargo	Casablanca

[edit] Incidents and accidents

On 10 December 2005 Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crashed at Port Harcourt Airport after flying from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Current weather for DNPO at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for PHC at Aviation Safety Network