Port Harcourt International Airport

Port Harcourt International Airport
IATA: PHC ICAO: DNPO
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)
Serves	Port Harcourt
Location	Omagwa, Nigeria
Hub for	Chanchangi Airlines
Elevation AMSL	87 ft / 27 m
Coordinates	5°00′55″N 6°57′00″E / 5.01528°N 6.95000°E / 5.01528; 6.95000
Map
PHC Location of the airport in Nigeria
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 03/21 3,000 9,843 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 1,223,807 Passenger change 14–15 8.5%
Sources: FAAN WAD GCM Google Maps

Passengers	1,223,807
Passenger change 14–15	8.5%

Port Harcourt International Airport (IATA: PHC, ICAO: DNPO) is an international airport located in Omagwa, a suburb of Port Harcourt, the capital city of the Rivers State in Nigeria. The airport has a single terminal with separate facilities for international and domestic flights. In 2009, the airport served 1,081,587 passengers, making it the third busiest airport in Nigeria.

The Port Harcourt non-directional beacon (Ident: PR) and VOR-DME (Ident: POT) are located on the field.

On 18 August 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 17 August 2006 made repairs immediately necessary. All domestic flights were diverted to Sam Mbakwe Airport (Owerri), Akanu Ibiam International Airport (Enugu) and Margaret Ekpo International Airport (Calabar), 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.