CBQDNCA

Margaret Ekpo International Airport

Calabar, Nigeria · Africa

Africa Africa/Lagos

2direct destinations

4airlines

1runway

2,451 mLongest runway

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

Location

4.976°N, 8.347°E · 64 m s. n. m. (210 ft)

General data

CountryNigeria

CityCalabar

IATA codeCBQ

ICAO codeDNCA

Coordinates4.976°N, 8.347°E

Elevation64 m s. n. m. (210 ft)

Time zoneAfrica/Lagos

Runways1

Longest runway2,451 m

Direct destinations2

Runways · 1

03/21

Length2,451 m8,041 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 1

Tower

124.500

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 4

Other airlines with direct routes

Ibom Air Aero Contractors Air Peace Arik Air

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Margaret Ekpo International Airport (CBQ). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CBQ

MLA

“Margaret Ekpo International Airport (CBQ).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CBQ. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Margaret Ekpo International Airport (CBQ). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CBQ (Accessed: 17 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_cbq,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Margaret Ekpo International Airport (CBQ)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CBQ},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CBQ}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}

Wikipedia

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