QUODNAI

Akwa Ibom International Airport

Uyo, Nigeria · Africa

Africa Africa/Lagos

2direct destinations

4airlines

1runway

3,600 mLongest runway

Victor Attah International Airport (IATA: QUO, ICAO: DNAI), is an airport serving Uyo, the capital city of Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria. The airport is 24 kilometres (15 miles) Southeast of Uyo, and 16 kilometres (9.9 miles) northwest of the river port of Oron. The Akwa Ibom non-directional beacon (Ident: AI) and Uyo VOR-DME (Ident: AKW) are located on the field. The first phase of airport construction began in 2006 and was completed in the year 2009. Akwa Ibom Airport opened on 23 September 2009, and the first scheduled passenger service commenced on 2 December 2009, when Arik Air began offering flights to Abuja and Lagos. The second construction phase began in May 2012, and included the completion of a maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility, the construction of an international terminal, and additional taxiways. The airport was renamed after former Governor Obong Victor Attah by Governor Udom Emmanuel at a Banquet to honor the 80th birthday of Obong Attah on 24 November 2018, the airport which was previously named Akwa Ibom International Airport has now been renamed to Victor Attah International Airport. On May 2026, the airport would inaugurate its first international flight where it would depart from here to arrive at Kotoka International Airport at Accra, Ghana.

Location

4.872°N, 8.093°E · 52 m s. n. m. (170 ft)

General data

CountryNigeria

CityUyo

IATA codeQUO

ICAO codeDNAI

Coordinates4.872°N, 8.093°E

Elevation52 m s. n. m. (170 ft)

Time zoneAfrica/Lagos

Runways1

Longest runway3,600 m

Direct destinations2

Runways · 1

03/21

Length3,600 m11,811 ft

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

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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Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Akwa Ibom International Airport (QUO). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/QUO

MLA

“Akwa Ibom International Airport (QUO).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/QUO. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_quo,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Akwa Ibom International Airport (QUO)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/QUO},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/QUO}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-24},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}

Wikipedia

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