SKODNSO

Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport

Sokoto, Nigeria

Africa Africa/Lagos

1direct destinations

1airlines

1runway

3,000 mLongest runway

Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport or Sultan Saddik Abubakar Airport (IATA: SKO, ICAO: DNSO) is an airport serving Sokoto, the capital of the Sokoto State in Nigeria. It is named after Siddiq Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto from 1938 to 1988. Its operator is Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). In 2022, it was the airport with the third highest level of aviation traffic in Northern Nigeria.

Location

12.916°N, 5.208°E · 308 m s. n. m. (1.010 ft)

General data

CountryNigeria

CitySokoto

IATA codeSKO

ICAO codeDNSO

Coordinates12.916°N, 5.208°E

Elevation308 m s. n. m. (1.010 ft)

Time zoneAfrica/Lagos

Runways1

Longest runway3,000 m

Direct destinations1

Runways · 1

08/26

Length3,000 m9,843 ft

Width60 m197 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

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

Airlines operating here · 1

Other airlines with direct routes

World Scale Airlines

Route network according to OpenFlights (open route database). It may not reflect recent schedule changes.

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, September 27). Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport (SKO). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SKO

MLA

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Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_sko,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport (SKO)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-09-27},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SKO},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SKO}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}

Wikipedia

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