Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Bauchi State International Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Bauchi, Bauchi State (Nigeria)

IATA: BCU ICAO: DNBC

Longest Active Runway

11,154 ft

3,400 meters

Field Elevation

1,965 ft

599 m MSL

Runway Inventory

1 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

10.4828°, 9.7440°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #341 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#551 of 7558

Top 7.3% percentile worldwide

For airports with equal runway length, the worldwide order does not indicate a length difference.

National Standing (Nigeria)

#4 of 10 in NG

#6 of 26 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

+11.5%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 BCU in numbers: 11,154 ft longest runway · tied #341 of 650 published · #551 of 7,558 worldwide (top 7.3%) · #4 in Nigeria.

🔬 Operational & Aerodrome Engineering Comparative Analysis

Longest runway ≥10,500 ft

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Elevation & National Context

Lowland Aerodrome (<2,000 ft)

BCU lies at 599 m (1,965 ft), #132 of 650 published airports by elevation and 80.1 percentile among 7,558 worldwide. It is 854 ft above the Nigeria median (1,111 ft, 10 airports); KAD is highest at 2,073 ft, 108 ft higher than BCU.

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Regional Density & Alternates (100 NM)

0 Qualifying Aerodromes in Vicinity

No published neighbour with a paved runway of 5,000 ft or more within 100 NM of BCU. Nearest published airport: Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (KAN), 118 NM, 10,831 ft (323 ft shorter than BCU); 5 within 250 NM.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 11,154 ft (3,400 m)

BCU runway: 17/35 11,154 × 148 ft asphalt (asp). National standing: #4 of 10 in Nigeria; LOS leads by 1,640 ft (12,794 ft). +11.5% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
17/35	11,154 ft (3400 m / 3.400 km)	148 ft (45m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

🛡️ Source: OurAirports Open Aviation Database, snapshot 2026-09-01 · Provenance →