General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Ilorin/Ogbomosho, Kwara State (Nigeria)

IATA: ILR ICAO: DNIL

Longest Active Runway

10,169 ft

3,100 meters

Field Elevation

1,126 ft

343 m MSL

Runway Inventory

1 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

8.4402°, 4.4939°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #527 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#855 of 7558

Top 11.3% percentile worldwide

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

National Standing (Nigeria)

#6 of 10 in NG

#10 of 26 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

+1.7%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 ILR in numbers: 10,169 ft longest runway · tied #527 of 650 published · #855 of 7,558 worldwide (top 11.3%) · #6 in Nigeria.

🔬 Operational & Aerodrome Engineering Comparative Analysis

Longest runway 8,000–10,499 ft

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Elevation & National Context

Lowland Aerodrome (<2,000 ft)

ILR lies at 343 m (1,126 ft), #180 of 650 published airports by elevation and 69.4 percentile among 7,558 worldwide. It is 15 ft above the Nigeria median (1,111 ft, 10 airports); KAD is highest at 2,073 ft, 947 ft higher than ILR.

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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 ILR. Nearest published airport: Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS), 132 NM, 12,794 ft (2,625 ft longer than ILR); 5 within 250 NM.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 10,169 ft (3,100 m)

ILR runway: 05/23 10,169 × 197 ft asphalt (asp). National standing: #6 of 10 in Nigeria; LOS leads by 2,625 ft (12,794 ft). +1.7% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
05/23	10,169 ft (3100 m / 3.100 km)	197 ft (60m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

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