Maiduguri International Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Maiduguri, Borno State (Nigeria)

IATA: MIU ICAO: DNMA

Longest Active Runway

9,846 ft

3,001 meters

Field Elevation

1,099 ft

335 m MSL

Runway Inventory

1 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

11.8542°, 13.0807°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #597 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#1,070 of 7558

Top 14.2% percentile worldwide

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

National Standing (Nigeria)

#7 of 10 in NG

#11 of 26 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

-1.5%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 MIU in numbers: 9,846 ft longest runway · tied #597 of 650 published · #1,070 of 7,558 worldwide (top 14.2%) · #7 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)

MIU lies at 335 m (1,099 ft), #182 of 650 published airports by elevation and 68.9 percentile among 7,558 worldwide. It is 12 ft below the Nigeria median (1,111 ft, 10 airports); KAD is highest at 2,073 ft, 974 ft higher than MIU.

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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 MIU. Nearest published airport: Garoua International Airport (GOU), 152 NM, 11,032 ft (1,186 ft longer than MIU); 2 within 250 NM.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 9,846 ft (3,001 m)

MIU runway: 05/23 9,846 × 197 ft asphalt (asp). National standing: #7 of 10 in Nigeria; LOS leads by 2,948 ft (12,794 ft). −1.5% 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	9,846 ft (3001 m / 3.001 km)	197 ft (60m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

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