Port Harcourt International Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Port Harcourt, Rivers State (Nigeria)

IATA: PHC ICAO: DNPO

Longest Active Runway

9,843 ft

3,000 meters

Field Elevation

87 ft

27 m MSL

Runway Inventory

1 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

5.0155°, 6.9496°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #603 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#1,173 of 7558

Top 15.9% percentile worldwide

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

National Standing (Nigeria)

tied #9 of 10 in NG

same length as KAD · #15 of 26 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

-1.6%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 PHC in numbers: 9,843 ft longest runway · tied #603 of 650 published · #1,173 of 7,558 worldwide (top 15.9%) · tied #9 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)

PHC lies at 27 m (87 ft), #455 of 650 published airports by elevation and 26.1 percentile among 7,558 worldwide. It is 1,024 ft below the Nigeria median (1,111 ft, 10 airports); KAD is highest at 2,073 ft, 1,986 ft higher than PHC.

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Regional Density & Alternates (100 NM)

1 Qualifying Aerodrome in Vicinity

Closest of 1 paved-runway (≥5,000 ft) neighbour within 100 NM: Asaba International Airport (ABB), 73.4 NM, 11,155 ft. ABB has the radius's longest runway, 1,312 ft more than PHC.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 9,843 ft (3,000 m)

PHC runway: 03/21 9,843 × 197 ft asphalt (asp). National standing: tied #9 of 10 in Nigeria with KAD at 9,843 ft; LOS leads by 2,951 ft (12,794 ft). −1.6% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
03/21	9,843 ft (3000 m / 3.000 km)	197 ft (60m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

🧭 Comparative Aerodromes (100 NM Radius, ≥5,000 ft Paved)

Great-circle Haversine spatial proximity matching for commercial facilities with paved runway capacity within 100 NM.

Aerodrome Name	IATA	Distance	Longest Runway	Lighting
Asaba International Airport (Asaba)	`ABB`	73.4 NM (135.9 km)	11,155 ft	✅ Lighted

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