Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Sokoto, Sokoto State (Nigeria)

IATA: SKO ICAO: DNSO

Longest Active Runway

9,844 ft

3,000 meters

Field Elevation

1,010 ft

308 m MSL

Runway Inventory

1 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

12.9157°, 5.2075°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #600 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#1,076 of 7558

Top 14.3% percentile worldwide

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

National Standing (Nigeria)

#8 of 10 in NG

#13 of 26 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

-1.6%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 SKO in numbers: 9,844 ft longest runway · tied #600 of 650 published · #1,076 of 7,558 worldwide (top 14.3%) · #8 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)

SKO lies at 308 m (1,010 ft), #195 of 650 published airports by elevation and 66.9 percentile among 7,558 worldwide. It is 101 ft below the Nigeria median (1,111 ft, 10 airports); KAD is highest at 2,073 ft, 1,063 ft higher than SKO.

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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 SKO. Nearest published airport: Diori Hamani International Airport (NIM), 180 NM, 10,499 ft (655 ft longer than SKO); 3 within 250 NM.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 9,844 ft (3,000 m)

SKO runway: 08/26 9,844 × 197 ft asphalt (asp). National standing: #8 of 10 in Nigeria; LOS leads by 2,950 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
08/26	9,844 ft (3000 m / 3.000 km)	197 ft (60m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

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