Anambra International Cargo and Passenger Airport has been certified for full commercial operation.

Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano stated this during the official commissioning of the airport.

The governor's entrance into the arena in company of his wife, Dr. Ebelechukwu Obiano ignited cheers from the crowd of ndi Anambra.

While appreciating the President Mohammadu Buhari - led federal government for approving and certifying the airport for operation, as well as the Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika and Director General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, Captain Nuhu who have been very supportive throughout the period of construction, revealing that the certificate has been handed over to him.

The governor continued that the airport has been certified to have met all the conditions required for commercial operations stating that flights could not land for the commissioning because the regulatory authorities will require the approved airlines to have counters at the airport before commencement.

While enumerating airlines approved so far to land at the airport to include Airpeace airlines, Ibom Air, Dana Air, Anap Jets, Governor Obiano emphasized that as time goes on, more airlines will be approved, pointing out that Ndi Anambra deserve their own airport, being a widely travelled people.

Declaring that the project was financed without borrowing from the federal government or other financial institutions, he stated that over two hundred people have been trained for take - off of Operations in the airport, noting that the process of recruiting more people will be gradual.

The Commissioner for Works, Engineer Marcel Ifejiofor who described the event as epochal, said that it was a long and tedious journey, revealed that licence was duly granted by the federal ministry of aviation and Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority who they paid one hundred million naira construction fee and twenty five million niara certification fee feom when the construction started.

He continued that Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority and others have visited the airport at the construction stage which was climaxed by the visit of the Director General Captain Nuhu that commended the initiative, pointing out that in fifteen months, the first test landing was done, afterwhich seven planes had landed ever since.

While stating the special features of the airport including second longest runway in the world, terminal building, control tower with all the navigation tools, tarmac, fire house, trauma center, among others, Commissioner Ifejiofor stated that officials of the NCCA came last tuesday and gave the result that tye airport is ready to commence commercial operation because they have been carried along all the while.

Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Right Honourable Uchenna Okafor, Member representing Anambra East at the State House of Assembly, Pharmacist Obinna Emenaka, National Chairman of APGA, Ozonkpu Victor Oye, Member representing Anambra East and West Federal Constituency, Chief Chinedu Obidigwe, Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Senator Victor Umeh, State Executive Council members, the clergy, Traditional rulers, among others, attended the event which witnessed music and masquerade performances.

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Full video of the departure section, Tarmac, Runway and ATC Control tower


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The people recruited and trained to work at the airport are the politicians sons and relatives. Nepotism everywhere!

Proudly Anambra. APGA is performing and Soludo have our votes on Saturday.

May Good follow all Governors trying to better the life of those they manage their resources.

May misery follow all those Governors whose major aim is to impoverish its Citizens, Misery will never depart from their lives.

We need a better Nation, whether Biafra or Nigeria.

I have never been to the airport before, is this one a world class airport or just the normal average stuffs we celebrate here in this part of the glob?..the thing look like a poultry farm building in my eyes...

HERE ARE SOME FACTS ABOUT THE NEWLY

✅It was built in a record time of 15 months by the Willie Obiano led Anambra State Government. The government did not borrow a kobo nor did it seek any form of financial aid to build the airport.

✅ The airport was built by nine contractors and nine service providers. None of the contractors or service providers is owed a kobo.

✅A test flight was performed on April 30, 2021. The first plane that landed in the airport was a plane from the AIR PEACE fleet belonging to Chief Allen Onyema, a worthy son of Anambra State.

✅The airport is expected to create about 1000 direct and indirect jobs.

✅The Anambra International Cargo and Passenger airport is a legacy of the Willie Obiano led APGA administration. A promise that was fulfilled after three decades.

OTHER REMARKABLE FEATURES OF THE ANAMBRA AIRPORT INCLUDE:

1. SIZE: The Anambra International cargo and passenger airport is a Category ( CAT ) 4F airport. This means that an A380 aircraft or an Airbus can land comfortably in the airport.

2. THE RUNWAY: The runway is the second-longest runway in Nigeria with:
- Length - 3.7km and a runway end safety area (RESA) of 1km at both ends of the runway.
- Width - 60 m
- Strip - 440 metres on either side of the runway
- Thickness - 270mm

3. RUNWAY LIGHTING: The runway is equipped with CAT 2 lighting system. This implies that a plane can be guided by the light to land safely even in adverse weather conditions.

4. SATELLITE LANDING SYSTEM: The airport is equipped with a satellite landing system (SLS). This provides for satellite assisted landing of aircraft should the runway lights fail for any reason.
The airport also has Instrument landing system, ILS, which ensures that aircrafts are vertically and horizontally aligned with the runway while landing.

5. TAXI WAY: The airport has two taxiways.

6. THE APRON: The airport apron measures 300 metres by 200 metres.
- It can accommodate 8 Boeing 747 aircraft at the same time.
- It is built on a rigid pavement of concrete with a thickness measuring 560mm and reinforced top and bottom with concrete measuring 16mm in thickness.
- The Apron is built to repel water. So even when it rains, water runs off the surface easily.

7. THE CONTROL TOWER: At a height of 34.5 metres, the control tower of the airport is the tallest in Nigeria.
- It is built with concrete top to bottom
- It is the height of an 11 storey building.
- The control tower has nine suspended floors.
- It is equipped with a lift and a staircase.
- Both the lift and staircase are fireproof.
- It is also equipped with biometric security doors.
- Every room in the control tower and indeed the entire airport is equipped with a water sprinkler.
- However, the control tower has a self fire fighting system that triggers off when there's a fire emergency.

8. THE TERMINAL BUILDING: The terminal building is designed to accommodate 400 passengers. Other features include:
- A departure and arrival lounge
- There are 36 shops in the building
- There are three lifts and three escalators
- Two Avio bridges each equipped with dual boarding passages. This means that four aircraft can take passengers at the same time.

9. RESCUE AND FIRE FIGHTING SERVICES: The airport is CAT 9 airport
- It has three fire tenders (fire engines) that can shoot water up to the height of the control tower.
- The tenders can be controlled by the driver alone.
- The airport is also equipped with 20 hydrants.

10. WATER: The airport is equipped with two industrial boreholes which pump water into:
- Tank 1 - 640 cubic metres
- Tank 2 - 240 cubic metres
- There's also a water treatment plant that takes water to overhead tanks.
-The total volume of overhead tanks is 123 cubic metres.

11. POWER: A 33 KVA line drawn from Agụ Awka to the airport guarantees an 18-hour power supply.
- Two units of 500KVA generators serve as a backup to provide power always.

12. CAR PARK: The car park is aphalted and properly marked. It is designed to accommodate about 750 vehicles.

13. AIRPORT ROAD: The airport road has two access roads. The first and major airport road measures about 5.7km and
connects the Onitsha-Enugu expressway to the airport. It is a dual carriageway road fitted with a bridge on either side of the carriageway. It has drainages on both sides. The road is completed, clearly marked and fitted with streetlights.

The second airport road measures about 4km and connects the airport to the Nteje-Umueri-Aguleri road.

The driveways within the airport are all asphalted and marked.

Ndị Anambra, behold your airport. Built, equipped and launched by Gov Willie Mmaduaburochukwu Obiano, yesterday Saturday, 30th October, 2021. Akpọkuedike has done it. APGA did it. What seemed a fairy tale is finally a reality.

Is that not Fr. Ebube Mmuonso in that 2nd pic?

For you to work in any government establishment in Anambra you must have serious connection to politicians or know someone e.g Reverend Father that has connection to these politicians. can attest to this....

They don't recruit base on merit. Even when they conduct entrance exam, they don't use the score. They shortlist only their people for the jobs.

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For you to work in any government establishment in Anambra you must have serious connection to politicians or know someone e.g Reverend Father that has connection to these politicians. can attest to this....

They don't recruit base on merit. Even when they conduct entrance exam, they don't use the score. They shortlist only their people for the jobs.

Not true

Alaigbo ya din'ma.Ka naga si ike.

Flirty airport, with zero airline

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Open drainage everywhere, what a pathetic airport

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It is bro. I took part in the Anambra state civil service screening exam at unizik in 2014, I knew I got more than 95% of the questions correctly only for them to use IM in recruiting people. I personally know someone that got the job due to his connection to Sir Victor Umeh. I also went for the exam conducted at a school along Zik's avenue Awka. I passed it yet no show.... The nepotism is just too much

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Open drainage everywhere, what a pathetic airport

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I just love the design of the main entrance gate and the modern airlines' check-in counters. Instead of using locally fabricated wooden counters seen at several Nigerian airports.

They really made an effort to use modern designs seen in US and European major airports. Kudos to all those who designed and built this international airport.

They just need to hang the neon-lit sign with the name of the airport as suggested in the main gate picture.

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No single naira borrowered. Kudos

Welcome development, Nigeria has the potential to become a World class country but evil men that claim to be leaders have decided to be tools in the hands of the devil just to keep us down perpetually but God pass them. Kudos to the governor for breaking the jinx

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A.chievement!

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Haters..................Come dance with 'Us'..............

Ekele diri Chukwu
Anambra adigo mma

Congratz to ndi Anambra

Nkea bu nke anyi

Gradually, Anambra will replace Lagos as the centre of commercial activities in naija

E just remain sea port

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The one LASG started in Lekki since the days of Tinubu is now a forest reserve.

Igbo amaka

And one governor go sit down there dey count ShopRite as part of government's achievements....