Warri Airport
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Osubi Airstrip , also known as Warri Airport , is located at Osubi
, a town near Warri in Delta State
, Nigeria
. It has a runway of about 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) and is about 5 minutes drive by car from the city of Warri.
The federal government first drew up plans to build an airport here in the late 1970s to
easy transport into Warri city by air because of its status as an oil city but languished
the Plan for over two decades in a mixture of neglect and corruption.
Meanwhile, people coming in and out of Warri continued to use an old airstrip, in a congested part of the city.
The airstrip could only accommodate small air craftson its runway of about 0.7 km which was so short that whenever a plane took off or landed, the authorities had to close off an adjacent road to traffic so that a passing car would not be clipped.
Finding it harder and harder to conduct business with the old airstrip, Shell finally decided to build one on its own. The airport as commissioned and open for commercial use on 1 April 1999 with Shell (SPDC) landing a modern Dornier 328 and aero contractors 50-feet Dash aircraft at the Osubi airport.
Since the airstrip opened for Public use; it is reckoned to be one of the busiest aviation facilities in Nigeria and it is being operated in partnership with other oil companies.
The maintenance and facilities are among the best in the country and traffic flow is one of the highest. In fact, in the first six months of the opening of Osubi Airstrip, more than 100,000 passengers passed through just as it handled 3,500 aircraft movements.
There is presently an out cry to the federal government to upgrade the status to that of an airport because of the increase in air traffic, While the Delta State Government is planning to add a longer second runway of 4.2 km.
Osubi
Osubi is a town close to Warri in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta state, southern Nigeria. The population is approximately over 8000 people.Warri Airport is located within this community...
, a town near Warri in Delta State
Delta State
Delta State may refer to:*Delta State, a state in southern Nigeria.*Delta State , a Canadian animated television series.*Delta State University, a public university located in the U.S. state of Mississippi....
, Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
. It has a runway of about 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) and is about 5 minutes drive by car from the city of Warri.
The federal government first drew up plans to build an airport here in the late 1970s to
easy transport into Warri city by air because of its status as an oil city but languished
the Plan for over two decades in a mixture of neglect and corruption.
Meanwhile, people coming in and out of Warri continued to use an old airstrip, in a congested part of the city.
The airstrip could only accommodate small air craftson its runway of about 0.7 km which was so short that whenever a plane took off or landed, the authorities had to close off an adjacent road to traffic so that a passing car would not be clipped.
Finding it harder and harder to conduct business with the old airstrip, Shell finally decided to build one on its own. The airport as commissioned and open for commercial use on 1 April 1999 with Shell (SPDC) landing a modern Dornier 328 and aero contractors 50-feet Dash aircraft at the Osubi airport.
Since the airstrip opened for Public use; it is reckoned to be one of the busiest aviation facilities in Nigeria and it is being operated in partnership with other oil companies.
The maintenance and facilities are among the best in the country and traffic flow is one of the highest. In fact, in the first six months of the opening of Osubi Airstrip, more than 100,000 passengers passed through just as it handled 3,500 aircraft movements.
- Osubi Airstrip has opened up Warri for businesses and investors who are assured of a quick, convenient and safe means of travel.
- It has promoted safe air travel and general aviation operations with its ultra modern navigational and landing facilities.
There is presently an out cry to the federal government to upgrade the status to that of an airport because of the increase in air traffic, While the Delta State Government is planning to add a longer second runway of 4.2 km.
Airlines and destinations
External links
- Osubi Airstrip at Delta State web site