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Sadiq Abubakar III International airport in Sokoto (Nigeria)
Sadiq Abubakar III International airport is located near Sokoto, with Sire at 1mi↑, Sokoto at 10mi↑, Dange at 10mi↑, Sokoto State at 12mi↑, Rabah at 25mi↑, Binji at 29mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Nigeria and Southernmost airports in Nigeria
→ See also airports in Nigeria
aerial view of Sadiq Abubakar III International airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : DNSO
- IATA code : SKO
- Local code : -
Elevation : 308 m = 1010ft
→ See also Highest airports in Nigeria and Lowest airports in Nigeria
Runways
- runway 08/26 : 3000m = 9843ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Nigeria
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Aviation weather for Sadiq Abubakar III International airport DNSO SKO
METAR for Sadiq Abubakar III International airport DNSO SKO
DNSO 241200Z 27007KT CAVOK 32/23 Q1013 NOSIG
Decoded METAR for Sadiq Abubakar III International airport DNSO SKO
METAR issued by DNSO on Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 12:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 6 days and 162 hours and -8589 minutes ago.
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 32°C = 90°F, dew point is 23°C = 73°F. The air is humid : relative air humidity is 59 %.
QNH is 1013hPa = 29.91inHg
Wind 13km/h = 7kt, direction is 270°.
Sky clear.
No significant change forecasted in next 2 hours
No TAF for Sadiq Abubakar III International airport
but aviation weather is available at Kaduna airport (DNKA) at 210mi↑
NOTAM for Sadiq Abubakar III International airport
Around Sadiq Abubakar III International airport in Sokoto (Nigeria)
near
- Hotels in Sire
- Station de montagne La Molina at 2042mi↑
- Station de montagne Puigmal 2900 at 2047mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Cambre d'Aze at 2051mi↑
- Station de montagne La Rabassa at 2052mi↑
- Station de montagne Bolquère Pyrénées 2000 at 2054mi↑
- Station de montagne Font-Romeu at 2054mi↑
- Station de montagne Capcir at 2055mi↑
- Station de montagne La Quillane at 2055mi↑
- Station de montagne Les Angles at 2058mi↑
- Station de montagne Porté Puymorens at 2058mi↑
- Station de montagne Granvalira at 2060mi↑
- Station de montagne Formiguères at 2061mi↑
- for Sadiq Abubakar III International airport at 0mi↑
- for Birni-N'Konni airport at 61mi↑
- for Srr Ahmadu Bello International airport at 64mi↑
nearest airports to Sadiq Abubakar III International airport in Sokoto (Nigeria)
- Birni-N'Konni airport (DRRB ) at 61mi↑defunct airport
- Srr Ahmadu Bello International airport ( NG-0005) at 64mi↑
- Dogondoutchi airport (DRRC ) at 91mi↑NOTAM
- Gusau airport (DNGU ) at 113mi↑NOTAM
- Dosso airport (DRRD ) at 134mi↑NOTAM
- Maradi airport (DRRM MFQ ) at 135mi↑METAR NOTAM
- Tahoua airport (DRRT THZ ) at 135mi↑METAR NOTAM
- Gaya airport (DRRG ) at 139mi↑NOTAM
- Katsina airport ( DKA DN57) at 165mi↑
- La Tapoa airport (DRRP ) at 192mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in Nigeria
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap