Gusau Airstrip

Gusau Airstrip or Gusau Airfield (IATA: QUS, ICAO: DNGU) is an airstrip serving Gusau, and it's nearby town, the capital city of the Zamfara State in Nigeria.

Gusau Airstrip
Summary
Airport typePublic
LocationGusau, Nigeria
Elevation AMSL1,520 ft / 463 m
Coordinates12°10′20″N 6°41′45″E
Map
QUS is located in Nigeria
QUS
QUS
Location of the airport in Nigeria
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 1,320 4,331 Laterite
Source: WAD[1] GCM[2] Google Maps[3]

Gusau is also a major centre for commercial services in the state mostly farming, the Gusau people are most of the Hausa tribes, because of the availability of large arable land, its indigenes are mostly farmers,it is a New airport that was built by the former governor of zamfara state, Bello Matawalle, it has brought great development to zamfara state. It is the only functional airport in the state, which handles commercial and private flights to most cities in Nigeria.[4][5]

Gusau airstrip construction The Gusau airport is a planned construction project for an international cargo airport at Gusau the capital town of Zamfara state, Nigeria. The project was expected to commence construction in August 2019 with the leadership of Gov. Bello Matawalle, meanwhile the project was delayed for about a year beyond the scheduled completion date, so, he stated that the operations will commence by the end of May 2021, he also confirmed that the airport project was to be executed under a USD1 billion, public private partnership (ppp) with afrexim bank.[4][5]

Gusau Airstrip Runway

Gusau airfield has only one runway. The surface is actually unpaved, it is also coated with laterite, runway lighting is yet to be installed at the airport. Because of the lack of light, commercial activities only take place in the day.[5]

See also

References
  1. Airport information for DNGU from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. Airport information for QUS at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. Google Maps - Gusau
  4. "New Gusau Airport New Airport Profile | CAPA". centreforaviation.com. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  5. Hotels.ng. "Gusau Airstrip - LOCATION AND NEARBY HOTELS". Hotels.ng Guides. Retrieved 2023-06-06.


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