Some interesting facts about the Lafia Airport Kwandere.

SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE LAFIA AIRPORT KWANDERE

• Lafia Airport alternate airport for the Nnmadi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja. It will also serve as cargo airport for agricultural produce and serve neighboring states of Benue, Kogi,Kaduna, Plateau and Taraba.

• The runway is 2.5km

• Lafia Airport will be the closest to FCT; nearer than that of Benue, Jos or Kogi, which will provide access to leading business and science associations, federal ministries and foreign embassies.

• Lafia Airport will create diverse employment opportunities related to aircraft operations and maintenance, passenger and freight handling, air traffic control and safety etc. Key employment sectors to be improved in will include transport, postal and warehousing, retail, accommodation and food services, manufacturing and wholesale trade.

• Lafia Airport will ease the transportation of pilgrims to Holy lands and facilitate the exportation of our locally processed agricultural products, such as Pepa Yams, Sesame Seed, Soya Beans etc. to Europe, USA, India, China e.t.c. thereby increasing the inflow of foreign direct investment.

• Lafia Airport will lead to the transfer of new technologies for industrialization

• Lafia Airport will assume the status of closest & most ideal "take-off point" in Nigeria for the shipment of perishable agricultural cargo to international markets.

• Lafia Airport will be the ALTERNATE AIRPORT for government and passengers incase of any incident with the existing airport in Abuja.

• Lafia Airport will play a vital role in connecting communities, people and markets as passenger growth through the airport also stimulates demand for other services in the local economy, including hospitality. Regional, interstate and international visitors will arrive Lafia Airport, providing an important economic stimulus through tourism related activities.

• Lafia Airport will drive economic benefits to surrounding communities by supporting directly more than one in six jobs — making it a major source of local employment in Lafia and it's environs.

• The Lafia Airport would also help to step up the tourism development of the state and open it up globally.

• NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) has been sent out to airmen to ensure its availability to all aircraft in the world , since February 2021 DISTRESSED aircraft that finds it difficult in landing can locate and touch down safely at the Lafia Airport.

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