Nigeria · elevation 1562 ft AMSL
· 12.0456, 8.5236
Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport is an airport with the ICAO code DNKN and the IATA code KAN. Country: Nigeria. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Kano. OurAirports classifies it as a large airport. Its ICAO code starts with the DN prefix, which marks airports in Nigeria. The four-letter code DNKN is used in flight operations and weather reports, while the three-letter IATA code KAN is used for ticketing and baggage handling. The airport reference point sits at 12°02'44"N, 8°31'25"E, at an elevation of 1,562 ft (476 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is Africa/Lagos.
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | 50° | 2,451 m (8,040 ft) | 45 m (148 ft) | asphalt |
| 23 | 230° | |||
| 06 | 60° | 3,301 m (10,831 ft) | 60 m (197 ft) | asphalt |
| 24 | 240° |
The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.
Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport has 2 runways: 05/23 - 2,451 m long (8,040 ft), 45 m wide, asphalt surface; 06/24 - 3,301 m long (10,831 ft), 60 m wide, asphalt surface.
The longest of them is 06/24, at 3,301 m.
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 05/23 on 50° and 230° magnetic, 06/24 on 60° and 240° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.
For the 05/23 axis, wind from the south-east (around 140°) or from the north-west (around 320°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 50° or 230° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
Weather reports for Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport are published under the ICAO code DNKN. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.
The decoder breaks the DNKN report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.
Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for DNKN, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The Africa/Lagos zone stays at GMT+01:00 year-round, so converting to local time is always the same shift.
The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Dutse International Airport (DNDS, 89 km), Zaria Airport (DNZA, 137 km), Umaru Musa Yar'adua Airport (Katsina) (DNKT, 142 km). When no report is available for DNKN, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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