Margaret Ekpo International Airport
Margaret Ekpo International Airport Calabar Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Calabar, Nigeria | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 210 ft / 64 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 4°58′33″N 8°20′50″E / 4.97583°N 8.34722°E | ||||||||||
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Sources: FAAN WAD GCM | |||||||||||
Margaret Ekpo International Airport (IATA: CBQ, ICAO: DNCA), also known as Calabar Airport, is an airport serving Calabar, the capital of the Cross River State in Nigeria. The airport is named after Margaret Ekpo, who was one of Nigeria's pioneering feminist and anticolonial activists. It was commissioned in 1983 by Alhaji Shehu Shagari, then president of Nigeria.