Yakubu Gowon Airport

Yakubu Gowon Airport, also known as Jos Airport, is an airport serving , the capital of the of . It was named after Yakubu Gowon, the Nigerian head of state from 1966 to 1975.
Wikipedia
  • Aerodrome
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,289 metres (4,229 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code JOS
  • …has the ICAO airport code DNJO
  • …is operated by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria
  • Description: domestic airport serving Jos, Nigeria
  • Also known as
    “JOS”
    “Yakubu Gowon”

Yakubu Gowon Airport

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Latitude
9.64° or 9° 38′ 24″ north
Longitude
8.86809° or 8° 52′ 5″ east
Open location code
6FXCJVR9+26
Open­Street­Map ID
way 205335270
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
2335952
Wiki­data ID
Q8047227

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Tyap—“Yakubu Gowon Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار ياكوبو غون”
  • Cebuano: “Jos (tugpahanan)”
  • Cebuano: “Jos”
  • Chinese: “喬斯”
  • French: “Aéroport Yakubu Gowon”
  • French: “aéroport Yakubu-Gowon”
  • French: “Aéroport”
  • French: “Airport”
  • French: “DNJO”
  • Fulah: “Yakubu Gowon Airport”
  • Hausa: “Filin jirgin Jos”
  • Hausa: “Filin jirgin saman Jos”
  • Indonesian: “DNJO”
  • Indonesian: “JOS”
  • Japanese: “ヤクブ・ゴウォン空港”
  • Lingala: “Libándá lya Ndáko ya mpɛ́pɔ ya Yakubu Gowon”
  • Lingala: “Libándá lya Ndáko ya mpɛ́pɔ”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه یاکوبو گوون”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Yakubu Gowon”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Yakubu Gowon”
  • Swahili: “uwanja wa ndege wa Yakubu Gowon”
  • Swahili: “uwanja wa ndege”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи иокубу гувн”
  • Tyap: “JOS”
  • Tyap: “Yakubu Gowon Airport”

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