Mallam Aminu International Airport

Mallam Aminu International Airport (DNKN) is a medium airport in Kano, Nigeria. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code DNKN or IATA code KAN. It sits in Africa.

Mallam Aminu International Airport is a regional commercial airport that doubles as a busy private-aviation base. Operators benefit from full instrument approaches and an FBO infrastructure scaled for regular jet traffic, often without the congestion of the nearest major hub.

Mallam Aminu International Airport lies at 1,562 ft elevation.

Local operations run on Africa/Lagos. Scheduled airline service is light enough that it rarely interferes with charter movements, though planners should still expect to coordinate with the handling agent for international turnarounds.

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Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport is an international airport serving Kano, the capital city of Kano State in Nigeria. It was a Royal Air Force station before the country became independent. It is the main airport serving northern Nigeria and was named after the 20th-century politician Aminu Kano. The airport has an international and a domestic terminal. Construction started on a new domestic terminal and was commissioned on 23 May 2011. In 2009, the airport handled 323,482 passengers. The bulk of international flights cater to the large Sudanese community in Kano and Muslim pilgrimages to Mecca.