AviatDataSam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport QOW / DNIM
Owerri · Nigeria · Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) — Nigerian federal government agency
414kpax · 2024
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATADNIM / QOW
OperatorFederal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) — Nigerian federal government agency
Coordinates5.4271°N, 7.2060°E
Elevation374 ft · 114 m
Time zoneWAT (UTC+1, no DST)
Passengers / yr414,190 (2024)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceDNIM — AIP Nigeria (NAMA)
Operating hoursDaytime domestic operations only, approx. 0600-1800 local; the runway does have night-landing lighting, installed under the 2013-14 Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria (TRACON) upgrade, but FAAN policy restricts night operations at non-internationally-designated airports like this one except for Hajj pilgrimage charter flights; not H24
TerminalsSingle remodelled domestic passenger terminal plus a separate cargo terminal/apron expansion; no dedicated international terminal. FAAN's own night-operations exemption for Hajj pilgrimage flights at non-internationally-designated airports makes ad-hoc customs/immigration for pilgrimage charters plausible here, but the specific reported Air Peace Boeing 777 Hajj charter to Medina on 9 May 2025 could not be independently corroborated, and there is no standing daily international desk
Runways (1)
- 17/35 · 2,700 m / 8,858 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt
Airport contact
Primarily a domestic and cargo gateway for Owerri, Aba and Umuahia (Imo State), officially branded 'International Cargo Airport' though FAAN classifies it as a domestic airport; the single reported international movement (a May 2025 Air Peace B777 Hajj charter to Medina) fits FAAN's documented Hajj-flight exception to its night-operations restriction, but the specific flight details are unconfirmed and regular scheduled international service has not followed. Hours, fuel, contact details, and the 2024 passenger figure (414,190; only an older 2015 figure of 313,343 was independently found) are estimates pending confirmation from FAAN/NAMA, as no dedicated public airport contact page could be located.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 2 providers
Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO Aviance)
NAHCO aviance is confirmed as an active operator at Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri: NAHCO's own social channels documented it managing ground handling for a Hajj pilgrim airlift at this specific station, Nigerian aviation press reported a NAHCO ground-handling incident there, and a Nigeria Customs Service recognition tied to Owerri cargo operations was reported. No Owerri-specific licence/permit number is published on NAHCO's own site.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Skyway Aviation Handling Company Plc (SAHCO)
CAPA's independent Owerri Sam Mbakwe Airport profile names Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) directly as the airport's Ground/Cargo Handler; recent Nigerian trade press also reports SAHCO working with the Nigeria Customs Service at Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, corroborating an active on-station presence rather than a group-level claim.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Available
CITA Energies
CITA Petroleum's own indexed site content documents four 60,000-litre horizontal Jet A-1 above-ground storage tanks sited in Owerri and into-plane fuelling at Sam Mbakwe Airport; IATA's partner directory separately lists CITA Petroleum as specialising in into-plane fuelling at Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Calabar and Owerri, corroborating a genuine station presence. Group head office is at MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos. The group has since rebranded its public site to citaenergies.com (citapetroleum.com now redirects there), so contact details here reflect the current live site rather than the legacy citapetroleum.com listing; the previously cited 18,000-litre bowser figure was not.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Unconfirmed
Skyway Aviation Handling Company Plc (SAHCO)
SAHCO's company-wide service offering includes GSE supply/maintenance (it has publicised acquiring an electric GSE fleet group-wide); no Owerri-specific GSE fleet detail confirmed, so recorded as unconfirmed for this station.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Cargo handling
Unconfirmed · 2 providers
Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO Aviance)
NAHCO is Nigeria's largest cargo-handling operator company-wide and has been publicly linked to cargo/Customs activity at Owerri, but no Owerri-specific cargo-shed capacity, tonnage or warehouse detail was found, so the cargo line here is documented at the company level only.
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Skyway Aviation Handling Company Plc (SAHCO)
The same CAPA airport profile lists SAHCO as Owerri's cargo handler alongside ground handling, and cargo handling is one of SAHCO's core national service lines; no Owerri-specific tonnage or warehouse figures were located, so treat capacity detail as unconfirmed at station level.
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Aviation security
Unconfirmed
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)
FAAN is the statutory owner/operator of Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri; the contact email and phone above were confirmed as an exact match against FAAN's own official site. As at its other managed airports FAAN's Aviation Security (AVSEC) department typically runs screening and access control directly, but a station-specific AVSEC confirmation page for Owerri could not be retrieved during verification (faannigeria.org returned repeated HTTP 429 errors), so this line is recorded as self-provided-by-operator but unconfirmed in station-specific detail.
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Passenger & crew transport
Available
Avis Rent a Car (Nigeria)
Avis's own live location finder lists a Sam Mbakwe Intl Airport branch at Owerri (address: Sam Mbakwe, Owerri, NG) with phone (•••, an exact match confirming a genuine airport-specific presence rather than a city-only listing; usable for crew and passenger ground transport. The previously recorded 07:00-21:00 daily opening hours were not.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Flight support
Not listed
Hotel & travel
Not listed