Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport is an international airport

International airport

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 located in Abuja

Abuja

Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria. It is located in the centre of Nigeria, within the Federal Capital Territory . Abuja is a planned city, and was built mainly in the 1980s. It officially became Nigeria's capital on 12 December 1991, replacing Lagos...

, FCT, Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

, and is the main airport

Airport

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 serving the Nigerian capital city. It was named after Nigeria's first President, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe

Nnamdi Azikiwe

Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe , usually referred to as Nnamdi Azikiwe and popularly known as "Zik", was one of the leading figures of modern Nigerian nationalism who became the first President of Nigeria after Nigeria secured its independence from the United Kingdom on 1 October 1960; holding the...

. It consists of an international and a domestic terminal. Both terminals share the same runway. In 2009, the airport handled 3,196,438 passengers.

The Abuja Gateway Consortium

Abuja Gateway Consortium

Abuja Gateway Consortium is a consortium made up by Airline Services Limited , Nigeria, Asset and Resource Management , Nigeria, NairaNet Technologies Limited A.G., Nigeria, A.G...

 signed on 13 November 2006 an USD101.1 million contract for the management of the airport over the next 25 years.