Shiroro Airstrip
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Shiroro Airstrip or Shiroro Airfield is an airstrip located in Shiroro
, a Local Government Area of the Niger State
in Nigeria
.
of 1305 feet (398 m) above mean sea level. The asphalt
paved runway
is designated 06/24 and measures 1271 by 15 m (4,169.9 by 49.2 ).
Shiroro
Shiroro is a Local Government Area in Niger State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Kuta.It has an area of 5,015 km² and a population of 235,404 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 921....
, a Local Government Area of the Niger State
Niger State
Niger State is a state in the western part of Nigeria and the largest state in the country. The state capital is Minna, and other major cities are Bida, Kontagora, and Suleja. It was formed in 1976 when the then North-Western State was bifurcated into Niger State and Sokoto State.The state is named...
in 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...
.
Facilities
The airfield resides at an elevationElevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of 1305 feet (398 m) above mean sea level. The asphalt
Asphalt
Asphalt or , also known as bitumen, is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits, it is a substance classed as a pitch...
paved runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
is designated 06/24 and measures 1271 by 15 m (4,169.9 by 49.2 ).