Airport is fitted with satellite landing system
Has 3.7 kilometres runway
Maduako Igbokwe l Sunday, March 28, 2021
UMUERI, Anambra- Governor of Anambra state Chief Willie Obiano has disclosed that the state International Cargo Airport in Umueri , Anambra East local government will be completed and operational by next month, April 2021.
Obiano made the disclosure when the joint Senate and House of Representatives committees on Aviation led by chairman, Senate committee on Aviation senator Smart Adeyemi visited the airport .
According to the governor ,when the airport becomes functional next month, it will be the largest airport with the best and longest runway in the country and Africa. The governor said ,the intention of the government was to make it the busiest airport in the country and in Africa .
Obiano said that the airport is the only airport in Nigeria that has satellite landing system and that any plane can land without light. He said it is done deliberately because , it is projected to be the busiest and most viable airport in Africa.
According to him, the state government took into consideration the business nature of the people of Anambra state who are everywhere in the world doing business , while planning the airport .
” Everything about the airport’s runway is completed . We have also finished Apron where the planes will land since last month . We have also completed the taxiway a month ago and in the next five days the tower will be completed .
Each time I traveled to any airport around the world, I look for what to copy” he said. Explaining to the committees about the airport ,the state commissioner for works, Mr. Marcel Ifejiofor said the length of the runway is about 3.7 kilometre while the width is six metres .
According to him ,it has the longest runway in Nigeria and it is fitted with landing satellite system in case of light failure. He also reaffirmed that the runway is completed with double rebound runway and that plane can land from either side .
Chairman Senate committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi who led the Senate and House of Representatives on Aviation on the visits commended governor Obiano for constructing one of the largest and best airports in Nigeria. Adeyemi described the airport as a welcome development and one of the best in Nigeria .
According to Adeyemi, the Anambra state Cargo International Airport is second to Lagos airport in term of quality of runway and facilities in the country . “I have traveled round the world ,the quality of this airport runway is wonderful and great .Your Excellency, what you have done is beyond helping Anambra state to Nigeria. South east is endowed with entrepreneurial skills and they must support the airport to be viable.
For any airport to be viable ,it must have at least 5000 passengers every year ” he said . He said that he is proud to be in Anambra to witness the good work the governor is doing ,even in the harsh economy . Adeyemi called on other governors to emulate the governor’s gesture in the construction of quality works in their states .
Speaking at the event, Uche Ekwunife , a chieftain of the People Democratic Party (PDP ),the major opposition party in the state , said that she is proud of governor Willie Obiano and his works .
” Despite our different political affiliations ,when you see a good thing ,always appreciate it . I am proud of the governor and the commissioner for the great and wonderful work they are doing in the airport. They are meticulously supervising the project ” she said .
