Airports / Nigeria / BCU
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Bauchi State International Airport
DNBC / BCUBauchi, NigeriaELEV 1,965 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
69 nm
To the nearest alternate
Gombe Lawanti International Airport (GMO).
Overview
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Bauchi State International Airport, listed as DNBC / BCU, is a large commercial airport in Bauchi, Nigeria. The field lies at an elevation of 1,965 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
BCU has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Gombe Lawanti International Airport (GMO, 69 nm), Yakubu Gowon Airport (JOS, 72 nm), and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (KAN, 118 nm).
Quotes for flights out of BCU vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Bauchi State Airport. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from BCU, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
DNBC
IATA
BCU
FAA / Local
DNBC
Elevation
1,965 ft
Coordinates
10.4828° N · 9.7440° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Nigeria fields
state range 57–4,232 ft
At 1,965 ft, BCU sits higher than 86% of the 29 Nigeria fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 69nmGMOGombe Lawanti International AirportGombe
- 72nmJOSYakubu Gowon AirportJos
- 118nmKANMallam Aminu Kano International AirportKano
- 127nmZARZaria AirportZaria
- 144nmKADKaduna International AirportKaduna
- 171nmABVNnamdi Azikiwe International AirportAbuja
Location
Open the full mapDNBC · Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Bauchi State International Airport · Bauchi, Nigeria