Airports / Nigeria / DNGU
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
76 nm
To the nearest alternate
Umaru Musa Yar'adua Airport (DKA).
Overview
Gusau Airport (DNGU) is a mid-sized airport serving Gusau, Nigeria. The field lies at an elevation of 1,520 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
DNGU has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Umaru Musa Yar'adua Airport (DKA, 76 nm), Maradi Airport (MFQ, 84 nm), and Zaria Airport (ZAR, 85 nm).
Quotes for flights out of DNGU vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as QUS. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from DNGU, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
DNGU
IATA
—
FAA / Local
DNGU
Elevation
1,520 ft
Coordinates
12.1729° N · 6.6961° 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
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Nigeria fields
state range 57–4,232 ft
At 1,520 ft, DNGU sits higher than 72% 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.
- 76nmDKAUmaru Musa Yar'adua AirportKatsina
- 84nmMFQMaradi AirportMaradi
- 85nmZARZaria AirportZaria
- 96nmKADKaduna International AirportKaduna
- 98nmSKOSadiq Abubakar III International AirportSokoto
- 108nmKANMallam Aminu Kano International AirportKano
Location
Open the full mapDNGU · Gusau Airport · Gusau, Nigeria