NCAA Grants Gateway Airport Green Light for Commercial Operations

On Friday, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) authorized the Gateway International Agro-Cargo Airport in Ilisan-Iperu, Ogun State, to start operating commercial flights.

To operate scheduled commercial air transport flights at the airport, an interim aerodrome operational permit was granted in accordance with Part 12.15.17 of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations (Nig.CARs).

A significant international airline is anticipated to run two weekly cargo flights from London to the airport after it has been approved. The airport will also be the designated backup airport for Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.

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Starting with direct flights to Abuja and Port Harcourt, passenger flights will be introduced.

The action is anticipated to increase Ogun State’s tourism, trade, and investment.

Remember how the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), and Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) visited the airport in December of last year and praised the quality of the facilities installed and their degree of completion?

They deemed the airport to be of international caliber and a source of pride for Ogun State, stating that its facilities, which included the runway, control tower, weather monitoring areas, fire service stations, and the apron, could compete with any of their kind worldwide and that it was still among the best in West Africa.

The Director of Aerodrome and Airspace Standards of the NCAA, who was represented by Ango Mohammed at the time, had observed that the airport’s facilities had much improved since his last visit and were now “at the level of any other tower in every standard airport around the globe.”