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167:Coordinates
1751:Categories
1302:6 February
1161:References
946:Growth (%)
899:Passengers
793:Statistics
645:Benin City
455:Facilities
409:Aminu Kano
397:Kano State
323:Passengers
177:12°02′55″N
1699:Maiduguri
1094:airliner
1081:Incidents
556:Azman Air
512:Air Peace
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349:Sources:
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180:8°31′20″E
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938:428,742
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1694:Katsina
1679:Jalingo
1654:Calabar
1603:Anambra
1584:Nigeria
1531:Nigeria
1517:Portals
1113:crashed
1096:crashed
1042:17.62%
1034:10.09%
929:433,263
926:327,267
923:369,132
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353:WAD GCM
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302:10,830
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1674:Ilorin
1669:Ibadan
1644:Bauchi
1464:23 May
1431:23 May
1058:32.1%
1050:6.42%
1026:32.39%
1018:11.34%
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962:15.58%
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299:3,301
296:06/24
286:8,041
283:2,451
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1664:Gombe
1659:Dutse
1649:Benin
1639:Asaba
1618:Lagos
1608:Enugu
1598:Abuja
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986:6.03%
978:4.86%
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1070:2021
1067:2017
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