NEW AIRFIELD KAINJI, NIGERIA (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Publication Date: April 20, 1982
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NEW AIRFIELD
KAINJI, NIGERIA
Z-15203/82
NPIC/-IEG(4/82)
20 APRIL 1982
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A NEW AIRFIELD IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN
NORTHWESTERN NIGERIA.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: THE NEW AIRFIELD IS IN THE LATE STAGES OF
CONSTRUCTION AND CONSISTS OF ONE MAIN ASPHALT 3,335 BY 45
METER RUNWAY ORIENTED NORTHEAST/SOUTHWEST, ONE PARALLEL
TAXIWAY, FIVE LINK TAXIWAYS, THREE INTERCONNECTED CONCRETE
PARKING APRONS, ONE HANGAR IN MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION, AND
AT LEAST EIGHT SUPPORT BUILDINGS. THE AIRFIELD WAS INITIALLY
OBSERVED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY THE RUNWAY, THE 25X1
PARALLEL AND LINK TAXIWAYS, AND THE PARKING APRONS APPEAR TO
BE COMPLETE. NO AIRCRAFT HAVE BEEN OBSERVED HERE.
(S/D) I IREPORT OF 27 NOVEMBER 1981 NOTED THAT WHEN 25X1
THIS AIRFIELD IS COMPLETED IT WILL HOUSE THE NIGERIAN AIR
FORCE'S NEWLY ACQUIRED ALPHA JET TRAINERS. THE ALPHA ARE
CURRENTLY DEPLOYED AT KANO AIRFIELD KAINJI 25X1
AIRFIELD IS 245 NM NORTH OF LAGOS AND 54 NM FROM THE NIGERIA-
BENIN BORDER. 25X1
3. (S) COORDINATES 09--55-06N 044-33-14E.
4. (C) COLLATERAL REFERENCE: USDAO LAGOS NI, IR6 871 0161 81,
NIGERIA/NIGERIAN AIR FORCE (NAF) OF BATTLE
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