Eket Airstrip
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Eket Airstrip or Eket Airfield is an airstrip located in Eket
, a city in the Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria
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of 42 feet (13 m) above mean sea level. The asphalt
paved runway
is designated 01/19 and measures 1300 by 21 m (4,265.1 by 68.9 ).
Eket
Eket is the second largest city in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The name also refers to the indigenous ethnic group of the region and to their language...
, a city in the Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
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Facilities
The airstrip resides at an elevationElevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of 42 feet (13 m) above mean sea level. The asphalt
Asphalt
Asphalt or , also known as bitumen, is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits, it is a substance classed as a pitch...
paved runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
is designated 01/19 and measures 1300 by 21 m (4,265.1 by 68.9 ).