Ekiti Airport will get NCAA approval for daytime business operations

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has granted approval for Ekiti Agro-Allied Worldwide Cargo Airport to begin daytime business flight operations, efficient October 4, 2025.

The disclosure was contained in an announcement posted on the official X account of the Workplace of the Chief Press Secretary of Ekiti State, on Tuesday, October 7, 2025.

The authorization follows a profitable validation inspection performed in June 2025, confirming the airport’s compliance with regulatory requirements.

The approval, issued for an preliminary interval of six months, permits Visible Flight Guidelines (VFR) operations, which means flights can function solely throughout sunlight hours. NCAA’s letter, dated October 3, 2025, and signed by the Director of Aerodrome and Airspace Requirements, Engr. Godwin Balang, confirmed that the airport met the fundamental operational necessities for scheduled flight operations and really helpful an interim operational allow.

“The Federal Authorities has given Ekiti Agro-Allied Worldwide Cargo Airport approval to begin scheduled flight operations, (in any other case generally known as business flights), efficient October 4th. 

“The event follows the expiration of the preliminary approval for a non-scheduled flight approval for the airport by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), in December 2024 and compliance with regulatory necessities. The NCAA within the letter dated October 3, 2025 addressed to the Governor of the State, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, confirmed the brand new approval for scheduled flight. The approval will probably be for an preliminary interval of six months,” the assertion learn partially. 

The assertion famous that Governor Biodun Oyebanji hailed the event as a serious enhance to the state’s economic system, highlighting that business flights would improve agribusiness, tourism, business actions, and medical tourism in Ekiti.

The State Authorities is putting in an Instrument Touchdown System (ILS) to allow night time and all-weather operations, positioning the airport to safe a full Aerodrome Operational Allow with a three-year validity underneath Nigerian Civil Aviation Laws.

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Earlier in April, the Ekiti State Authorities introduced plans to put in an Instrument Touchdown System (ILS) on the Ekiti Agro-Allied Worldwide Cargo Airport in Ado, with an funding of practically N4.6 billion, geared toward enabling 24-hour flight operations.

• Along with the ILS, Governor Oyebanji outlined plans for a partnership with a vendor to determine a hangar for airport providers, marking a vital step in a broader technique to modernize the airport’s infrastructure. He additionally emphasised the continued development of a cargo shed on the airport, which is able to present much-needed cupboard space for farm produce and money crops.

The governor famous that the ILS set up, scheduled for completion earlier than the top of this 12 months, will permit planes to land even in excessive climate circumstances.