Benin Airport

airport serving Benin in Nigeria
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Summary

Benin Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (319 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Edo State[3]
  • Country: Nigeria[4]
  • Instance of: commercial traffic aerodrome[5]
  • IATA airport code: BNI[6]
  • ICAO airport code: DNBE[7]
  • Commons category: Benin Airport[8]
  • Runway: 05/23[9]
  • Coordinate location: 6.3169444444444, 5.5994444444444[10]
  • Place served by transport hub: Benin City[11]
  • Short name: Benin City[12]
  • Elevation above sea level: 79[13]
  • Aerodrome reference point: 6.31698, 5.5995[14]
  • Patronage: 143,513[15], 197,690[16], 253,780[17], 18,077[18], 25,327[19], 27,441[20], 28,793[21], 26,281[22], 24,934[23], 28,577[24], 29,807[25], 31,728[26], 31,978[27], 24,633[28]
  • State of use: in use[29]

Why It Matters

Benin Airport has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 21w ago · Shem.iz · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 6.3169444444444, 'longitude': 5.5994444444444}
    Worldcat entities id → E39PBJvHftfQJtGCPJM7grKmVC
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → airport, commercial traffic aerodrome
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||ml */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32649|batch #32649]]: nig-dml-f3"
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