OreMI22:


Mktinsight owns that Twitter handle. It is okay, but we should not pay further attention to bitter wicked people. Whatever his reasons are for opposing development in Anambra state (especially the international airport), he will fail. I do wish him to remain alive to see the airport. Perhaps someday, he will fly through it and attempt to destroy public infrastructure there out of hate, then he will be finally arrested.

I do think he is Igbo, but those types of Igbos that consider only their hometown as Igboland. In their mind, something outside his hometown or in another state makes him furiously jealous.

Landmack:



The emboldened is very funny.

@MKtinsight pls do solemnly swear u won't destroy that u wont destroy any infrastructure in or around our Int.Airport when it's finally completed?


Biko kwa

mktinsight:
Anambra should aim to build bus terminals epecially in major cities to grow revenue and to organize mass transit.

Look at what Rwanda is doing with its City Bus Terminal:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnWZBwtuUEQ

Or Tanzania's massie Luis Mbezi Bus Terminal


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jt2dDRZGL8

mktinsight:


Somerhing is fundamentally wrong with you. For your info that is not my Twitter handle but anyone with common sense would realize that I am not the only one who does not agree with Obiano’s pathetic attempt at an airport.

Again, as I have said before, it adds nothing valuable to the state. The terminal is too small to handle international traffic of substance and domestic traffic is not significant enough to make the airport profitable. The airport will be a major financial burden on the state and do not be surprised if a sensible governor begs the FGN to take over project.

It will not be completed by 2022 take that to the bank from an experienced engineer.

OreMI22:


Mktinsight owns that Twitter handle. It is okay, but we should not pay further attention to bitter wicked people. Whatever his reasons are for opposing development in Anambra state (especially the international airport), he will fail. I do wish him to remain alive to see the airport. Perhaps someday, he will fly through it and attempt to destroy public infrastructure there out of hate, then he will be finally arrested.

I do think he is Igbo, but those types of Igbos that consider only their hometown as Igboland. In their mind, something outside his hometown or in another state makes him furiously jealous.

mktinsight:

The terminal is too small to handle international traffic of substance and domestic traffic is not significant enough to make the airport profitable. The airport will be a major financial burden on the state and do not be surprised if a sensible governor begs the FGN to take over project.

It will not be completed by 2022 take that to the bank from an experienced engineer.

Rocksvibes234:

The runway is very long, wide and silk, it's being made of concrete and asphalt, any kind of big passenger and cargo aircrafts/jets can land on it, it will have runway lighting with ILS CAT-2, daylight and night landing facilities. So the airport has all the objectives of best international practice.

Rocksvibes234:
Mind you it's the longest runway in Nigeria and Africa, the total runway length is 4.5Kilometres.
The R runway thresholds is 400metres, the L runway thresholds while the main runway is 3.7kilometres making it 4.5, even MMA or Abuja airport doesn't have runway thresholds.
The runway is built in a way that aircrafts can land on the either sides that's on both the left and right of the runway, even MMA or Abuja airport doesn't have it.

For the terminal buildings, there are plans to construct more terminal in future time, just that the first phase of the airport project will be ready by April this year

Rocksvibes234:
Mind you it's the longest runway in Nigeria and Africa, the total runway length is 4.5Kilometres.
The R runway thresholds is 400metres, the L runway thresholds while the main runway is 3.7kilometres making it 4.5, even MMA or Abuja airport doesn't have runway thresholds.
The runway is built in a way that aircrafts can land on the either sides that's on both the left and right of the runway, even MMA or Abuja airport doesn't have it.

For the terminal buildings, there are plans to construct more terminal in future time, just that the first phase of the airport project will be ready by April this year

AlaIgboRepublic:

This is why we are were we are. You have been to the airport and seen terminal but yet you have lived in denial to even what your eyes can see and abandon all rational thought to convince yourself that that buiding can process 7 to 10million people. The bus terminal in lagos is bigger! That i am dissapointed in. Does it have aero bridge? Or will people walk out in amd out of the plane on the apron. The aero bridge is the only thing that can save the size of that airport. It should of been twice the size.The control tower is 8 floors not 12. Count the window type openings and they have started on the control room so no more height! We are all happy for the airport but dont live in denial. What is not there is not there.

Rocksvibes234:
This shows you don't know anything.
Bus terminal supposed to be bigger because more people travels by road More than those who travel by air.
If Anambra are to build bus terminal, we will build bus terminal that can handle more than 50million passengers annually because those who uses bus are large than those who uses aircrafts.

For the control tower.
The total floors of the control tower building is 12floors, including the tower shaft, control cab, radar, non op, etc.
So in Anambra Airport Air Control tower, the tower shaft is erected on 7floors, the one you counted as 8floor is the junction level, then the rest (radar, cab, control, op, etc) will be erected on the remaining 5floors. So the base building will be build behind the control tower and it must connect with the tower Shaft.
So stop talking about what you don't know.

Look below the image, you will understand better, thank you.

Rocksvibes234:
This shows you don't know anything.
Bus terminal supposed to be bigger because more people travels by road More than those who travel by air.
If Anambra are to build bus terminal, we will build bus terminal that can handle more than 50million passengers annually because those who uses bus are large than those who uses aircrafts.

For the control tower.
The total floors of the control tower building is 12floors, including the tower shaft, control cab, radar, non op, etc.
So in Anambra Airport Air Control tower, the tower shaft is erected on 7floors, the one you counted as 8floor is the junction level, then the rest (radar, cab, control, op, etc) will be erected on the remaining 5floors. So the base building will be build behind the control tower and it must connect with the tower Shaft.
So stop talking about what you don't know.

Look below the image, you will understand better, thank you.

imaxdocuments:
You are the one spewing nonsense and living in denial. Have you been to the airport site to know it's size? It dumb useless people like you that failed in life but you always have an opinion on issues that's above you.


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Rocksvibes234:
This shows you don't know anything, that terminal building is not too low, it has the capacity to handle more than 7 to 10million passengers annually. But what we are aiming for is good and viable airports.
The control tower is 12storey building, it's being casted all over and very tall, it will have all the air control tower facilities and gadgets when completed.
The apron thickness is more than 2foots.
The runway is very long, wide and silk, it's being made of concrete and asphalt, any kind of big passenger and cargo aircrafts/jets can land on it, it will have runway lighting with ILS CAT-2, daylight and night landing facilities. So the airport has all the objectives of best international practice.

For the terminal building it has the capacity to handle more than 7 - 10million passengers annually, and there enough space to build More terminal buildings in the future, even another 2 4kms runway.

The airport is a huge success, stop giving yourself headache

mktinsight:


Stop deceiving people. That terminal cannot handle 1m talk less 7m. You keep talking of runway like someone that lacks knowledge of how an airport works. What matters for CAPACITY is how many access exit gates, apron size, number of baggage carousel, number of check in desks at departure hall.

Lagos MMIA sees around 100 flights per day. It has 6 access gates via aerobridges. It has 31 check-in counters, 3 baggage carousels. It was built in 1979. It was built to handle 5m passengers.

This is a small airport by sqm. The entire building is around 3,000 sqm or THREE TIMES smaller than Onitsha Mall. The arrival hall is probably the same size as the Shoprite supermarket in Onitsha Mall where just 100 people paying for goods creates lots of congestion for cashiers and shoppers alike.

mktinsight:

This is a small airport by sqm. The entire building is around 3,000 sqm or THREE TIMES smaller than Onitsha Mall. The arrival hall is probably the same size as the Shoprite supermarket in Onitsha Mall where just 100 people paying for goods creates lots of congestion for cashiers and shoppers alike.

mktinsight:
If Obiano could not build a decent highway then what makes you think he can build a decent airport runway. Contrast the rubbish IDC built between Awka and Amawbia to what RCC is building from Umunya. The IDC highway (still uncompleted) is not level and towards Government House Awka is downright dangerous when it rains because of the undulating surface which accelerates loss of control.

mktinsight:

Building parking or loading bays for trucks is different from building a runway of 3KM to withstand stresses of 70 tonnes or more. Nigerian government is spending 64 billion to build the second runway of Abuja International Airport. Delta State government spent over 20 billion to build just the runway at Asaba Airport which had to be re-awarded to Setraco.
Anambra that has a yearly revenue of 97 billion is allocating 6 billion to build what exactly? Roads to an airport they do not have money for? Obiano to me is a poor administrator. In almost 7 years he cannot point to a project of EXCELLENCE he has completed fully. His ICC is uncompleted. His expressway in Awka is uncompleted. 7 years and 700 billion and you don't see where it all went. No new roads in any of the cities. Filthy Markets causing chaos everywhere. Oh I forgot. We have street lights.

mktinsight:


Why do airport runways cost so much to build? Brisbane Airport Corporation reported that a new runway would cost $1.3B and is seven years away.

Peter Wheeler
Peter Wheeler, Flight Instructor, turboprop Air Transport pilot, Australia

Runways must have deeper foundations and more complex surfaces than a highway. I'll consider a runway at a major airport that regularly sees A380 movements - around 400 tons of weight distributed over the main wheels under the wing root. (The nose wheels carry little weight in comparison.)

Firstly, the runway has to be nearly flat with no lateral gradient, to minimise the chance of aircraft losing control at high speed. That requirement will require some earthworks to begin with.

The foundation: the area where aircraft touch down (land) carries the highest stress. It's quite possible for this part of the runway to have 2m thick foundations of concrete and gravel, in addition to the usual substrate of graded-and-rolled gravel base. Other parts of the runway will have thinner foundations, but still much thicker than a highway.

The surface: the runway must offer a high-friction surface to aid stopping, even when it is wet. Standing water must be avoided if possible even in heavy rain, lest aquaplaning occur with associated loss of control. The two main ways you can get good drainage without camber is either by grooving - parallel grooves cut across the runway - or porous asphalt, which allows water to drain through to a substrate layer, from which it is collected and channeled out to either side. Grooves are cheap but must be cleaned out regularly when they fill with rubber from tyres. Porous asphalt is expensive and must also be cleaned, again from rubber deposits.

All of this must be done for a runway between 3 & 4 km long (say 9000' to 13000' in the old system), and 60m wide (200') for full strength, with an additional partial-strength shoulder on each side.

At places where an aircraft might turn, such as near taxiways, the asphalt must be strong enough to support twisting loads, as the aircraft bogeys (main wheel assemblies) twist to follow a steerable nose wheel.

All this must maintain full strength from a cold winter morning to a hot summer day, without the asphalt cracking, deforming or becoming too sticky.

Once the runway is built, you will need runway end lights, runway edge lights, runway centre line lights, touchdown zone lights, runway end identifier lights, an approach lighting system and, for large airports, a precision approach path indicator, a localiser antenna array & glide slope array x2 (for the two landing directions). All these must either be flush with the surface or mounted on frangible supports, so if (when!) an aircraft rolls over them, they will break without severely damaging the aircraft and becoming a hazard to people inside. All lights have specific colours and (adjustable) brightness tolerances to meet.

In addition to lighting, you need paint, lots of paint. Centre line, end numbering, touchdown zone, taxiway exit & lead-in lines will do, but that's still quite a lot of buckets & brushes.

mktinsight:

Americans build all their highway and state roads with rebar and reinforced concrete. It costs a lot of money and costs a lot to maintain.
What Obiano is building in that picture is not a runway. A runway is 2m deep, 60m wide and 3km long. It requires tremendous earthworks and specialized equipment not people pouring Cement over iron rods.
Asaba took shortcuts on their runway and it was a perennial danger. I had a British pilot classmate who almost crashed landing on that horrible runway and that was with a private jet which is far smaller than a 737. Okowa did the right thing by rewarding the contract to setraco.

mktinsight:

What is 1 million monthly? I was making that at the age of 26. There are few companies that build runways and their top engineers are paid over 200,000 usd tax free or 6 million per month. What you are paying for is knowhow not concrete and there is a reason Nigerians can't even boast of simple water system something oyibo built over 100 years ago.
My concern is let's get things right than empty bravado. Big projects are not cheap. Skills are not cheapm Obianos problem is he takes shortcuts like an African tinpot dictator.

mktinsight:


The terminal of an airport can be tiny but the runway and control tower, ILS navigation, baggage handling is where the cost is.

Take a look at Kilimanjaro International Airport in Tanzania below.