Roads & Construction
Here Are 10 Amazing Features Of The New Akwa Ibom International Airport Terminal
To reposition Akwa Ibom as an aviation hub in Africa, a new international terminal building with intelligence and smart building standard is underway.
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Its features will make it the best African airport terminal when completed. The features are:
– A digital self-check-in by a robot pre-planned before Covid-19
– Five bridges, staircases and seven lifts
– Four escalators, pressure-sensitive and only move when a passenger is detected.
– Special roof that can last up to 200 years without changing colour, was conceptualized for the project.
– Very high-security architecture
– Fingerprint digital pass or card pass.
– A sickbay and staff lodge.
– Four methods of fire prevention: fire extinguishers, fire water sprinkler system, fire detectors, FM 200 ie automated fire suppression system.
– To accommodate one million passengers per year
The airport is said to occupy a total area of about 30,000 square meters.
With the ongoing international terminal building that will be completed in December 2021, the second runway and other facilities, there is a deliberate reinvention of the aviation story in the State.
The Prototype
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