EFFECTS OF SOME WEATHER PARAMETERS ON FLIGHT OPERATIONS IN KANO AND ABUJA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorMUSA, Christopher Maikano
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-20T11:22:28Z
dc.date.available2015-04-20T11:22:28Z
dc.date.issued2014-06
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF A MASTER DEGREE IN GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY, FACULTY OF SCIENCE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA NIGERIA JUNE, 2014en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of the study was to assess the degree or extent of effects of wind, horizontal visibility and cloud cover on flight operations (air crash) in Kano and Abuja International airports. Hourly records of wind, daily records of low horizontal visibilities in the range of 0-99, 100-199, 200-388 and 300-999,daily amount of cloud cover, both for Kano and Abuja Airports, and total number of air crashes in Nigeria from 1986-2005 were collected from secondary and online sources. Descriptive, relationships and significance in correlation statistical methods were applied for both analyses and presentation of the data using Microsoft excel statistical package. The significance of correlations was 99.8 % - 99.9 %.Trends revealed steady increase of weather elements in Kano airport over the years, while higher increase in Abuja airport. Air crashes and casualties in Nigeria are generally on the increase. While the world weather-related airline fatal accidents and fatalities show general decrease trends in the number of crashes and casualties over the years, the study reveals positive statistical relationship between weather parameters and flight operations (air crash) at 95% confidence level. However, the degree of the relationship is not significant. This implies that the effects these weather parameters have on flight operations is insignificant, hence not solely responsible for plane accidents recorded in Nigeria in recent years. Therefore, flight operations could possibly be more affected by human, economic and mechanical factors. Emanating from the study, recommendations and suggestions were made.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6409
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectEFFECTS,en_US
dc.subjectSOME,en_US
dc.subjectWEATHERen_US
dc.subjectPARAMETERSen_US
dc.subjectFLIGHT,en_US
dc.subjectOPERATIONS,en_US
dc.subjectKANOen_US
dc.subjectABUJAen_US
dc.subjectINTERNATIONALen_US
dc.subjectAIRPORTS,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIA.en_US
dc.titleEFFECTS OF SOME WEATHER PARAMETERS ON FLIGHT OPERATIONS IN KANO AND ABUJA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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