[5] The manager of the Port Harcourt international airport is Mrs Ifesinachi Ezike.

[9] The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority stated that the emergency shutdown was in order to overhaul the runway and build a fence around the facility.

Such maintenance had been in planning stages for several months, but an electrical fire on 17 August 2006 made repairs immediately necessary.

In 2015, the airport gained notoriety for having been declared the worst in the world; amid this, the construction of a new passenger terminal was underway, which later opened in 2018.

[10][11] The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has its Port Harcourt office on the airport grounds.