Flown there till the end of 2001, but some of my mates are still down there.
Lagos and Abuja are SSR equiped, but separation is still procedural.
They are always approve staight ins or get you hold over FAF untill clear of approaching traffic.
Radio transmits are often hard to understand as controllers are using African English and their mics are picking up a lot of annoying noise. Quality of ATC handling: 3 ( from 1 to 5 )
On initial contact with ATC you should follow the standard position report pattern.
Callsign
From To
position
FL
Type A/C
Reg
Souls on Board ( essential )
ETA points on Nigerian part of route and destination.
Endurance
If you are flying domestic all routes are direct.
Lagos has UTA boundary ( 100 NM circle around the field )
which is compulsory reporting point. Domestic and GA trafic are allways using RWY 19l
Other airports has 60 NM TMA boundaries. On that point they will
let you do a straight in so type in your FMS GPS GNS or whatever,
10 nm from intended rwy treshold and aim your a/c to that point
PHC has an ILS which is not published but quite ok. G/S is guiding you slightly high.
If you are first flight that day ATC will ask you to check the airport navaids by tuning them.
It is usefull to contact the app freq of dest airport before you are switched to them to make sure they are know about you. Use a pattern.
Watch out during taxi and on aprons. They are crowded with a/c and people
Dont rush the ATC man to give you ATC clearance or Line up / T/O clearance even if you heard the approaching traffic is a light piston twin on FAF. There is no use.
Safe Flight...
Littlejet