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Airports in Nigeria

24 airports with scheduled flights, busiest first.

Nigeria has 24 airports with scheduled passenger flights and an IATA code, 11 of them large. The busiest are Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS, 7.5 million passengers, Wikidata, 2019), Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (ABV, 5.0 million passengers, Wikidata, 2022) and Port Harcourt International Airport (PHC, 1.2 million passengers, Wikidata, 2019).

Code Airport
LOSMurtala Muhammed International Airport
ABVNnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
PHCPort Harcourt International Airport
KANMallam Aminu Kano International Airport
QOWSam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport
ENUAkanu Ibiam International Airport
BNIBenin Airport
QRWWarri Airport
KADKaduna International Airport
YOLYola Airport
CBQMargaret Ekpo International Airport
MIUMaiduguri International Airport
SKOSadiq Abubakar III International Airport
ILRGeneral Tunde Idiagbon International Airport
IBAIbadan Airport
JOSYakubu Gowon Airport
AKRAkure Airport
DKAUmaru Musa Yar'adua Airport
MDIMakurdi Airport
ABBAsaba International Airport
BCUSir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Bauchi State International Airport
QUOAkwa Ibom International Airport
GMOGombe Lawanti International Airport
PHGPort Harcourt City Airport / Port Harcourt Air Force Base

Busiest routes

Route Distance Passengers / year
CDG – LOS4,704 km 182,547
IST – LOS4,595 km 151,891
AMS – LOS5,072 km 149,280
ATL – LOS9,404 km 145,867
ABV – IST4,153 km 91,987
FRA – LOS4,841 km 89,128
IAD – LOS8,758 km 85,556
JFK – LOS8,449 km 15,500
LOS – SAV9,113 km 403
GRU – LOS6,348 km 237

Questions

Nigeria has 24 airports with scheduled passenger flights and an IATA code, 11 of them large airports (OurAirports, 14 October 2026). Airfields without airline service are not counted.