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The 22 largest airports and airlines in Nigeria

Further information is provided on the 22 biggest airports in Nigeria. At Murtala Muhammed International Airport alone, 27 airlines operate and serve flights to and from 43 destinations.

Out of the ten airlines of the country we have listed biggest 8. Air Peace is leading here with a total of 20 flight destinations.

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The 22 biggest airports in Nigeria

IATANameCityAirlinesDestinations
LOSMurtala Muhammed International AirportLagos2743
ABVNnamdi Azikiwe International AirportAbuja825
KANMallam Aminu International AirportKano67
QUOAkwa Ibom International AirportUyo11
PHCPort Harcourt International AirportPort Harcourt72
ENUAkanu Ibiam International AirportEnegu23
BNIBenin AirportBenin12
GMOGombe Lawanti International AirportGombe11
CBQMargaret Ekpo International AirportCalabar12
QRWWarri AirportWarri12
IBAIbadan AirportIbadan11
ILRIlorin International AirportIlorin11
QOWSam Mbakwe International AirportOwerri12
JOSYakubu Gowon AirportJos11
KADKaduna AirportKaduna11
SKOSadiq Abubakar III International AirportSokoto11
YOLYola AirportYola11
BCUSir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International AirportBauchin/an/a
AKRAkure AirportAkuren/an/a
MIUMaiduguri International AirportMaidugurin/an/a
MDIMakurdi AirportMakurdin/an/a
PHGPort Harcourt City AirportPort Harcourtn/an/a


Freight volume

In 2021, a total of 1.56 million ton-kilometers (= total mass transported in tons multiplied by kilometers traveled) of cargo was moved by air in Nigeria.

The biggest airlines based in Nigeria

The largest airline in the country with scheduled passenger traffic and in terms of fleet size is Air Peace. In 2013, it carried 2.80 million passengers. It currently has a fleet of 31 aircrafts. The main airlines for civil passenger traffic in Nigeria are:

IATANameCallsignFleet sizeDestinations
P4Air PeacePeace Bird3120
W3Arik AirArik Air1416
VMMax AirMaxair Nigeria1012
OJOverland AirwaysOverland910
9JDana AirDanaco86
QIIbom AirIbom76
ZQAzman AirAzman Air511
U5United Nigeria AirlinesUnited Nigeria49

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