List of airports in Nigeria explained

This is a list of airports in Nigeria, grouped by type and sorted by location.

Nigeria has 32 airports, 26 of which are operated by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), and five of which are functional international airports. It also has a state-owned airport located in Akwa Ibom State. In addition, there are airstrips or airfields scattered around the country, built mainly by the Nigerian Air Force and multinational oil companies. Nigeria has only one private-public partnership airport, operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Ltd - Murtala Muhammed Airport Two.

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Airports

Airport names shown in bold have scheduled passenger service on commercial airlines.

City served	State	ICAO	IATA	Airport name	Airlines^[1]	Destinations^[2]
International airports^[3]
Abuja	Federal Capital Territory	DNAA	ABV	Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport	8	25
Anambra	Anambra	DNAN	ANA	Anambra International Cargo Airport	N/A	N/A
Ebonyi	Ebonyi	DNEB		Ebonyi State International Airport	N/A	N/A
Enugu	Enugu	DNEN	ENU	Akanu Ibiam International Airport	2	3
Ilorin	Kwara	DNIL	ILR	Ilorin International Airport	1	1
Kaduna	Kaduna	DNKA	KAD	Kaduna International Airport	1	1
Kano	Kano	DNKN	KAN	Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport	6	7
Lagos	Lagos	DNMM	LOS	Murtala Muhammed International Airport	27	43
Port Harcourt	Rivers	DNPO	PHC	Port Harcourt International Airport	7	2
Sokoto	Sokoto	DNSO	SKO	Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport	1	1
Major domestic airports^[4]
Asaba	Delta	DNAS	ABB	Asaba International Airport	N/A	N/A
Bauchi	Bauchi	DNBC	BCU	Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Airport (Bauchi State Airport)	N/A	N/A
Benin	Edo	DNBE	BNI	Benin Airport	1	2
Calabar	Cross River	DNCA	CBQ	Margaret Ekpo International Airport	1	2
Ibadan	Oyo	DNIB	IBA	Ibadan Airport	1	1
Jos	Plateau	DNJO	JOS	Yakubu Gowon Airport	1	1
Maiduguri	Borno	DNMA	MIU	Maiduguri International Airport	N/A	N/A
Owerri	Imo	DNIM	QOW	Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport (SMICA)	1	2
Uyo	Akwa Ibom	DNAI	QUO	Akwa Ibom Airport (Victor Attah Int'l)	1	1
Yola	Adamawa	DNYO	YOL	Yola Airport	1	1
Lafia	Nassarawa			Lafia Cargo Airport	N/A	N/A
Other domestic airports^[5]
Akure	Ondo	DNAK	AKR	Akure Airport	N/A	N/A
Gombe	Gombe	DNGO	GMO	Gombe Lawanti International Airport (Sani Abacha Int'l.)	1	1
Birnin Kebbi	Kebbi	DNBK		Kebbi International Airport (Sir Ahmadu Bello Int'l.)	N/A	N/A
Dutse	Jigawa	DNDS^[6]		Dutse International Airport^[7]	N/A	N/A
Jalingo	Taraba	DNJA		Jalingo Airport (Danbaba Danfulani Suntai Airport)	N/A	N/A
Katsina	Katsina	DNKT	DKA	Katsina Airport	N/A	N/A
Makurdi	Benue	DNMK	MDI		N/A	N/A
Minna	Niger	DNMN	MXJ	Minna Airport	N/A	N/A
Warri	Delta	DNSU	QRW	Warri Airport (Osubi Airstrip)	1	2
Yenagoa	Bayelsa			Bayelsa International Airport	N/A	N/A
Zaria	Kaduna	DNZA	ZAR		N/A	N/A
Damaturu	Yobe			Damaturu Cargo Airport	N/A	N/A
Airstrips
Ajaokuta	Kogi	DN51		Ajaokuta Airstrip	N/A	N/A
Azare	Bauchi			Azare Airstrip	N/A	N/A
Bacita	Kwara			Bacita Airstrip	N/A	N/A
Bajoga	Gombe	DN54		Bajoga Northeast Airport	N/A	N/A
Bebi	Cross River			Bebi Airstrip	N/A	N/A
Bida	Niger	DNBI		Bida Airstrip	N/A	N/A
Eket	Akwa Ibom	DNEK/DN55		Eket Airstrip	N/A	N/A
Escravos	Delta	DN56		Escravos Airstrip	N/A	N/A
Gusau	Zamfara	DNGU	QUS	Gusau Airstrip	N/A	N/A
Nguru	Yobe			Nguru Airstrip	N/A	N/A
Potiskum	Yobe			Potiskum Airstrip	N/A	N/A
Shiroro	Niger	DN50		Shiroro Airstrip	N/A	N/A
Tuga	Kebbi			Tuga Airstrip	N/A	N/A
Military airports
Katsina	Katsina	DN57		Katsina Air Force Base	N/A	N/A
Makurdi	Benue	DNMK	MDI	Makurdi Air Force Base	N/A	N/A
Port Harcourt	Rivers		PHG	Port Harcourt NAF Base	N/A	N/A
Kaduna	Kaduna	DN53		Kaduna Air Force Base	N/A	N/A

See also

• Transport in Nigeria

References

Nigerian government

• Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN): List of airports owned and managed by FAAN
• Federal Ministry of Aviation, Nigeria
• Nigerian Airspace Management Agency
• Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA)

Other

• Web site: ICAO Location Indicators by State . PDF . . 2006-01-12 . 2007-11-18 . 2007-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235554/http://www.icao.int/anb/aig/Taxonomy/R4CDLocationIndicatorsbystate.pdf . dead .
• Web site: UN Location Codes: Nigeria . UN/LOCODE 2009-2 . . 2010-02-08. - includes IATA codes
• . World Aero Data.
• Airports in Nigeria. Great Circle Mapper.
• Airports in Nigeria. The Airport Guide.

Footnotes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Largest airports and airlines in Nigeria . 2022-05-30 . Worlddata.info . en.
2. Web site: Largest airports and airlines in Nigeria . 2022-05-30 . Worlddata.info . en.
3. Web site: International Airports . Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) . 23 April 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150124175831/http://www.faannigeria.org/index.php/airports/international-airports . 24 January 2015 . dead .
4. Web site: Major domestic airports . Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) . 23 April 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150126024944/http://www.faannigeria.org/index.php/airports/major-domestic-airports . 26 January 2015 . dead .
5. Web site: Other domestic airports . Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) . 23 April 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150126025906/http://www.faannigeria.org/index.php/airports/other-domestic-airports . 26 January 2015 . dead .
6. https://skyvector.com/airport/DNDS/Dutse-Airport skyvector.com/airport/DNDS/Dutse-Airport
7. Web site: President Commissions Dutse International . Federal Ministry of Aviation Nigeria.