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Airports in Nigeria
Nigeria has 30airports running scheduled flights in this snapshot — 12 large hubs, 17 medium regional airports, and 1 smaller scheduled-service field. Below: how those split by size, and the biggest airports with their IATA and ICAO codes. Sourced from OurAirports, snapshot 2026-06-22.
AIRPORTS30
LARGE HUBS12
REGIONAfrica
By airport size
Large · hub12 · 40%
Medium · regional17 · 57%
Small · scheduled1 · 3%
Biggest airports in Nigeria
The largest airports in the snapshot — the busiest gateways, with their airport codes.
ENUAkanu Ibiam International AirportEnegu · large hub · ICAO DNEN466 ft
ABBAsaba International AirportAsaba · large hub · ICAO DNAS305 ft
ILRGeneral Tunde Idiagbon International AirportIlorin/Ogbomosho · large hub · ICAO DNIL1,126 ft
KADKaduna International AirportKaduna · large hub · ICAO DNKA2,073 ft
MIUMaiduguri International AirportMaiduguri · large hub · ICAO DNMA1,099 ft
KANMallam Aminu Kano International AirportKano · large hub · ICAO DNKN1,562 ft
LOSMurtala Muhammed International AirportLagos · large hub · ICAO DNMM135 ft
ABVNnamdi Azikiwe International AirportAbuja · large hub · ICAO DNAA1,123 ft
PHCPort Harcourt International AirportPort Harcourt · large hub · ICAO DNPO87 ft
SKOSadiq Abubakar III International AirportSokoto · large hub · ICAO DNSO1,010 ft
Airports elsewhere in Africa
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