List of airports in Nigeria

Map of Nigeria

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

Nigeria has 22 airports operated by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), four 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.

Airports

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

City served	State	ICAO	IATA	Airport name
International airports
Abuja	FCT	DNAA	ABV	Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport [1]
Kano	Kano	DNKN	KAN	Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport [2]
Lagos / Ikeja	Lagos	DNMM	LOS	Murtala Muhammed International Airport [3]
Port Harcourt	Rivers	DNPO	PHC	Port Harcourt International Airport [4]
Major domestic airports
Calabar	Cross River	DNCA	CBQ	Margaret Ekpo International Airport (Calabar Airport) [5]
Enugu	Enugu	DNEN	ENU	Akanu Ibiam International Airport (Enugu Airport) [6]
Jos	Plateau	DNJO	JOS	Yakubu Gowon Airport (Jos Airport) [7]
Kaduna	Kaduna	DNKA	KAD	Kaduna Airport [8]
Maiduguri	Borno	DNMA	MIU	Maiduguri International Airport (Maiduguri Airport) [9]
Sokoto	Sokoto	DNSO	SKO	Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport (Sultan Saddik Abubakar Airport) [10]
Yola	Adamawa	DNYO	YOL	Yola Airport [11]
Other domestic airports
Asaba	Delta	DNAS	ABB	Asaba International Airport [12]
Akure	Ondo	DNAK	AKR	Akure Airport [13]
Bauchi	Bauchi	DNBA	BCU	Bauchi Airport [14]
Benin	Edo	DNBE	BNI	Benin Airport [15]
Gombe	Gombe	DNGO		Gombe Lawanti International Airport
Ibadan	Oyo	DNIB	IBA	Ibadan Airport [16]
Ilorin	Kwara	DNIL	ILR	Ilorin Airport [17]
Katsina	Katsina	DNKT	KTN	Katsina Airport [18]
Makurdi	Benue	DNMK	MDI	Makurdi Airport [19]
Minna	Niger	DNMN	MXJ	Minna Airport [20]
Owerri	Imo	DNIM	QOW	Sam Mbakwe Airport [21]
Warri	Delta	DNSU	QRW	Warri Airport [22]
Zaria	Kaduna	DNZA	ZAR	Zaria Airport [23]
Other airports not owned/managed by FAAN
Uyo	Akwa Ibom	DNAI		Akwa Ibom Airport (Uyo Airport)
Airstrips
Ajaokuta	Kogi			Ajaokuta Airstrip
Ashaka	Gombe			Ashaka Airstrip
Azare	Bauchi			Azare Airstrip
Bacita	Kwara			Bacita Airstrip
Bebi	Cross River			Bebi Airstrip
Bida	Niger	DNBI		Bida Airstrip
Birnin Kebbi	Kebbi			Kebbi Airstrip
Eket	Akwa Ibom	DNEK		Eket Airstrip
Escravos	Delta			Escravos Airstrip
Gusau	Zamfara	DNGU	QUS	Gusau Airstrip
Kaltungo	Gombe			Kaltungo Airstrip
Lokoja	Kogi			Lokoja Airstrip
Magbon	Lagos			Magbon Airstrip
Mambilla	Taraba			Mambilla Airstrip
Miango	Plateau			Miango Airstrip
Mubi	Adamawa			Mubi Airstrip
Nguru	Yobe			Nguru Airstrip
Obudu	Cross River			Obudu Cattle Ranch Airstrip
Odegi				Odegi Airstrip
Osogbo	Osun	DNOS		Osogbo Airstrip
Potiskum	Yobe			Potiskum Airstrip
Shiroro	Niger			Shiroro Airstrip
Tuga	Kebbi			Tuga Airstrip
Military airports
Makurdi	Benue	DNMK	MDI	Makurdi Air Force Base

See also

• Transport in Nigeria
• List of airports by ICAO code: D#DN - Nigeria
• Wikipedia: WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Africa#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

• "ICAO Location Indicators by State" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. 2006-01-12. http://www.icao.int/anb/aig/Taxonomy/R4CDLocationIndicatorsbystate.pdf. 
• "UN Location Codes: Nigeria". UN/LOCODE 2009-2. UNECE. 2010-02-08. http://www.unece.org/cefact/locode/ng.htm.  - includes IATA codes
• Airports in Nigeria. World Aero Data.
• Airports in Nigeria. Great Circle Mapper.
• Airports in Nigeria. The Airport Guide.