Worldwide air journey stays a significant hyperlink between Nigeria and the world, connecting passengers for enterprise, schooling, tourism, and household visits.
The nation is served by 5 main worldwide airports: Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport in Lagos, Nnamdi Azikiwe Worldwide Airport in Abuja, Mallam Aminu Kano Worldwide Airport, Port Harcourt Worldwide Airport, and Akanu Ibiam Worldwide Airport in Enugu. Lagos handles the majority of outbound site visitors, adopted by Abuja and Port Harcourt.
This rating relies on IATA’s 2023 origin-destination information, revealed in The Worth of Air Transport to Nigeria, launched a number of weeks in the past. In 2023, worldwide flights accounted for 23% of Nigeria’s complete departures, equal to 2.1 million passengers, led by Europe with 780,700 passengers or 38%, Africa with 485,400 passengers or 23%, and North America with 373,000 passengers or 18%. Nigerian outbound flights represented 0.1% of worldwide worldwide site visitors and a couple of.9% of regional site visitors, with cumulative progress during the last decade at -7.2%.
Offering extra context, information from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, obtained by Nairametrics, present that in 2024, MMIA in Lagos dealt with 4.3 million worldwide passengers, 150 million kilograms of cargo, and 40,250 plane actions, whereas Abuja averaged 2,871 worldwide passengers each day with 19 worldwide flights per day. Port Harcourt recorded 111,846 worldwide passengers and 1,638 plane actions.
