ABV

Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport

ICAO DNAA9.0068°N 7.2632°E342 m / 1,123 ftLarge airport
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Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (IATA: ABV, ICAO: DNAA) is a large airport in Abuja, Abuja Capital Territory, Nigeria. It has one runway, 3,609 m (11,842 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 5.0 million passengers.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Terminal BuildingGeneral Aviation TerminalNew International TerminalVIP Terminal
04/22035° / 215° · LIT
LENGTH3,609 m11,842 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022
4.2M
3.5M
4.3M
4.2M
3.6M
5.6M
3.9M
5.3M
5.0M
111215161719202122

Routes

14 destinations · 13 countries
2,500 km5,000 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 miIBA · Ibadan Airport · 405 km / 252 miLFW · Lomé–Tokoin International Airport · 734 km / 456 miNIM · Diori Hamani International Airport · 745 km / 463 miEBB · Entebbe International Airport · 2,961 km / 1,840 miALG · Houari Boumediene Airport · 3,106 km / 1,930 miCMN · Mohammed V International Airport · 3,107 km / 1,931 miCAI · Cairo International Airport · 3,434 km / 2,134 miADD · Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · 3,462 km / 2,151 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 4,162 km / 2,586 miCDG · Charles de Gaulle International Airport · 4,470 km / 2,778 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 4,735 km / 2,942 miLHR · London Heathrow Airport · 4,774 km / 2,966 miDOH · Hamad International Airport · 5,018 km / 3,118 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 5,387 km / 3,347 miDXBLHRCDGISTADDCAICMNALGEBBNIMLFWDOHIBALGWABV
Year-round14
IBAIbadan AirportNigeria · Air Peace405 km252 miLFWLomé–Tokoin International AirportTogo · Asky Airlines734 km456 miNIMDiori Hamani International AirportNiger · Air Peace745 km463 miEBBEntebbe International AirportUganda · Uganda Airlines2,961 km1,840 miALGHouari Boumediene AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie3,106 km1,930 miCMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Royal Air Maroc3,107 km1,931 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · EgyptAir3,434 km2,134 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines3,462 km2,151 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines4,162 km2,586 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France4,470 km2,778 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Air Peace4,735 km2,942 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · Air Peace4,774 km2,966 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways5,018 km3,118 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates5,387 km3,347 mi
Most destinationsAir Peace 4Asky Airlines 1Uganda Airlines 1Air Algérie 1Royal Air Maroc 1EgyptAir 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ABV. From the Wikipedia article “Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport” (revision of 12 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers5.0M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#338of 3,974 · #16 Africa · #2 NGLongest runway3,609 m11,842 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#372of 29,823 · #42 Africa · #3 NGElevation342 m1,123 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=15,927of 43,341 · #2,232 Africa · #16 NGRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =176 Africa · =3 NG
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
APPAPP127.900
ATISATIS127.050
TWRTWR118.600
GND121.900