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

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.

Airlines

14 airlines · destinations from ABV
Hub airlines3
W3Arik AirISIRS AirlinesOFOverland Airways
Passenger11
P4Air Peace4AHAir Algérie1AFAir France1KPAsky Airlines1MSEgyptAir1EKEmirates1ETEthiopian Airlines1QRQatar Airways1ATRoyal Air Maroc1TKTurkish Airlines1URUganda Airlines1

Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from ABV. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 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 29,858 · #42 Africa · #3 NGElevation342 m1,123 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=15,944of 43,403 · #2,232 Africa · #16 NGRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,364of 29,978 · =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