# Benin Airport (BNI / DNBE)

**Benin Airport** (IATA: BNI, ICAO: DNBE) is a medium airport in Benin, Edo State, Nigeria. It has one runway, 2,399 m (7,870 ft) long, asphalt. In 2021 it handled 177 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnbe

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BNI / DNBE
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Benin, Edo State, Nigeria
- Elevation: 79 m / 258 ft
- Coordinates: 6.3170, 5.5995
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,399 m / 7,870 ft
- Passengers: 176,554 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+1 · Africa/Lagos
- Website: http://www.faannigeria.org/nigeria-airport.php?airport=22
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q619881
- Weather station: DNBE · WMO 65229
- Ident: DNBE

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 2,399 m / 7,870 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 046° / 226° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 143,513 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 197,690 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 253,780 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 320,199 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 350,324 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 176,554 | Wikidata |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [PHC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnpo.md) Port Harcourt International Airport · Nigeria · 208 km / 129 mi · Air Peace
- [LOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnmm.md) Murtala Muhammed International Airport · Nigeria · 253 km / 157 mi · United Nigeria Airlines, Air Peace, Aero Contractors, Green Africa Airways, Arik Air
- [ABV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnaa.md) Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport · Nigeria · 351 km / 218 mi · United Nigeria Airlines, Air Peace, Aero Contractors, Green Africa Airways, Arik Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BNI, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (5)

- P4 [Air Peace](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-peace) · 3
- AJ [Aero Contractors](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aero-contractors) · 2
- W3 [Arik Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/arik-air) · 2
- [Green Africa Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/green-africa-airways) · 2
- [United Nigeria Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-nigeria-airlines) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 177K (2021) | #1,588 of 3,974 | #106 in Africa | #9 in NG |
| Longest runway | 2,399 m / 7,870 ft | =2,927 of 29,858 | #354 in Africa | #27 in NG |
| Elevation | 79 m / 258 ft | =32,406 of 43,403 | #2,725 in Africa | #37 in NG |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =3 in NG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 122.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [QRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnsu.md) Warri Airport · 84 km / 52 mi
- [AKR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnak.md) Akure Airport · 109 km / 67 mi
- [ABB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnas.md) Asaba International Airport · 118 km / 74 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Benin Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benin_Airport&oldid=1375311413), revision of 17 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnbe/data