KAN

Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport

ICAO DNKN12.0456°N 8.5236°E476 m / 1,562 ftLarge airport
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Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (IATA: KAN, ICAO: DNKN) is a large airport in Kano, Kano State, Nigeria. It opened in 1936. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,301 m (10,831 ft). In 2021 it handled 606 thousand passengers.

Timeline

4 events · 1936–2002
1936
OpenedMallam Aminu Kano International Airport opens.
24 JUN 1956
Disaster1956 BOAC Argonaut accident.32 killed
22 JAN 1973
DisasterKano air disaster.176 killed
04 MAY 2002
DisasterEAS Airlines Flight 4226.71 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
New İnternational Terminal
06/24061° / 241° · LIT
LENGTH3,301 m10,831 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
05/23044° / 224° · LIT
LENGTH2,451 m8,040 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2008–2021
363K
341K
382K
449K
369K
327K
433K
418K
458K
440K
416K
606K
080910111213141516172021

Routes

14 destinations · 8 countries
2,500 km5,000 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 miABV · Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport · 365 km / 227 miABB · Asaba International Airport · 681 km / 423 miNIM · Diori Hamani International Airport · 706 km / 439 miBNI · Benin Airport · 713 km / 443 miQOW · Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport · 750 km / 466 miPHC · Port Harcourt International Airport · 801 km / 498 miLOS · Murtala Muhammed International Airport · 834 km / 518 miCAI · Cairo International Airport · 3,097 km / 1,924 miADD · Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · 3,326 km / 2,067 miJED · King Abdulaziz International Airport · 3,424 km / 2,128 miMED · Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · 3,562 km / 2,213 miDOH · Hamad International Airport · 4,747 km / 2,950 miMUC · Munich Airport · 4,049 km / 2,516 miLGG · Liège Airport · 4,300 km / 2,672 miDOHLGGMUCMEDJEDADDCAILOSQOWNIMABVBNIABBPHCKAN
Year-round12
ABVNnamdi Azikiwe International AirportNigeria · ValueJet, Air Peace, Azman Air +3365 km227 miABBAsaba International AirportNigeria · Air Peace681 km423 miNIMDiori Hamani International AirportNiger · Air Peace706 km439 miBNIBenin AirportNigeria · Max Air713 km443 miQOWSam Mbakwe International Cargo AirportNigeria · Air Peace750 km466 miPHCPort Harcourt International AirportNigeria · Air Peace801 km498 miLOSMurtala Muhammed International AirportNigeria · Air Peace, Azman Air, Max Air +1834 km518 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · EgyptAir3,097 km1,924 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines3,326 km2,067 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas, Saudia3,424 km2,128 miMEDPrince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia3,562 km2,213 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways4,747 km2,950 mi
Most destinationsAir Peace 6Max Air 4Azman Air 2Aero Contractors 2Ethiopian Airlines 2Saudia 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KAN. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers606K (2021)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,028of 3,974 · #66 Africa · #4 NGLongest runway3,301 m10,831 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=710of 29,823 · #106 Africa · #9 NGElevation476 m1,562 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=11,530of 43,341 · =1,902 Africa · #10 NGAgeOpened 19362026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=649of 15,079 · =24 Africa · #1 NGRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =24 Africa · =1 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

3 channels
APPKANO APP124.100
ATISATIS123.600
TWRKANO TWR118.100