LOS
Murtala Muhammed International Airport
Murtala Muhammed International Airport (IATA: LOS, ICAO: DNMM) is a large airport in Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria. It opened on 15 Mar 1979. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,900 m (12,794 ft). In 2021 it handled 5.7 million passengers.
Timeline
6 events · 1969–201320 NOV 1969
DisasterNigeria Airways Flight 925.87 killed
15 MAR 1979
OpenedMurtala Muhammed International Airport opens.
26 SEP 1992
Disaster1992 Nigerian Air Force C-130 crash.159 killed
24 JUN 1995
Disaster1995 Lagos Harka Air Services Tu-134 crash.16 killed
03 JUN 2012
DisasterDana Air Flight 992.153 killed
03 OCT 2013
DisasterAssociated Aviation Flight 361.15 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap18R/36L180° / 360° · LIT
LENGTH3,900 m12,794 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
18L/36R180° / 360° · LIT
LENGTH2,742 m8,997 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2009–20215.6M
6.3M
6.8M
7.2M
7.3M
7.4M
7.2M
6.7M
6.6M
7.5M
4.1M
5.7M
091011121314151617192021
Routes
66 destinations · 40 countriesYear-round49
COOCotonou Cadjehoun International AirportBenin · Air Peace106 km66 miIBAIbadan AirportNigeria · Air Peace113 km70 miAKRAkure AirportNigeria · Air Peace, Green Africa Airways231 km144 miLFWLomé–Tokoin International AirportTogo · Asky Airlines233 km145 miILRGeneral Tunde Idiagbon International AirportNigeria · Air Peace, Green Africa Airways244 km152 miBNIBenin AirportNigeria · ValueJet, Air Peace, Aero Contractors +1253 km157 miQRWWarri AirportNigeria · Air Peace, Arik Air297 km185 miABBAsaba International AirportNigeria · Air Peace, Aero Contractors, Arik Air372 km231 miDNANChinua Achebe International AirportNigeria · Air Peace394 km245 miACCKotoka International AirportGhana · Air Peace, Africa World Airlines, Ibom Air401 km249 miPHCPort Harcourt International AirportNigeria · ValueJet, Air Peace, Max Air +3437 km272 miQOWSam Mbakwe International Cargo AirportNigeria · Enugu Air, Air Peace, Aero Contractors +2448 km278 miENUAkanu Ibiam International AirportNigeria · Enugu Air, Air Peace, Aero Contractors +3468 km291 miABVNnamdi Azikiwe International AirportNigeria · ValueJet, Enugu Air, Air Peace +6511 km318 miQUOAkwa Ibom International AirportNigeria · Air Peace, Aero Contractors, Arik Air +1561 km349 miCBQMargaret Ekpo International AirportNigeria · Air Peace, Aero Contractors, Arik Air +1584 km363 miKADKaduna International AirportNigeria · Arik Air635 km395 miDNBKSir Ahmadu Bello International AirportNigeria · Air Peace666 km414 miSSGMalabo International AirportEquatorial Guinea · Lufthansa674 km419 miJOSYakubu Gowon AirportNigeria · ValueJet, Arik Air699 km434 miDLADouala International AirportCameroon · Asky Airlines, Air Peace764 km475 miABJFélix-Houphouët-Boigny International AirportCôte d’Ivoire · Air Peace, Air Côte d'Ivoire815 km506 miKANMallam Aminu Kano International AirportNigeria · Air Peace, Azman Air, Max Air +2834 km518 miLBVLibreville Leon M'ba International AirportGabon · Asky Airlines, Air Côte d'Ivoire959 km596 miROBRoberts International AirportLiberia · Air Peace1,512 km940 miFIHNdjili International AirportCongo - Kinshasa · Asky Airlines1,816 km1,128 miFNALungi International AirportSierra Leone · Air Sierra Leone, Air Peace1,834 km1,140 miBJLBanjul International AirportGambia · ValueJet2,311 km1,436 miDSSBlaise Diagne International AirportSenegal · Air Peace2,401 km1,492 miKGLKigali International AirportRwanda · RwandAir3,125 km1,942 miCMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Royal Air Maroc3,184 km1,978 miEBBEntebbe International AirportUganda · Uganda Airlines3,312 km2,058 miNBOJomo Kenyatta International AirportKenya · Kenya Airways3,832 km2,381 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines3,916 km2,433 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · EgyptAir3,930 km2,442 miDARJulius Nyerere International AirportTanzania · Air Tanzania4,253 km2,643 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Neos4,374 km2,718 miJNBO.R. Tambo International AirportSouth Africa · South African Airways, Air Côte d'Ivoire4,524 km2,811 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines4,605 km2,861 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France4,719 km2,932 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Lufthansa4,856 km3,017 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Air Peace4,967 km3,086 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · Virgin Atlantic, British Airways5,004 km3,109 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM5,087 km3,161 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways5,528 km3,435 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways5,808 km3,609 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates5,896 km3,664 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines8,752 km5,438 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines9,395 km5,838 miCharter2
BGIGrantley Adams International AirportBarbados · Air Peace6,904 km4,290 miANUV. C. Bird International AirportAntigua & Barbuda · Air Peace7,153 km4,445 miCargo26
COOCotonou Cadjehoun International AirportBenin · DHL Aviation106 km66 miACCKotoka International AirportGhana · Ethiopian Airlines, DHL Aviation401 km249 miSSGMalabo International AirportEquatorial Guinea · DHL Aviation674 km419 miBKOModibo Keita International AirportMali · DHL Aviation1,402 km871 miNDJN'Djamena International AirportChad · Air France1,425 km885 miKGLKigali International AirportRwanda · Ethiopian Airlines3,125 km1,942 miNBOJomo Kenyatta International AirportKenya · Saudia Cargo3,832 km2,381 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines3,916 km2,433 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia Cargo4,197 km2,608 miJNBO.R. Tambo International AirportSouth Africa · Lufthansa Cargo4,524 km2,811 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Cargo4,605 km2,861 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France4,719 km2,932 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Cargolux4,795 km2,979 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Lufthansa Cargo4,856 km3,017 miLGGLiège AirportBelgium · Ethiopian Airlines4,903 km3,047 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · DHL Aviation4,930 km3,063 miOSTOstend-Bruges International AirportBelgium · Allied Air4,962 km3,083 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · Ethiopian Airlines5,004 km3,109 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia Cargo5,041 km3,132 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways5,528 km3,435 miDWCAl Maktoum International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates SkyCargo, Turkish Cargo, Saudia Cargo5,868 km3,646 miSHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Saudia Cargo5,913 km3,674 miGRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · Qatar Airways6,351 km3,946 miSCLComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportChile · Ethiopian Airlines8,957 km5,566 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · Ethiopian Airlines9,052 km5,625 miCKGChongqing Jiangbei International AirportChina · Ethiopian Airlines10,916 km6,783 miMost destinationsAir Peace 25Arik Air 12Aero Contractors 9Ethiopian Airlines 8Green Africa Airways 6ValueJet 5
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LOS. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Murtala Muhammed International Airport” (revision of 22 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: 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
5 channelsAFISLAGOS EAST127.300
AFISLAGOS WEST120.900
APPAPP124.300
TOWER118.100
ATIS123.800