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
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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 miStraight 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.
Airlines
44 airlines · destinations from LOSHub airlines9
W3Arik Air12AJAero Contractors9VKValueJet5NRMax Air34WAllied Air15BChanchangi Airlines9JDana AirFRNFirst Nation Airways—TAT NigeriaPassenger29
P4Air Peace25ETEthiopian Airlines8—Green Africa Airways6—Ibom Air5KPAsky Airlines4HFAir Côte d'Ivoire3—Enugu Air3AFAir France2ZQAzman Air2DLDelta Air Lines2LHLufthansa2QRQatar Airways2AWAfrica World Airlines1—Air Sierra Leone1TCAir Tanzania1BABritish Airways1MSEgyptAir1EKEmirates1EYEtihad Airways1KQKenya Airways1KLKLM1NONeos1ATRoyal Air Maroc1WBRwandAir1SASouth African Airways1TKTurkish Airlines1URUganda Airlines1UAUnited Airlines1VSVirgin Atlantic1Former hub of ADC Airlines, Afrijet Airlines, Air Nigeria, Al-Dawood Air, Associated Aviation, Bellview Airlines, Med-View Airline, Nicon Airways, Nigeria Airways, Sosoliso Airlines, West African Airways Corporation and Wings Aviation.
Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from LOS. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,075 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