# Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS / DNMM)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LOS / DNMM
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
- Opened: 15 Mar 1979
- Elevation: 41 m / 135 ft
- Coordinates: 6.5774, 3.3212
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,900 m / 12,794 ft
- Passengers: 5,689,234 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+1 · Africa/Lagos
- Website: https://faan.gov.ng/mmia-lagos/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murtala_Muhammed_International_Airport (36 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1043631
- Weather station: DNMM · WMO 65201
- Ident: DNMM

## Timeline

- 20 Nov 1969: Nigeria Airways Flight 925. 87 killed.
- 15 Mar 1979: Murtala Muhammed International Airport opens.
- 26 Sep 1992: 1992 Nigerian Air Force C-130 crash. 159 killed.
- 24 Jun 1995: 1995 Lagos Harka Air Services Tu-134 crash. 16 killed.
- 3 Jun 2012: Dana Air Flight 992. 153 killed.
- 3 Oct 2013: Associated Aviation Flight 361. 15 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18R/36L | 3,900 m / 12,794 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 360° | yes |
| 18L/36R | 2,742 m / 8,997 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 360° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 5,644,572 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 6,273,545 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 6,764,076 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 7,186,595 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 7,261,178 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 7,374,507 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 7,164,169 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 6,694,747 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 6,553,151 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 7,496,318 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 4,110,395 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 5,689,234 | Wikidata |

## Routes

66 destinations in 40 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (49)

- [COO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dbbb.md) Cotonou Cadjehoun International Airport · Benin · 106 km / 66 mi · Air Peace
- [IBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnib.md) Ibadan Airport · Nigeria · 113 km / 70 mi · Air Peace
- [AKR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnak.md) Akure Airport · Nigeria · 231 km / 144 mi · Air Peace, Green Africa Airways
- [LFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dxxx.md) Lomé–Tokoin International Airport · Togo · 233 km / 145 mi · Asky Airlines
- [ILR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnil.md) General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport · Nigeria · 244 km / 152 mi · Air Peace, Green Africa Airways
- [BNI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnbe.md) Benin Airport · Nigeria · 253 km / 157 mi · ValueJet, Air Peace, Aero Contractors, Arik Air
- [QRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnsu.md) Warri Airport · Nigeria · 297 km / 185 mi · Air Peace, Arik Air
- [ABB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnas.md) Asaba International Airport · Nigeria · 372 km / 231 mi · Air Peace, Aero Contractors, Arik Air
- [DNAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnan.md) Chinua Achebe International Airport · Nigeria · 394 km / 245 mi · Air Peace
- [ACC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dgaa.md) Kotoka International Airport · Ghana · 401 km / 249 mi · Air Peace, Africa World Airlines, Ibom Air
- [PHC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnpo.md) Port Harcourt International Airport · Nigeria · 437 km / 272 mi · ValueJet, Air Peace, Max Air, Aero Contractors, Green Africa Airways, Arik Air
- [QOW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnim.md) Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport · Nigeria · 448 km / 278 mi · Enugu Air, Air Peace, Aero Contractors, Green Africa Airways, Arik Air
- [ENU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnen.md) Akanu Ibiam International Airport · Nigeria · 468 km / 291 mi · Enugu Air, Air Peace, Aero Contractors, Green Africa Airways, Arik Air, Ibom Air
- [ABV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnaa.md) Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport · Nigeria · 511 km / 318 mi · ValueJet, Enugu Air, Air Peace, Azman Air, Max Air, Aero Contractors, Green Africa Airways, Arik Air, Ibom Air
- [QUO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnai.md) Akwa Ibom International Airport · Nigeria · 561 km / 349 mi · Air Peace, Aero Contractors, Arik Air, Ibom Air
- [CBQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnca.md) Margaret Ekpo International Airport · Nigeria · 584 km / 363 mi · Air Peace, Aero Contractors, Arik Air, Ibom Air
- [KAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnka.md) Kaduna International Airport · Nigeria · 635 km / 395 mi · Arik Air
- [DNBK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ng-0005.md) Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport · Nigeria · 666 km / 414 mi · Air Peace
- [SSG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fgsl.md) Malabo International Airport · Equatorial Guinea · 674 km / 419 mi · Lufthansa
- [JOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnjo.md) Yakubu Gowon Airport · Nigeria · 699 km / 434 mi · ValueJet, Arik Air
- [DLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fkkd.md) Douala International Airport · Cameroon · 764 km / 475 mi · Asky Airlines, Air Peace
- [ABJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/diap.md) Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport · Côte d’Ivoire · 815 km / 506 mi · Air Peace, Air Côte d'Ivoire
- [KAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnkn.md) Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport · Nigeria · 834 km / 518 mi · Air Peace, Azman Air, Max Air, Aero Contractors, Arik Air
- [LBV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fool.md) Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport · Gabon · 959 km / 596 mi · Asky Airlines, Air Côte d'Ivoire
- [ROB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/glrb.md) Roberts International Airport · Liberia · 1,512 km / 940 mi · Air Peace
- [FIH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzaa.md) Ndjili International Airport · Congo - Kinshasa · 1,816 km / 1,128 mi · Asky Airlines
- [FNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gfll.md) Lungi International Airport · Sierra Leone · 1,834 km / 1,140 mi · Air Sierra Leone, Air Peace
- [BJL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gbyd.md) Banjul International Airport · Gambia · 2,311 km / 1,436 mi · ValueJet
- [DSS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gobd.md) Blaise Diagne International Airport · Senegal · 2,401 km / 1,492 mi · Air Peace
- [KGL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hryr.md) Kigali International Airport · Rwanda · 3,125 km / 1,942 mi · RwandAir
- [CMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmmn.md) Mohammed V International Airport · Morocco · 3,184 km / 1,978 mi · Royal Air Maroc
- [EBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/huen.md) Entebbe International Airport · Uganda · 3,312 km / 2,058 mi · Uganda Airlines
- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 3,832 km / 2,381 mi · Kenya Airways
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 3,916 km / 2,433 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 3,930 km / 2,442 mi · EgyptAir
- [DAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htda.md) Julius Nyerere International Airport · Tanzania · 4,253 km / 2,643 mi · Air Tanzania
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 4,374 km / 2,718 mi · Neos
- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 4,524 km / 2,811 mi · South African Airways, Air Côte d'Ivoire
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 4,605 km / 2,861 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 4,719 km / 2,932 mi · Air France
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 4,856 km / 3,017 mi · Lufthansa
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 4,967 km / 3,086 mi · Air Peace
- [LHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egll.md) London Heathrow Airport · United Kingdom · 5,004 km / 3,109 mi · Virgin Atlantic, British Airways
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 5,087 km / 3,161 mi · KLM
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 5,528 km / 3,435 mi · Qatar Airways
- [AUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omaa.md) Zayed International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 5,808 km / 3,609 mi · Etihad Airways
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 5,896 km / 3,664 mi · Emirates
- [IAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiad.md) Washington Dulles International Airport · United States · 8,752 km / 5,438 mi · United Airlines
- [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 9,395 km / 5,838 mi · Delta Air Lines

### Seasonal (1)

- [JFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjfk.md) John F. Kennedy International Airport · United States · 8,444 km / 5,247 mi · Delta Air Lines

### Charter (2)

- [BGI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tbpb.md) Grantley Adams International Airport · Barbados · 6,904 km / 4,290 mi · Air Peace
- [ANU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tapa.md) V. C. Bird International Airport · Antigua & Barbuda · 7,153 km / 4,445 mi · Air Peace

### Cargo (26)

- [COO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dbbb.md) Cotonou Cadjehoun International Airport · Benin · 106 km / 66 mi · DHL Aviation
- [ACC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dgaa.md) Kotoka International Airport · Ghana · 401 km / 249 mi · Ethiopian Airlines, DHL Aviation
- [SSG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fgsl.md) Malabo International Airport · Equatorial Guinea · 674 km / 419 mi · DHL Aviation
- [BKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gabs.md) Modibo Keita International Airport · Mali · 1,402 km / 871 mi · DHL Aviation
- [NDJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fttj.md) N'Djamena International Airport · Chad · 1,425 km / 885 mi · Air France
- [KGL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hryr.md) Kigali International Airport · Rwanda · 3,125 km / 1,942 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 3,832 km / 2,381 mi · Saudia Cargo
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 3,916 km / 2,433 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 4,197 km / 2,608 mi · Saudia Cargo
- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 4,524 km / 2,811 mi · Lufthansa Cargo
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 4,605 km / 2,861 mi · Turkish Cargo
- [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 4,719 km / 2,932 mi · Air France
- [LUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ellx.md) Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · Luxembourg · 4,795 km / 2,979 mi · Cargolux
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 4,856 km / 3,017 mi · Lufthansa Cargo
- [LGG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eblg.md) Liège Airport · Belgium · 4,903 km / 3,047 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 4,930 km / 3,063 mi · DHL Aviation
- [OST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebos.md) Ostend-Bruges International Airport · Belgium · 4,962 km / 3,083 mi · Allied Air
- [LHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egll.md) London Heathrow Airport · United Kingdom · 5,004 km / 3,109 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 5,041 km / 3,132 mi · Saudia Cargo
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 5,528 km / 3,435 mi · Qatar Airways
- [DWC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdw.md) Al Maktoum International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 5,868 km / 3,646 mi · Emirates SkyCargo, Turkish Cargo, Saudia Cargo
- [SHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj.md) Sharjah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 5,913 km / 3,674 mi · Saudia Cargo
- [GRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgr.md) São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · Brazil · 6,351 km / 3,946 mi · Qatar Airways
- [SCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scel.md) Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport · Chile · 8,957 km / 5,566 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [MIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmia.md) Miami International Airport · United States · 9,052 km / 5,625 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [CKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuck.md) Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport · China · 10,916 km / 6,783 mi · Ethiopian Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (9)

- W3 [Arik Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/arik-air) · 12
- AJ [Aero Contractors](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aero-contractors) · 9
- VK [ValueJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/valuejet) · 5
- NR [Max Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/max-air) · 3
- 4W [Allied Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/allied-air) · 1
- 5B [Chanchangi Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chanchangi-airlines)
- 9J [Dana Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/dana-air)
- FRN [First Nation Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/first-nation-airways)
- [TAT Nigeria](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tat-nigeria)

### Passenger (29)

- P4 [Air Peace](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-peace) · 25
- ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 8
- [Green Africa Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/green-africa-airways) · 6
- [Ibom Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ibom-air) · 5
- KP [Asky Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/asky-airlines) · 4
- HF [Air Côte d'Ivoire](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cote-divoire) · 3
- [Enugu Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/enugu-air) · 3
- AF [Air France](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-france) · 2
- ZQ [Azman Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azman-air) · 2
- DL [Delta Air Lines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-air-lines) · 2
- LH [Lufthansa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lufthansa) · 2
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 2
- AW [Africa World Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/africa-world-airlines) · 1
- [Air Sierra Leone](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-sierra-leone) · 1
- TC [Air Tanzania](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-tanzania) · 1
- BA [British Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/british-airways) · 1
- MS [EgyptAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair) · 1
- EK [Emirates](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emirates) · 1
- EY [Etihad Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/etihad-airways) · 1
- KQ [Kenya Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kenya-airways) · 1
- KL [KLM](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/klm) · 1
- NO [Neos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/neos) · 1
- AT [Royal Air Maroc](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/royal-air-maroc) · 1
- WB [RwandAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rwandair) · 1
- SA [South African Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/south-african-airways) · 1
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1
- UR [Uganda Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uganda-airlines) · 1
- UA [United Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-airlines) · 1
- VS [Virgin Atlantic](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/virgin-atlantic) · 1

### Cargo (6)

- [DHL Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/dhl-aviation) · 5
- SV [Saudia Cargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saudia-cargo) · 5
- LH [Lufthansa Cargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lufthansa-cargo) · 2
- [Turkish Cargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-cargo) · 2
- CV [Cargolux](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cargolux) · 1
- EK [Emirates SkyCargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emirates-skycargo) · 1

Former hub of [ADC Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/adc-airlines), [Afrijet Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/afrijet-airlines), [Air Nigeria](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-nigeria), [Al-Dawood Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/al-dawood-air), [Associated Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/associated-aviation), [Bellview Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bellview-airlines), [Med-View Airline](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/med-view-airline), [Nicon Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nicon-airways), [Nigeria Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nigeria-airways), [Sosoliso Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sosoliso-airlines), [West African Airways Corporation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/west-african-airways-corporation), [Wings Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wings-aviation).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 5.7M (2021) | #312 of 3,974 | #14 in Africa | #1 in NG |
| Longest runway | 3,900 m / 12,794 ft | #180 of 29,858 | #20 in Africa | #1 in NG |
| Elevation | 41 m / 135 ft | =35,719 of 43,403 | =2,831 in Africa | #42 in NG |
| Age | Opened 1979 | =7,894 of 15,079 | #94 in Africa | #3 in NG |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =1 in NG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | LAGOS EAST | 127.300 |
| AFIS | LAGOS WEST | 120.900 |
| APP | APP | 124.300 |
| TOWER |  | 118.100 |
| ATIS |  | 123.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [COO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dbbb.md) Cotonou Cadjehoun International Airport · 106 km / 66 mi
- [IBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnib.md) Ibadan Airport · 113 km / 71 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: “Murtala Muhammed International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murtala_Muhammed_International_Airport&oldid=1370753963), revision of 22 Aug 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/dnmm/data