NIM

Diori Hamani International Airport

ICAO DRRN13.4815°N 2.1836°E223 m / 732 ftLarge airport
On the map
Niameyairport 2005 crop
Rolanda Jundt U.S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program · Public domain · Commons

Diori Hamani International Airport (IATA: NIM, ICAO: DRRN) is a large airport in Niamey, Niamey Capital District, Niger. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,200 m (10,499 ft). In 2019 it handled 363 thousand passengers.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
09L/27R087° / 267°
LENGTH3,200 m10,499 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEDirt
09R/27L087° / 267° · LIT
LENGTH3,000 m9,843 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2008–2019
140K
154K
164K
178K
216K
242K
247K
282K
290K
328K
363K
0809101112131415161719

Routes

15 destinations · 14 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km4,000 km1,000 mi2,000 miGAQ · Gao International Airport · 387 km / 240 miOUA · Ouagadougou Thomas Sankara International Airport · 420 km / 261 miCOO · Cotonou Cadjehoun International Airport · 792 km / 492 miLFW · Lomé–Tokoin International Airport · 820 km / 510 miBKO · Modibo Keita International Airport · 1,103 km / 685 miABJ · Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport · 1,133 km / 704 miNDJ · N'Djamena International Airport · 1,401 km / 871 miDSS · Blaise Diagne International Airport · 2,081 km / 1,293 miCMN · Mohammed V International Airport · 2,422 km / 1,505 miMJI · Mitiga International Airport · 2,434 km / 1,512 miALG · Houari Boumediene Airport · 2,583 km / 1,605 miTUN · Tunis Carthage International Airport · 2,719 km / 1,690 miCDG · Charles de Gaulle International Airport · 3,951 km / 2,455 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 4,019 km / 2,497 miADD · Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · 4,021 km / 2,499 miADDISTCDGTUNALGMJICMNDSSNDJABJBKOLFWCOOOUAGAQNIM
Year-round15
GAQGao International AirportMali · Sky Mali387 km240 miOUAOuagadougou Thomas Sankara International AirportBurkina Faso · Asky Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines, Air Côte d'Ivoire +1420 km261 miCOOCotonou Cadjehoun International AirportBenin · Asky Airlines792 km492 miLFWLomé–Tokoin International AirportTogo · Asky Airlines820 km510 miBKOModibo Keita International AirportMali · Sky Mali, Air Senegal1,103 km685 miABJFélix-Houphouët-Boigny International AirportCôte d’Ivoire · Air Côte d'Ivoire, Tunisair1,133 km704 miNDJN'Djamena International AirportChad · Turkish Airlines1,401 km871 miDSSBlaise Diagne International AirportSenegal · Air Senegal2,081 km1,293 miCMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Royal Air Maroc2,422 km1,505 miMJIMitiga International AirportLibya · Fly Oya, Libyan Airlines2,434 km1,512 miALGHouari Boumediene AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie2,583 km1,605 miTUNTunis Carthage International AirportTunisia · Tunisair2,719 km1,690 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France3,951 km2,455 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines4,019 km2,497 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines4,021 km2,499 mi
Most destinationsAsky Airlines 3Sky Mali 2Ethiopian Airlines 2Air Côte d'Ivoire 2Air Senegal 2Tunisair 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from NIM. From the Wikipedia article “Diori Hamani International Airport” (revision of 2 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers363K (2019)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,260of 3,974 · #83 Africa · #1 NELongest runway3,200 m10,499 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=819of 29,823 · =126 Africa · #1 NEElevation223 m732 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=22,708of 43,341 · =2,487 Africa · #21 NERunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =24 Africa · #1 NE
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
ACCNIAMEY CON131.300
INFONIAMEY INFO565.200
TWRNIAMEY TWR119.700