List of airports in Nigeria

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This is the list of airports in Nigeria, grouped by type and sorted by location.

Nigeria has 30 airports and 26 of the airports are operated by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), five of which are functional international airports. It also has a state owned airport located in Akwa Ibom State. In addition, there are airstrips or airfields scattered around the country, built mainly by the Nigerian Air Force and multinational oil companies.

Airport names shown in bold have scheduled passenger service on commercial airlines, check our list of Domestic Airline

Source:en.wikipedia.org

City served	State	ICAO	IATA	Airport name
International airports ^[1]
Abuja	FCT	DNAA	ABV	Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport [1]
Dutse	Jigawa	DNDS ^[2]		Dutse International Airport ^[3]
Enugu	Enugu	DNEN	ENU	Akanu Ibiam International Airport [2]
Kano	Kano	DNKN	KAN	Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport [3]
Lagos	Lagos	DNMM	LOS	Murtala Muhammed International Airport [4]
Port Harcourt	Rivers	DNPO	PHC	Port Harcourt International Airport [5]
Sokoto	Sokoto	DNAA	SKO	Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport [6]
Calabar	Cross River	DNCA	CBQ	Margaret Ekpo International Airport [7]
Asaba	Delta	DNAS	ABB	Asaba International Airport [8]
Uyo	Akwa Ibom	DNAI	QUO	Akwa Ibom International Airport [9]
Major domestic airports ^[4]
Bauchi	Bauchi	DNBC	BCU	Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Airport
Jos	Plateau	DNJO	JOS	Yakubu Gowon Airport [10]
Kaduna	Kaduna	DNKA	KAD	Kaduna Airport [11]
Maiduguri	Borno	DNMA	MIU	Maiduguri International Airport [12]
Yola	Adamawa	DNYO	YOL	Yola Airport [13]
Ibadan	Oyo	DNIB	IBA	Ibadan Airport [14]
Other domestic airports ^[5]
Akure	Ondo	DNAK	AKR	Akure Airport [15]
Bauchi	Bauchi	DNBA		Bauchi Airport [16]
Benin	Edo	DNBE	BNI	Benin Airport [17]
Birnin Kebbi	Kebbi	DNBK		Kebbi International Airport
Ilorin	Kwara	DNIL	ILR	Ilorin Airport [18]
Jalingo	Taraba	DNJA		Jalingo Airport
Katsina	Katsina	DNKT	DKA	Katsina Airport [19]
Makurdi	Benue	DNMK	MDI	Makurdi Airport [20]
Minna	Niger	DNMN	MXJ	Minna Airport [21]
Owerri	Imo	DNIM	QOW	Sam Mbakwe Airport [22]
Warri	Delta	DNSU	QRW	Warri Airport [23]
Zaria	Kaduna	DNZA	ZAR	Zaria Airport [24]
Other airports not owned/managed by FAAN
Uyo	Akwa Ibom	DNAI	QUO	Akwa Ibom Airport
Airstrips
Ajaokuta	Kogi			Ajaokuta Airstrip
Azare	Bauchi			Azare Airstrip
Bacita	Kwara			Bacita Airstrip
Bajoga	Gombe	DN54		Bajoga Northeast Airport
Bebi	Cross River			Bebi Airstrip
Bida	Niger	DNBI		Bida Airstrip
Eket	Akwa Ibom	DNEK		Eket Airstrip
Escravos	Delta			Escravos Airstrip
Gusau	Zamfara	DNGU	QUS	Gusau Airstrip
Nguru	Yobe			Nguru Airstrip
Potiskum	Yobe			Potiskum Airstrip
Shiroro	Niger			Shiroro Airstrip
Tuga	Kebbi			Tuga Airstrip
Military airports
Makurdi	Benue	DNMK	MDI	Makurdi Air Force Base
Port Harcourt	Rivers		PHG	Port Harcourt NAF Base
Kaduna	Kaduna			Kaduna Air Force Base