Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (IATA: KAN, ICAO: DNKN) is an international airport serving Kano, the capital city of Kano State of Nigeria.

It was a Royal Air Force station before the country became independent.

It is the main airport serving northern Nigeria and was named after politician Aminu Kano. The airport has an international and a domestic terminal.

Construction started on a new domestic terminal and was commissioned on 23 May 2011. In 2009, the airport handled 323,482 passengers.

The bulk of international flights cater to the large Sudanese community in Kano and Muslim pilgrimages to Mecca

Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport is the oldest in Nigeria, with operations starting in 1936.

In the first decades of operation, it became an important fuel stop for airlines flying long-haul services between Europe and Africa.

Newer aircraft did not need such fuel stops and, with the demise of the Kano economy in the late 20th century, many international airlines stopped serving the airport.

When they indefinitely suspended services to Kano in June 2012, KLM was the only European airline serving the city, which they had done without interruption since 1947

The airport serves civilian and military flights. Runway 06/24 is mainly used for civilian flights, while runway 05/23 primarily serves the Nigerian Air Force base at the south side of the airport.

Runway 05/23 was in use for all operations when the main runway was rehabilitated in the beginning of the 21st century. The terminal facilities lie between the two runways.