The Lagos International Airport airport is Nigeria’s busiest airport followed by Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
The Lagos International Airport was renamed as Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA)
In Lagos the airport is in Ikeja, the state’s capital.
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The airport was built during World War II.
West African Airways Corporation was formed in 1947 and had its main base at Ikeja.
Originally known as Lagos International Airport, it was renamed in the mid 1970s, during construction of the new international terminal, after a former Nigerian military head of state Murtala Muhammed.
The international terminal was modeled after Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
The new terminal opened officially on 15 March 1979.
Murtala Muhammed International Airport consists of an international and a domestic terminal, located about one kilometre from each other. Both terminals share the same runways. This domestic terminal used to be the old Ikeja Airport. International operations moved to the new international airport when it was ready while domestic operations moved to the Ikeja Airport, which became the domestic airport. The domestic operations were relocated to the old Lagos domestic terminal in 2000. A new domestic privately funded terminal known as MMA2 has been constructed and was commissioned on 7 April 2007.
It is the main base for Nigeria’s largest airline, Air Peace, as well as for several other Nigerian airlines.
Airlines and destinations
Aero Contractors
Abuja, Asaba, Benin City, Calabar, Enugu, Kano, Owerri, Port Harcourt–Omagwa, Uyo
Africa World Airlines
Accra
Air Côte d’Ivoire
Abidjan
Air France
Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air Peace
Abuja, Accra, Akure, Asaba, Banjul, Benin City, Calabar, Dakar–Diass, Douala, Dubai–International, Enugu, Freetown, Ibadan, Ilorin, Johannesburg – O. R. Tambo, Kano, Kebbi, Monrovia–Roberts, Mumbai,[25] Onitsha, Owerri, Port Harcourt–NAF, Port Harcourt –Omagwa, Tel Aviv, Uyo, Warri
ASKY Airlines
Douala, Kinshasa–N’djili, Libreville, Lomé
Azman Air
Abuja, Kano
British Airways
London–Heathrow
Delta Air Lines
Atlanta
Egyptair
Cairo
Emirates
Dubai–International
Ethiopian Airlines
Addis Ababa
Etihad Airways
Abu Dhabi
Green Africa Airways
Abuja, Akure, Enugu, Ilorin, Owerri, Port Harcourt–Omagwa
