MMIA, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos

MMIA is Nigeria’s busiest airport located in Nigeria’s most populated and wealthiest state of Lagos.

In Lagos the airport is in Ikeja, the state’s capital.

IATA: LOS
ICAO: DNMM

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