Nigeria recorded four million international passenger movements across five airports in 2024: FAAN

The report also showed that there was a significant decline in domestic passenger movements across 22 airports in the country.

News Agency of Nigeria • January 6, 2026

Murtala Muhammed International Airport

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has reported over 4.33 million international passenger movements from January to December 2024.

FAAN disclosed this in a Harmonised Passenger Movement report on Tuesday in Lagos.

The report showed a 6.48 per cent increase from 4.07 million passenger movements recorded in 2023 at five of the country’s international airports.

The report covering Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt and Enugu international airports showed a significant decline in passenger movements, except for Lagos.

The report showed that 1.44 million (arrivals) and 1.56 million (departures), amounting to 3.006 million passengers, passed through Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.

This showed an increase of 13.18 per cent compared to 2.65 million recorded in 2023 for the same period at the airport.

At the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, the report showed 519,567 (arrival) and 550,981 (departure), totalling 1.07 million passengers, whereas the airport recorded 1.11 million passenger movements in 2023.

The Mallam Aminu Kano Airport saw a 15.85 per cent drop in flights (arrivals and departures) in 2024, with 211,671 movements as against 251,541 in 2023.

The Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, recorded a decline of movements from 38,051 in 2023 to 35,516 in 2024, representing a 6.66 per cent decline.

The Obafemi Jeremiah Awolowo International Airport, Port Harcourt, had 10,827 passenger movements in 2024, a decrease from the 10,902 recorded in 2023, representing a 0.69 per cent decrease.

The report also showed that there was a significant decline in domestic passenger movements across 22 airports in the country.

The airports recorded a total of 12.54 million passenger movements, both arrivals and departures, from January to December 2024, as against 13.40 million recorded for the same period in 2023.

The Abuja airport led domestic movements with a total of 4.37 million movements in the year under review, while Lagos airport followed with 4.13 million passenger movements.

Others with high domestic movements included Port Harcourt, Kano, Enugu and Owerri airports.

(NAN)

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