Highest Airports in Nigeria

Airports in Nigeria ranked by elevation above sea level.

📅 2026📏 metres49 entries🇳🇬 See all of this country’s rankings →

All entries · 49

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (metres, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

Yakubu Gowon AirportJos · 4,232 ft above sea level

1,290 m

Jaji AirportJaji · 2,244 ft above sea level

684 m

Zaria AirportZaria · 2,170 ft above sea level

661 m

Kaduna Old Airport2,126 ft above sea level

648 m

Kaduna International AirportKaduna · 2,073 ft above sea level

632 m

Bauchi AirportBauchi · 1,998 ft above sea level

609 m

Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Bauchi State International AirportBauchi · 1,965 ft above sea level

599 m

Umaru Musa Yar'adua AirportKatsina · 1,660 ft above sea level

506 m

Gombe Lawanti International AirportGombe · 1,590 ft above sea level

485 m

Mallam Aminu Kano International AirportKano · 1,562 ft above sea level

476 m

Gusau AirportGusau · 1,520 ft above sea level

463 m

Dutse International AirportDutse · 1,365 ft above sea level

416 m

Shiroro Airport1,305 ft above sea level

398 m

Muhammadu Buhari International Cargo AirportKanguwol · 1,250 ft above sea level

381 m

General Tunde Idiagbon International AirportIlorin/Ogbomosho · 1,126 ft above sea level

343 m

Nnamdi Azikiwe International AirportAbuja · 1,123 ft above sea level

342 m

Akure AirportAkure · 1,100 ft above sea level

335 m

Maiduguri International AirportMaiduguri · 1,099 ft above sea level

335 m

Sadiq Abubakar III International AirportSokoto · 1,010 ft above sea level

308 m

Bajoga Northeast AirportBajoga · 1,000 ft above sea level

305 m

Oshogbo AirportOshogbo · 997 ft above sea level

304 m

Bebi AirportBayaluga · 919 ft above sea level

280 m

Minna AirportMinna · 834 ft above sea level

254 m

Sir Ahmadu Bello International AirportBirinin Kebbi · 775 ft above sea level

236 m

Ibadan AirportIbadan · 725 ft above sea level

221 m

Kainji Air BaseNew Bussa · 689 ft above sea level

210 m

Jalingo AirportJalingo · 685 ft above sea level

209 m

Ajaokuta AirportAjaokuta · 620 ft above sea level

189 m

Yola AirportYola · 599 ft above sea level

183 m

Bacita AirstripBacita · 489 ft above sea level

149 m

Akanu Ibiam International AirportEnegu · 466 ft above sea level

142 m

Bida AirportBida · 450 ft above sea level

137 m

Sam Mbakwe International Cargo AirportOwerri · 373 ft above sea level

114 m

Makurdi AirportMakurdi · 371 ft above sea level

113 m

Lokoja AirstripLokoja · 320 ft above sea level

98 m

Asaba International AirportAsaba · 305 ft above sea level

93 m

Benin AirportBenin · 258 ft above sea level

79 m

Warri AirportOkpe · 242 ft above sea level

74 m

Chinua Achebe International AirportUmuleri · 210 ft above sea level

64 m

Margaret Ekpo International AirportCalabar · 210 ft above sea level

64 m

Akwa Ibom International AirportUyo · 170 ft above sea level

52 m

Murtala Muhammed International AirportLagos · 135 ft above sea level

41 m

Port Harcourt International AirportPort Harcourt · 87 ft above sea level

27 m

Bayelsa International AirportYenagoa · 67 ft above sea level

20 m

Port Harcourt City Airport / Port Harcourt Air Force BasePort Harcourt · 57 ft above sea level

17 m

Eket AirportEket · 47 ft above sea level

14 m

Okpoma AirportOkpoma · 47 ft above sea level

14 m

Forçados Terminal AirportForçados · 11 ft above sea level

3 m

Escravos AirportEscravos · 10 ft above sea level

3 m

Highlights

Within Nigeria, Yakubu Gowon Airport ranks first in 2026 with 1,290 m, followed by Jaji Airport (684 m) and Zaria Airport (661 m).

Yakubu Gowon Airport is 1.9 times higher than Jaji Airport, the runner-up.

Across 49 entries, values run from 1,290 m (Yakubu Gowon Airport) to 3 m (Escravos Airport), with a median of 221 m.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets, 2026. Unit: metres.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets · Public domain (OurAirports) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — Airport and runway records are community maintained and released to the public domain; no guarantee of accuracy is made. Only active small, medium, and large airports are included.

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Highlights

Within Nigeria, Yakubu Gowon Airport ranks first in 2026 with 1,290 m, followed by Jaji Airport (684 m) and Zaria Airport (661 m).

Yakubu Gowon Airport is 1.9 times higher than Jaji Airport, the runner-up.

Across 49 entries, values run from 1,290 m (Yakubu Gowon Airport) to 3 m (Escravos Airport), with a median of 221 m.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets, 2026. Unit: metres.