Longest Airport Runways in Nigeria

Airports in Nigeria ranked by the length of their longest open runway.

📅 2026📏 metres41 entries🇳🇬 See all of this country’s rankings →

All entries · 41

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

Murtala Muhammed International AirportLagos · 12,794 ft · ASP

3,900 m

Bayelsa International AirportYenagoa · 12,139 ft · ASP

3,700 m

Nnamdi Azikiwe International AirportAbuja · 11,842 ft · ASP

3,609 m

Akwa Ibom International AirportUyo · 11,811 ft

3,600 m

Umaru Musa Yar'adua AirportKatsina · 11,352 ft · ASP

3,460 m

Asaba International AirportAsaba · 11,155 ft · ASP

3,400 m

Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Bauchi State International AirportBauchi · 11,154 ft · ASP

3,400 m

Minna AirportMinna · 11,153 ft · ASP

3,399 m

Mallam Aminu Kano International AirportKano · 10,831 ft · ASP

3,301 m

Gombe Lawanti International AirportGombe · 10,827 ft · ASP

3,300 m

Sir Ahmadu Bello International AirportBirinin Kebbi · 10,171 ft · concrete

3,100 m

General Tunde Idiagbon International AirportIlorin/Ogbomosho · 10,169 ft · ASP

3,100 m

Maiduguri International AirportMaiduguri · 9,846 ft · ASP

3,001 m

Yakubu Gowon AirportJos · 9,845 ft · ASP

3,001 m

Sadiq Abubakar III International AirportSokoto · 9,844 ft · ASP

3,000 m

Kaduna International AirportKaduna · 9,843 ft · ASP

3,000 m

Port Harcourt International AirportPort Harcourt · 9,843 ft · ASP

3,000 m

Dutse International AirportDutse · 9,840 ft · ASP

2,999 m

Yola AirportYola · 9,840 ft · ASP

2,999 m

Makurdi AirportMakurdi · 9,830 ft · CON

2,996 m

Akure AirportAkure · 9,195 ft · ASP

2,803 m

Sam Mbakwe International Cargo AirportOwerri · 8,858 ft · ASP

2,700 m

Kaduna Old Airport8,612 ft · ASP

2,625 m

Margaret Ekpo International AirportCalabar · 8,040 ft · ASP

2,451 m

Akanu Ibiam International AirportEnegu · 7,879 ft · ASP

2,402 m

Ibadan AirportIbadan · 7,875 ft · ASP

2,400 m

Benin AirportBenin · 7,870 ft · ASP

2,399 m

Port Harcourt City Airport / Port Harcourt Air Force BasePort Harcourt · 6,923 ft · ASP

2,110 m

Warri AirportOkpe · 6,868 ft · ASP

2,093 m

Finima Bonny AirportFinima · 5,582 ft · ASP

1,701 m

Bebi AirportBayaluga · 5,577 ft · ASP

1,700 m

Zaria AirportZaria · 5,462 ft · ASP

1,665 m

Escravos AirportEscravos · 5,085 ft · ASP

1,550 m

Ajaokuta AirportAjaokuta · 4,983 ft · ASP

1,519 m

Bajoga Northeast AirportBajoga · 4,950 ft · ASP

1,509 m

Gusau AirportGusau · 4,800 ft · LAT

1,463 m

Eket AirportEket · 4,266 ft · ASP

1,300 m

Shiroro Airport4,170 ft · ASP

1,271 m

Bida AirportBida · 3,900 ft · ASP

1,189 m

Forçados Terminal AirportForçados · 3,165 ft · ASP

965 m

Bacita AirstripBacita · 2,953 ft · GRS

900 m

Highlights

Within Nigeria, Murtala Muhammed International Airport ranks first in 2026 with 3,900 m, followed by Bayelsa International Airport (3,700 m) and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (3,609 m).

Across 41 entries, values run from 3,900 m (Murtala Muhammed International Airport) to 900 m (Bacita Airstrip), with a median of 2,803 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, Murtala Muhammed International Airport ranks first in 2026 with 3,900 m, followed by Bayelsa International Airport (3,700 m) and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (3,609 m).

Across 41 entries, values run from 3,900 m (Murtala Muhammed International Airport) to 900 m (Bacita Airstrip), with a median of 2,803 m.

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