Murtala Muhammed International Airport
Lagos, Nigeria

Murtala Muhammed International Airport
Nigeria's busiest international gateway serving West Africa.
- ›Named after General Murtala Muhammed, Nigerian head of state assassinated in 1976.
- ›Operated by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).
- ›Busiest airport in Nigeria and one of the busiest in sub-Saharan Africa.
- ›Handles both international and domestic traffic across separate terminal facilities.
- ›Subject to multiple modernisation projects aimed at expanding capacity and improving infrastructure.
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Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) is an international airport located in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria, and is the major airport serving the entire state. The airport was initially built during World War II and is named after Murtala Muhammed (1938–1976), the fourth head of state of Nigeria.
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