The Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria has been rated among the 10 top Biggest Airports in Africa.

The report featured on Ventures Africa by Tom Jackson described the MMIA  Airport as a major airport in Africa, serving the country, with 6.3 million passengers a year.

The airport’s international terminal modeled after Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, officially opened in March 1979, and today is the main base for Nigeria’s flag carrier airlines, Air Nigeria, First Nation and Arik Air, Jackson said.

The article also featured four South African airports with over 22.1 million passengers passing through each year (OR Tambo International Airport, Cape Town International Airport, King Shaka International Airport, Durban, and Port Elizabeth International Airport) have been described as Africa’s biggest and busiest.

The Egypt airspace was not left out as the annual passenger  records is put at a 35.5 million. The three airports (Cairo International Airport, Sharm El-Sheikh International Airport and Hurghada International Airport) has over the years established a reputation as Africa’s premier international award-winning airports, consistently performing among the best in the world in terms of customer service, the report noted.

Crucial to Africa’s economic development is its infrastructure, particularly its transport network. And with the potential boon of tourism, African nations must make sure they have top quality airports to attract and deal with large numbers of visitors. Many are already in place, according to Jackson.

By Citizensplatform

http://www.ventures-africa.com/2012/08/the-10-biggest-airports-in-africa/

Among the "biggest" not among the "best."

Maybe someday it can be the among the best though.

Didn't you just say in Africa? It means it's the best of the worst.

AND RATED AMONGST 10,000 IN THE WORLD, THIS IS NIGERIA, ELEPHANT OF AFRICA.

Self-wash....

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May be they meant ! Military Markets International Alaba

I am very sure its not the Airport !

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So what do i do with this piece of garbage? We like to celebrate mediocrity in this clime.
We easily forget who we were, where we were coming from and dwell on our current pitiable sorry state.
How sad that our lions are beginning to eat grass.

stupor: May be they meant ! Military Markets International Alaba

I am very sure its not the Airport !

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now, this is funny!

i don't get it, was he talking about size or amount of passengers who use the airport yearly?

This man need to go back to Journalism school....this article or watever is pretty vague....is he talking about size of the airport, number of gates, terminals or wat.....

Big for nothing....na Airport be MMIA??with 1 n half runway??

The list was up to ten, so Nigeria could take the 10th position, why not make the list short and simple by making it jst top 3
Gold
Silver
Bronze
No medal for 4th sef, talkless of number 10..

This man was bribed to make this statement

Murtala Airport is a shame. Two months ago they were doing manual check-in because FAAN and a company were having a dispute. It took hours to check-in. Horrible airport. You still have to pull your shoes and walk the dirty floor barefoot for screening.
Officials and check-in staff are always in your face demanding money. "goodday sir, anything for us?" " oya do something, today na weekend ."

Rubbish!!,

Only top 10? not even top 3 ?

Only in Africa?

Abeg who put this nonsense on the front page?

As expected - Nigerians rubbish anything that seems to praise sing the country Nigeria. Yet many of them has not even left their cocoon to compare what Nigeria has with anything else around the world. How many of them don even enter MMA before self? Soon enough, they will be saying Ghana's airport is better than MMA - when in fact, the Accra airport is not even comparable to MMA2, the local wing of MMA. How many airports worldwide have they been to? None.

post.email:
Murtala Airport is a shame. Two months ago they were doing manual check-in because FAAN and a company were having a dispute. It took hours to check-in. Horrible airport. You still have to pull your shoes and walk the dirty floor barefoot for screening.
Officials and check-in staff are always in your face demanding money. "goodday sir, anything for us?" " oya do something, today na weekend ."

Even at Heathrow - you have to remove your god damn shoe- even if it is made of gold.

werepeLeri:

Even at Heathrow - you have to remove your god damn shoe- even if it is made of gold.

my brother,i tire for Nigerians o.

solomon111: my brother,i tire for Nigerians o.

I sometimes weep at their stoopidity.

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alexola20:
It's the biggest as per the amount of passengers,agbero and touts who use the airport.Not about anything else.
The worst airport that I know.

Tnx 4 ur stu.pidity

among the busiest and biggest in handling passengers. Nothing more.

Top 10 in Africa?

Are we supposed to clap for ourselves for this?

GenBuhari: Top 10 in Africa?

Are we supposed to clap for ourselves for this?

Cry instead.

What have you contributed to Nigeria to make it anything better?

We are in a global village. Information age. All we can think of is measuring ourselves with other fellows Africa. Let's go global.
what is our position in the world.

Why do we find it difficult it believe in ourselves?

This na fail na. Not even top 3, but though biggest i understand. GIANT OF AFRICA

if its among the fist 10 in africa it then means that this continet called africa does not have any places to land planes that can be worth calling an airport. Pity be i heard someone call MMA 1 & 2 airstrips.

I Think topics like dis one is meant 4 pple who ve used airports widely 2 comment nd not 4 pple who only see plane on d sky.

Pls if u ve not bn 2 an airport, wait until we start talking abt God is Good , ABC, D Young Shall Grow nd Ekene parks so dat u can make a correct nd effectiv comments.

Naija airports though not excellent, but I tink they re better dan wait some of us re painting. I luv Naija my country coz I ve got got no oda one.

werepeLeri:

Even at Heathrow - you have to remove your god damn shoe- even if it is made of gold.

Pulling off shoes for screening is not the issue. MMIA floors are dirty compared to Heathrow.