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List of the busiest airports in Africa

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This is a list of the busiest airports in Africa, ranked by total passengers per year, which includes arrival, departure and transit passengers.

2025 statistics

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2024 statistics

CountryAirportIATACity2024Change
(2024/2023)
1.Egypt
2.South Africa
3.Spain
4.Spain
5.Ethiopia
6.Morocco
7.South Africa
8.Egypt
9.Morocco
10.Algeria
11.Kenya
12.Spain
13.Tunisia
14.Egypt
15.Spain
16.Nigeria
17.Spain
18.Nigeria
19.South Africa
20.Portugal
21.Ghana
22.Morocco
23.Senegal
24.Tanzania
25.France

2023 statistics

CountryAirportIATACity2023% Change
(2023/2022)
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2022 statistics

CountryAirportIATACity2022% Change
(2022/2021)
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2021 statistics

CountryAirportIATAICAOCity2021% Change
(2021/2020)
1EgyptCairo International Airport
2South AfricaO. R. Tambo International Airport
3SpainGran Canaria Airport
4NigeriaMurtala Muhammed International Airport
5NigeriaNnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
6EgyptHurghada International Airport
7South AfricaCape Town International Airport
8SpainTenerife South Airport
9EthiopiaBole International Airport
10EgyptSharm el-Sheikh International Airport
11MoroccoMohammed V International Airport
12KenyaJomo Kenyatta International Airport
13South AfricaKing Shaka International Airport
14TunisiaTunis–Carthage International Airport
15FranceRoland Garros Airport
16PortugalMadeira Airport
17MoroccoMarrakesh Menara Airport

2020 statistics

CountryAirportIATAICAOCity2020% Change
(2020/2019)
1EgyptCairo International Airport
2South AfricaO.R. Tambo International Airport
3EthiopiaBole International Airport
4SpainGran Canaria Airport
5South AfricaCape Town International Airport
6NigeriaMurtala Muhammed International Airport
7SpainTenerife South Airport
8NigeriaNnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
9MoroccoMohammed V International Airport
10South AfricaKing Shaka International Airport
11EgyptHurghada International Airport
12EgyptSharm el-Sheikh International Airport

2019 statistics

CountryAirportIATAICAOCity2019Change
(19-18)
1South AfricaO. R. Tambo International Airport
2EgyptCairo International Airport
3SpainGran Canaria Airport
4SpainTenerife South Airport
5EthiopiaBole International Airport
6South AfricaCape Town International Airport
7MoroccoMohammed V International Airport
8NigeriaMurtala Muhammed International Airport
9TunisiaTunis–Carthage International Airport

2018 statistics

CountryAirportIATAICAOCity2018Change
(18-17)
1South AfricaO. R. Tambo International Airport
2EgyptCairo International Airport
3SpainGran Canaria Airport
4EthiopiaBole International Airport
5SpainTenerife South Airport
6South AfricaCape Town International Airport
7MoroccoMohammed V International Airport
8AlgeriaHouari Boumediene Airport
9NigeriaMurtala Muhammed International Airport
10KenyaJomo Kenyatta International Airport
11EgyptHurghada International Airport
12TunisiaTunis–Carthage International Airport
13SpainFuerteventura Airport
14South AfricaKing Shaka International Airport
15SpainTenerife North Airport
16MoroccoMarrakesh Menara Airport
17MauritiusSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
18EgyptSharm El Sheikh International Airport (Asia)
19NigeriaNnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
20Julius Nyerere International Airport

2017 statistics

CountryAirportIATAICAOCity2017
1South AfricaO.R. Tambo International Airport
2EgyptCairo International Airport
3SpainGran Canaria Airport
4SpainTenerife South Airport
5South AfricaCape Town International Airport
6EthiopiaBole International Airport
7MoroccoMohammed V International Airport
8AlgeriaHouari Boumediene Airport
9KenyaJomo Kenyatta International Airport
10NigeriaMurtala Muhammed International Airport
11SpainFuerteventura Airport
12TunisiaTunis-Carthage Airport
13South AfricaKing Shaka International Airport
14EgyptHurghada International Airport
15SpainTenerife North Airport
16MoroccoMarrakesh Menara Airport
17MauritiusSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
18NigeriaNnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
19PortugalCristiano Ronaldo International Airport
20EgyptSharm El Sheikh International Airport
21Julius Nyerere International Airport
22FranceRoland Garros Airport
23EgyptBorg El Arab Airport
24SenegalLéopold Sédar Senghor International Airport
25Ivory CoastFélix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport
26AlgeriaAhmed Ben Bella Airport
27South AfricaPort Elizabeth International Airport
28MoroccoAgadir–Al Massira Airport
29UgandaEntebbe International Airport
30TunisiaDjerba–Zarzis International Airport
31SpainLa Palma
32EgyptMarsa Alam International Airport
33Cabo VerdeAmílcar Cabral International Airport
34MoroccoTangier Ibn Battouta Airport

2016 statistics

CountryAirportIATAICAOCity2016
1South AfricaO.R. Tambo International Airport
2EgyptCairo International Airport
3South AfricaCape Town International Airport
4EthiopiaBole International Airport
5MoroccoMohammed V International Airport
6AlgeriaHouari Boumediene Airport
7KenyaJomo Kenyatta International Airport
8NigeriaMurtala Muhammed International Airport
9South AfricaKing Shaka International Airport
10TunisiaTunis-Carthage Airport
11NigeriaNnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
12MoroccoMarrakesh Menara Airport
13MauritiusSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
14SudanKhartoum International Airport
15EgyptHurghada International Airport
16EgyptBorg El Arab Airport
17TanzaniaJulius Nyerere International Airport
18GhanaKotoka International Airport
19FranceRoland Garros Airport
20SenegalLéopold Sédar Senghor International Airport
21Ivory CoastFélix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport
22EgyptSharm El Sheikh International Airport
23AlgeriaAhmed Ben Bella Airport
24South AfricaPort Elizabeth International Airport
25UgandaEntebbe International Airport
26MoroccoAgadir–Al Massira Airport
27KenyaMoi International Airport
28TunisiaDjerba–Zarzis International Airport
29ZambiaKenneth Kaunda International Airport
30SeychellesSeychelles International Airport
31NigeriaPort Harcourt International Airport
32TanzaniaAbeid Amani Karume International Airport
33Republic of the CongoMaya-Maya Airport
34GabonLéon-Mba International Airport
35Cabo VerdeAmílcar Cabral International Airport
36CameroonDouala International Airport
37MoroccoFès–Saïs Airport
38MozambiqueMaputo International Airport
39MoroccoRabat–Salé Airport
40MoroccoTangier Ibn Battouta Airport
41MadagascarIvato International Airport
42Republic of the CongoAgostinho-Neto International Airport
43Democratic Republic of the CongoN'djili International Airport
44South AfricaEast London Airport
45TunisiaEnfidha–Hammamet International Airport
46TunisiaMonastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport
47TanzaniaKilimanjaro International Airport
48NamibiaHosea Kutako International Airport
49TogoLomé–Tokoin International Airport
50South AfricaGeorge Airport

2014 statistics

CountryAirportIATAICAOCity2014Change
(13-14)
1South AfricaO. R. Tambo International Airport
2EgyptCairo International Airport
3South AfricaCape Town International Airport
4MoroccoMohammed V International Airport
5NigeriaMurtala Muhammed International Airport
6EgyptHurghada International Airport
7EthiopiaBole International Airport
8AlgeriaHouari Boumediene Airport
9KenyaJomo Kenyatta International Airport
10EgyptSharm el-Sheikh International Airport
11TunisiaTunis-Carthage Airport
12South AfricaKing Shaka International Airport
13NigeriaNnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
14MoroccoMarrakesh Menara Airport
15MauritiusSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
16GhanaKotoka International Airport
17EgyptBorg El Arab Airport
18TanzaniaJulius Nyerere International Airport
19TunisiaEnfidha–Hammamet International Airport
20FranceRoland Garros Airport
21TunisiaDjerba–Zarzis International Airport
22SenegalLéopold Sédar Senghor International Airport
23MoroccoAgadir–Al Massira Airport
24UgandaEntebbe International Airport
25AlgeriaAhmed Ben Bella Airport
26KenyaMoi International Airport
27NigeriaPort Harcourt International Airport
28Republic of the CongoMaya-Maya Airport
29South AfricaPort Elizabeth International Airport
30Ivory CoastFélix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport

2013 statistics

CountryAirportIATAICAOCity2013Change
(13/12)
1South AfricaO.R. Tambo International Airport
2EgyptCairo International Airport
3South AfricaCape Town International Airport
4MoroccoMohammed V International Airport
5NigeriaMurtala Muhammed International Airport
6EgyptSharm el-Sheikh International Airport
7EgyptHurghada International Airport
8South AfricaKing Shaka International Airport
9NigeriaNnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
10South AfricaPort Elizabeth Airport

2012 statistics

CountryAirportIATAICAOCity2012Change
(12/11)
1South AfricaO.R. Tambo International Airport
2EgyptCairo International Airport
3South AfricaCape Town International Airport
4MoroccoMohammed V International Airport
5EgyptHurghada International Airport
6NigeriaMurtala Muhammed International Airport
7EgyptSharm el-Sheikh International Airport
8EthiopiaBole International Airport
9KenyaJomo Kenyatta International Airport
10AlgeriaHouari Boumediene Airport
11TunisiaCarthage Airport
12South AfricaKing Shaka International Airport
13NigeriaNnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
14MoroccoMarrakesh Menara Airport
15MauritiusSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
16TunisiaEnfidha–Hammamet International Airport
17TanzaniaJulius Nyerere International Airport
18{{flagcountryFranceRUN
19EgyptBorg El Arab Airport
20TunisiaDjerba-Zarzis Airport
21GhanaKotoka International Airport
22MoroccoAgadir–Al Massira Airport
23South AfricaPort Elizabeth Airport
24TunisiaMonastir International Airport
25NigeriaPort Harcourt International Airport
26EgyptMarsa Alam International Airport

2011 statistics

CountryAirportIATAICAOCity2011Change
(11/10)
1.South AfricaO.R. Tambo International Airport
2.EgyptCairo International Airport
3.South AfricaCape Town International Airport
4.MoroccoMohammed V International Airport
5.NigeriaMurtala Muhammed International Airport
6.EgyptHurghada International Airport
7.KenyaJomo Kenyatta International Airport
8.EgyptSharm el-Sheikh International Airport
9.EthiopiaBole International Airport
10.South AfricaKing Shaka International Airport
11.AlgeriaHouari Boumedienne Airport
12.NigeriaNnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
13.TunisiaCarthage Airport
14.MoroccoMarrakesh Menara Airport
15.MauritiusSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
16.{{flagcountryFranceRUN
17.SenegalLéopold Sédar Senghor International Airport
18.TanzaniaJulius Nyerere International Airport
19.TunisiaDjerba–Zarzis International Airport
20.GhanaKotoka International Airport
21.MoroccoAgadir–Al Massira Airport
22.South AfricaPort Elizabeth Airport
23.TunisiaEnfidha–Hammamet International Airport
24.NigeriaPort Harcourt International Airport
25.TunisiaMonastir International Airport

2010 statistics

CountryAirportIATAICAOCity2010Change
(10/09)
1.South AfricaO.R. Tambo International Airport
2.EgyptCairo International Airport
3.EgyptSharm el-Sheikh International Airport
4.South AfricaCape Town International Airport
5.EgyptHurghada International Airport
6.MoroccoMohammed V International Airport
7.NigeriaMurtala Muhammed International Airport
8.KenyaJomo Kenyatta International Airport
9.South AfricaKing Shaka International Airport
10.EthiopiaBole International Airport
11.NigeriaNnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
12.MoroccoMarrakesh Menara Airport
13.MauritiusSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
14.{{flagcountryFranceRUN
15.SenegalLéopold Sédar Senghor International Airport
16.MoroccoAgadir–Al Massira Airport
17.TanzaniaJulius Nyerere International Airport
18.South AfricaPort Elizabeth Airport
19.GhanaKotoka International Airport
20.NigeriaPort Harcourt International Airport
21.South AfricaLanseria International Airport

2009 statistics

CountryAirportIATAICAOCity2009Change
(09/08)Worldwide
ranking
1.South AfricaOR Tambo International Airport
2.EgyptCairo International Airport
4.South AfricaCape Town International Airport
5.EgyptSharm el-Sheikh International Airport
6.EgyptHurghada International Airport
7.MoroccoMohammed V International Airport
8.NigeriaMurtala Muhammed International Airport
9.KenyaJomo Kenyatta International Airport
10.AlgeriaHouari Boumedienne Airport
11.South AfricaDurban International Airport
12.TunisiaCarthage Airport
13.TunisiaMonastir International Airport
14.EthiopiaBole International Airport
15.NigeriaNnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
16.MoroccoMarrakesh Menara Airport
17.TunisiaDjerba–Zarzis International Airport
18.AngolaQuatro de Fevereiro Airport
19.MauritiusSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
20.SudanKhartoum International Airport
21.EgyptLuxor International Airport
22.{{flagcountryFranceRUN
23.SenegalLéopold Sédar Senghor International Airport
24.MoroccoAgadir–Al Massira Airport
25.TanzaniaJulius Nyerere International Airport
26.GhanaKotoka International Airport
27.South AfricaPort Elizabeth Airport
28.KenyaMoi International Airport
29.AlgeriaOran Es Sénia Airport
30.EgyptAlexandria International Airport
31.NigeriaPort Harcourt International Airport
32.Ivory CoastPort Bouet Airport
33.EgyptAswan International Airport
34.Republic of the CongoMaya-Maya Airport
35.GabonLibreville International Airport
36.CameroonDouala International Airport
37.NamibiaHosea Kutako International Airport
38.South AfricaEast London Airport
39.Democratic Republic of the CongoN'djili Airport
40.MozambiqueMaputo International Airport
41.MoroccoTangier Ibn Battouta Airport
42.ZambiaLusaka International Airport
43.MaliBamako–Sénou International Airport
44.ZimbabweHarare International Airport
45.MadagascarIvato International Airport
46.TanzaniaAbeid Amani Karume International Airport
47.MoroccoFes–Saïss Airport
48.South AfricaGeorge Airport
49.AlgeriaOued Irara–Krim Belkacem Airport
50.TanzaniaKilimanjaro International Airport

2008 statistics

CountryAirportIATAICAOCity2008Change
(08/07)
1.South AfricaOR Tambo International Airport
2.EgyptCairo International Airport
3.South AfricaCape Town International Airport
4.EgyptSharm el-Sheikh International Airport
5.EgyptHurghada International Airport
6.MoroccoMohammed V International Airport
7.NigeriaMurtala Muhammed International Airport
8.KenyaJomo Kenyatta International Airport
9.South AfricaDurban International Airport
10.TunisiaMonastir International Airport
11.TunisiaCarthage Airport
12.AlgeriaHouari Boumedienne Airport
13.EthiopiaBole International Airport
14.MoroccoMarrakesh Menara Airport
15.NigeriaNnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
16.TunisiaDjerba-Zarzis Airport
17.MauritiusSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
18.SudanKhartoum International Airport
19.AngolaQuatro de Fevereiro Airport
20.EgyptLuxor International Airport
21.SenegalYoff Airport
22.{{flagcountryFranceRUN
23.TanzaniaJulius Nyerere International Airport
24.South AfricaPort Elizabeth Airport
25.GhanaKotoka International Airport
26.EgyptAswan International Airport
27.EgyptAlexandria International Airport

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