List of the busiest airports in Africa

This is a list of the busiest airports in Africa by passengers/year (top 20 airports by total passengers/year).

Contents

2010 statistics

Country Airport City 2010 Change
(10/09)
1.  South Africa OR Tambo International Airport Johannesburg 18,383,549[1] 05.4%
2.  Egypt Cairo International Airport Cairo 16,148,480[2] 12.3%
3.  Egypt Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport Sharm el-Sheikh 8,693,990[2] 17.0%
4.  South Africa Cape Town International Airport Cape Town 8,107,648[3] 05.0%
5.  Egypt Hurghada International Airport Hurghada 8,062,652[2] 19.8%
6.  Morocco Mohammed V International Airport Casablanca 7,244,158[4] 13.3%
7.  Nigeria Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos 6,299,257[5] 11.4%
8.  Kenya Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Nairobi 5,485,771[6] 08.0%
9.  South Africa King Shaka International Airport Durban 4,757,800[7] 10.5%
10.  Tunisia Carthage Airport Tunis 4,606,033 07.6%
11.  Nigeria Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja 3,940,000 23.3%
12.  Ethiopia Bole International Airport Addis Ababa 3,780,928 08.1%
13.  Morocco Marrakech-Menara Airport Marrakech 3,438,397 15.0%
14.  Tunisia Monastir International Airport Monastir 3,393,622 10.2%

2009 statistics

Country Airport City 2009 Change
(09/08)
1.  South Africa OR Tambo International Airport Johannesburg 17,444,503[1] 05.7%
2.  Egypt Cairo International Airport Cairo 14,382,042[2] 00.2%
3.  South Africa Cape Town International Airport Cape Town 7,723,975[3] 04.4%
4.  Egypt Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport Sharm el-Sheikh 7,430,940[2] 04.2%
5.  Egypt Hurghada International Airport Hurghada 6,730,087[2] 00.2%
6.  Morocco Mohammed V International Airport Casablanca 6,392,789 03.0%
7.  Nigeria Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos 5,654,122 09.1%
8.  Kenya Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Nairobi 5,077,968[6] 05.0%
9.  Algeria Houari Boumedienne Airport Algiers 4,474,970 08.4%
10.  South Africa Durban International Airport Durban 4,304,729[7] 03.5%
11.  Tunisia Carthage Airport Tunis 4,257,455 00.8%
12.  Tunisia Monastir International Airport Monastir 3,831,924 10.1%
13.  Ethiopia Bole International Airport Addis Ababa 3,497,847 13.1%
14.  Nigeria Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja 3,196,438 17.1%
15.  Morocco Marrakech-Menara Airport Marrakech 2,982,151 03.8%
16.  Tunisia Djerba–Zarzis International Airport Djerba 2,457,069 06.3%
17.  Angola Quatro de Fevereiro Airport Luanda 2,430,794 09.4%
18.  Mauritius Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport Mauritius 2,381,810 08.7%
19.  Sudan Khartoum International Airport Khartoum 2,178,097 08.0%
20.  Egypt Luxor International Airport Luxor 1,872,070[2] 13.7%

2008 statistics

Country Airport City 2008 Change
(08/07)
1.  South Africa OR Tambo International Airport Johannesburg 18,501,628[1] 04.3%
2.  Egypt Cairo International Airport Cairo 14,360,175[2] 14.2%
3.  South Africa Cape Town International Airport Cape Town 8,077,435[3] 02.9%
4.  Egypt Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport Sharm el-Sheikh 7,758,859[2] 20.8%
5.  Egypt Hurghada International Airport Hurghada 6,743,199[2] 13.4%
6.  Morocco Mohammed V International Airport Casablanca 6,209,711 06.0%
7.  Nigeria Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos 5,136,697 23.5%
8.  Kenya Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Nairobi 4,922,542 03.0%
9.  South Africa Durban International Airport Durban 4,458,715[7] 07.1%
10.  Tunisia Monastir International Airport Monastir ~4,314,040 00.8%
11.  Algeria Houari Boumedienne Airport Algiers 4,200,000 06.0%
12.  Tunisia Carthage Airport Tunis ~4,068,233 03.5%
13.  Morocco Marrakech-Menara Airport Marrakech 3,100,495 01.6%
14.  Ethiopia Bole International Airport Addis Ababa 3,092,186 [8] 09.0%
15.  Libya Tripoli International Airport Tripoli ~3,070,200 42.8%
16.  Tunisia Djerba-Zarzis Airport Djerba ~2,626,742 02.8%
17.  Mauritius Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport Plaisance 2,609,805 01.8%
18.  Nigeria Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja ~2,354,000 07.0%
19.  Senegal Yoff Airport Dakar ~2,205,000 05.0%
20.  Egypt Luxor International Airport Luxor 2,168,700[2] 09.7%

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See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "O.R. Tambo Airport Passenger Statistics". Airports Company South Africa. http://www.acsa.co.za/home.asp?pid=133. Retrieved 15 December 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "EHCAAN Statistics". Egyptian Holding Company for Airport and Air Navigation. http://www.ehcaan.com/statistics.aspx. Retrieved 15 December 2011. 
  3. ^ a b c "Cape Town International Airport Passenger Statistics". Airports Company South Africa. http://www.acsa.co.za/home.asp?pid=137. Retrieved 15 December 2011. 
  4. ^ "European Airport Traffic Trends". Anna.aero. http://www.anna.aero/european-airport-traffic-trends. Retrieved 15 December 2011. 
  5. ^ http://nationalmirroronline.net/business/business-and-finance/15121.html
  6. ^ a b "KAA Airport Statistics". Kenya Airports Authority. http://www.kenyaairports.co.ke/kaa/about/airport_statistics.html. Retrieved 16 December 2011. 
  7. ^ a b c "Durban International Airport Passenger Statistics". Airports Company South Africa. http://www.acsa.co.za/home.asp?pid=141. Retrieved 16 December 2011. 
  8. ^ http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/National%20statistics/national%20statistics%202008/Section_H_Transport&%20communication.pdf

External links

10 Biggest African Airports
Lists of the busiest airports by continent