Top 15 Busiest Airports In Africa and Their Countries 2022
What’s the busiest Airport in Africa?.
Here is the list rank of Africa’s busiest Airports that get millions of passengers.
The aviation industry in Africa is among the leading and fastest growing as of this year.
Hundreds of millions of people travel in and out of Africa through airplanes each year and the numbers are always going up year after year.
As more airports are being built in different countries in the continent, air transportation is becoming more popular in Africa.
When it comes to African Skies, which are the most busy airports in the continent today?.
Ranked by the percentage of passengers departing and arriving in Africa.
These are the top 15 Africa’s most busy airports today.
With that being said, here are the Busiest Airports operating in Africa right now that transport the highest number of passengers in and out of Africa.
Today, South African Airport, O. R. Tambo International Airport is the leading most busy African Airport transporting over 30 million passengers in a single year.
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Kenya is the busiest Airport in East Africa and Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Nigeria is currently the busiest Airport in West Africa.
Most Busy Airports In Africa:
1. O. R. Tambo International Airport
Country: South Africa 🇿🇦
- 30 million passengers per year
2. Cairo International Airport
Country: Egypt 🇪🇬
- 15 million passengers per year
3. Bole International Airport
Country: Ethiopia 🇪🇹
- 12 million passengers per year
4. Cape Town International Airport
Country: South Africa 🇿🇦
- Around 10 million passengers per year
5. Mohammed V International Airport, Casablanca
Country: Morocco 🇲🇦
- Over 9 million passengers per year
6. Murtala Muhammed International Airport
Country: Nigeria 🇳🇬
- Over 7.5 million passengers per year
7. Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
Country: Kenya 🇰🇪
- 7 million passengers per year
8. Dar es Salaam International Airport
Country: Tanzania 🇹🇿
- 6 million passengers per year
9. Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
Country: Nigeria 🇳🇬
- Over 5 million passengers per year
10. Hurghada International Airport
Country: Egypt 🇪🇬
- Over 5 million passengers per year
11. Menara Airport
Country: Morocco 🇲🇦
12. King Shaka International Airport
Country: South Africa 🇿🇦
13. Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport
Country: Tunisia 🇹🇳
14. Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
Country: Mauritius
15. Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
Country: Nigeria 🇳🇬
These are the busiest airports in Africa that have the hardest working airlines in the continent.
As you can tell from the list above, South Africa has the most busiest airports in Africa.
NB: the number of yearly passengers is an estimated average and might change in different years.
