Eastern Africa

Eastern Africa has 74 airports with published data across 19 countries. Jomo Kenyatta, the busiest airport in Eastern Africa, had 8,819 arrivals and departures in September 2026, according to Avionio.

Source: Avioniocollected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count

Flights (arrivals + departures)

September 2026
September 2026

September 2026 — based on 16 of the 19 countries in this region, 55 airports. Countries measured a different way are not in this table; see their own pages.

collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
  1. Jomo Kenyatta International AirportKenya 8,819
  2. Addis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia 7,164
  3. Abeid Amani Karume International AirportTanzania 4,824
  4. Julius Nyerere International AirportTanzania 4,657
  5. Arusha AirportTanzania 2,885
  6. Kenneth Kaunda International AirportZambia 2,263
  7. Kilimanjaro International AirportTanzania 2,218
  8. Moi International AirportKenya 2,157
  9. Entebbe International AirportUganda 2,061
  10. Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International AirportMauritius 1,864
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#AirportCountry Flights (arrivals + departures)
01 Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Kenya 8,819
02 Addis Ababa Bole International Airport Ethiopia 7,164
03 Abeid Amani Karume International Airport Tanzania 4,824
04 Julius Nyerere International Airport Tanzania 4,657
05 Arusha Airport Tanzania 2,885
06 Kenneth Kaunda International Airport Zambia 2,263
07 Kilimanjaro International Airport Tanzania 2,218
08 Moi International Airport Kenya 2,157
09 Entebbe International Airport Uganda 2,061
10 Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport Mauritius 1,864
11 Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport Zimbabwe 1,696
12 Kigali International Airport Rwanda 1,493
13 Maputo Airport Mozambique 1,341
14 Kisumu International Airport Kenya 1,200
15 Praslin Island Airport Seychelles 1,140
16 Bahir Dar Airport Ethiopia 842
17 Malindi International Airport Kenya 664
18 Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport Zambia 597
19 Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport Zimbabwe 446
20 Eldoret International Airport Kenya 446
21 Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport Ethiopia 445
22 Kamuzu International Airport Malawi 439
23 Seronera Airport Tanzania 369
24 Beira International Airport Mozambique 359
25 Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport Burundi 350
26 Chileka International Airport Malawi 340
27 Asmara International Airport Eritrea 259
28 Nanyuki Civil Airport Kenya 222
29 Tanga Airport Tanzania 200
30 Victoria Falls International Airport Zimbabwe 181
31 Tete Airport Mozambique 162
32 Solwesi Airport Zambia 109
33 Arrachart Airport Madagascar 94
34 Mwanza International Airport Tanzania 82
35 Morondava Airport Madagascar 80
36 Bender Qassim International Airport Somalia 65
37 Galcaio Airport Somalia 63
38 Bukoba Airport Tanzania 61
39 Gerad Wilwal International Airport Ethiopia 56
40 Gode Airport Ethiopia 55
41 Juba International Airport South Sudan 51
42 Sainte Marie Airport Madagascar 43
43 Toliara Airport Madagascar 37
44 Shire Inda Selassie Airport Ethiopia 36
45 Dembidollo Airport Ethiopia 35
46 Vilankulo Airport Mozambique 35
47 Kamembe Airport Rwanda 32
48 Toamasina Ambalamanasy Airport Madagascar 28
49 Arua Airport Uganda 22
50 Wajir Airport Kenya 16
51 Quelimane Airport Mozambique 16
52 Mafia Airport Tanzania 15
53 Chimoio Airport Mozambique 13
54 Maroantsetra Airport Madagascar 4
55 Lichinga Airport Mozambique 3

Source: Avionio

Every airport in this region

74

All 74 published airports here, not only the ones the table above can rank. 60 have official monthly figures; 14 are counted daily from flight boards. The two are measured differently, so this list does not rank them against each other — each row says how its own figure was measured.

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AirportCountry FigureHow it is measured
Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport Ethiopia 445 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Abeid Amani Karume International Airport Tanzania 4,824 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Addis Ababa Bole International Airport Ethiopia 7,164 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Arrachart Airport Madagascar 94 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Arua Airport Uganda 22 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Arusha Airport Tanzania 2,885 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Asmara International Airport Eritrea 259 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Bahir Dar Airport Ethiopia 842 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Beira International Airport Mozambique 359 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Bender Qassim International Airport Somalia 65 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport Burundi 350 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Bukoba Airport Tanzania 61 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Chileka International Airport Malawi 340 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Chimoio Airport Mozambique 13 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Dembidollo Airport Ethiopia 35 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Dzaoudzi Pamandzi International Airport Mayotte 300 flights (arrivals + departures) · March 2026 · all traffic at the airport
Eldoret International Airport Kenya 446 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Entebbe International Airport Uganda 2,061 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Galcaio Airport Somalia 63 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Gerad Wilwal International Airport Ethiopia 56 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Gode Airport Ethiopia 55 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Kenya 8,819 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport Zimbabwe 446 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Juba International Airport South Sudan 51 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Julius Nyerere International Airport Tanzania 4,657 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Kamembe Airport Rwanda 32 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Kamuzu International Airport Malawi 439 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Kenneth Kaunda International Airport Zambia 2,263 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Kigali International Airport Rwanda 1,493 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Kilimanjaro International Airport Tanzania 2,218 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Kisumu International Airport Kenya 1,200 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Lichinga Airport Mozambique 3 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Mafia Airport Tanzania 15 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Malindi International Airport Kenya 664 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Maputo Airport Mozambique 1,341 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Maroantsetra Airport Madagascar 4 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Moi International Airport Kenya 2,157 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Morondava Airport Madagascar 80 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Mwanza International Airport Tanzania 82 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Nairobi Wilson Airport Kenya 2,316 flights (arrivals + departures) · August 2026 · flights tracked by OpenSky’s volunteer receivers — a partial sample, not an official count
Nanyuki Civil Airport Kenya 222 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Praslin Island Airport Seychelles 1,140 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Quelimane Airport Mozambique 16 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport Zimbabwe 1,696 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Roland Garros Airport Réunion 1,009 flights (arrivals + departures) · March 2026 · all traffic at the airport
Saint-Pierre Pierrefonds Airport Réunion 12 flights (arrivals + departures) · December 2024 · all traffic at the airport
Sainte Marie Airport Madagascar 43 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Seronera Airport Tanzania 369 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Seychelles International Airport Seychelles 319 flights (arrivals + departures) · August 2026 · flights tracked by OpenSky’s volunteer receivers — a partial sample, not an official count
Shire Inda Selassie Airport Ethiopia 36 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport Zambia 597 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport Mauritius 1,864 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Solwesi Airport Zambia 109 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Tanga Airport Tanzania 200 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Tete Airport Mozambique 162 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Toamasina Ambalamanasy Airport Madagascar 28 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Toliara Airport Madagascar 37 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Victoria Falls International Airport Zimbabwe 181 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Vilankulo Airport Mozambique 35 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Wajir Airport Kenya 16 flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Amboseli Airport Kenya 278 scheduled flights · counted daily · 13 days
Arba Minch Airport Ethiopia 79 scheduled flights · counted daily · 13 days
Asosa Airport Ethiopia 134 scheduled flights · counted daily · 13 days
Djibouti-Ambouli Airport Djibouti 219 scheduled flights · counted daily · 13 days
Gondar Airport Ethiopia 184 scheduled flights · counted daily · 13 days
Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport Zambia 172 scheduled flights · counted daily · 12 days
Hawassa International Airport Ethiopia 86 scheduled flights · counted daily · 13 days
Jimma Airport Ethiopia 118 scheduled flights · counted daily · 13 days
Kombolcha Airport Ethiopia 180 scheduled flights · counted daily · 13 days
Manda Airport Kenya 96 scheduled flights · counted daily · 13 days
Mara Serena Lodge Airstrip Kenya 437 scheduled flights · counted daily · 13 days
Mekele Alula Aba Nega Airport Ethiopia 38 scheduled flights · counted daily · 8 days
Nacala International Airport Mozambique 24 scheduled flights · counted daily · 10 days
Nosy Be International Airport Madagascar 120 scheduled flights · counted daily · 12 days

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