Western Africa
Western Africa has 49 airports with published data across 16 countries. Nnamdi Azikiwe, the busiest airport in Western Africa, had 5,428 arrivals and departures in September 2026, according to Avionio.
- #1 · Flights (arrivals + departures)5,428Avionio
- Countries16
- Airports49
- Airports with monthly figures44
Source: Avioniocollected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count
Flights (arrivals + departures)
September 2026 September 2026
September 2026 — based on 15 of the 16 countries in this region, 43 airports. Countries measured a different way are not in this table; see their own pages.
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Source: Avionio
Every airport in this region
49All 49 published airports here, not only the ones the table above can rank. 44 have official monthly figures; 4 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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| Airport | Country | Figure | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport | Guinea | 134 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Akanu Ibiam International Airport | Nigeria | 493 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Amílcar Cabral International Airport | Cape Verde | 145 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Aristides Pereira International Airport | Cape Verde | 325 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Asaba International Airport | Nigeria | 507 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Banjul International Airport | Gambia | 116 | flights (arrivals + departures) · August 2026 · flights tracked by OpenSky’s volunteer receivers — a partial sample, not an official count |
| Benin Airport | Nigeria | 576 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Blaise Diagne International Airport | Senegal | 2,053 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Bobo Dioulasso Airport | Burkina Faso | 49 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Cesaria Evora International Airport | Cape Verde | 54 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Cotonou Cadjehoun International Airport | Benin | 583 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Diori Hamani International Airport | Niger | 70 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport | Côte d’Ivoire | 2,193 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Gao International Airport | Mali | 6 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport | Nigeria | 21 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Kaduna International Airport | Nigeria | 49 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Kayes Dag Dag Airport | Mali | 4 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Kotoka International Airport | Ghana | 3,795 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Lomé–Tokoin International Airport | Togo | 1,293 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Lungi International Airport | Sierra Leone | 68 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport | Nigeria | 1,051 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Margaret Ekpo International Airport | Nigeria | 56 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Modibo Keita International Airport | Mali | 770 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Murtala Muhammed International Airport | Nigeria | 3,694 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport | Nigeria | 5,428 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Nouadhibou International Airport | Mauritania | 97 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Ouagadougou Thomas Sankara International Airport | Burkina Faso | 667 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Port Harcourt International Airport | Nigeria | 1,455 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Preguiça Airport | Cape Verde | 12 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Prempeh I International Airport | Ghana | 696 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| RAF Ascension Island | St. Helena | 16 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Roberts International Airport | Liberia | 179 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport | Nigeria | 168 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Saint Helena International Airport | St. Helena | 8 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport | Nigeria | 402 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| San Pedro Airport | Côte d’Ivoire | 26 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Bauchi State International Airport | Nigeria | 40 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Sunyani Airport | Ghana | 31 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| São Filipe Airport | Cape Verde | 6 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Takoradi Airport | Ghana | 93 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Tazadit Airport | Mauritania | 18 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Warri Airport | Nigeria | 326 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Yakubu Tali International Airport | Ghana | 130 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Yola Airport | Nigeria | 30 | flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 · collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count |
| Akure Airport | Nigeria | 101 | scheduled flights · counted daily · 13 days |
| Cap Skirring Airport | Senegal | 39 | scheduled flights · counted daily · 13 days |
| Nelson Mandela International Airport | Cape Verde | 184 | scheduled flights · counted daily · 12 days |
| Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport | Mauritania | — | |
| Zinder Airport | Niger | 7 | scheduled flights · counted daily · 7 days |