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Rankings in Africa
Browse airport, route, and airline ranking pages focused on this continent.
Airport Rankings
Airports in Africa ranked by destination count, highlighting key international gateways and regional hubs that connect cities across the continent and link Africa to global aviation networks.
Africa’s busiest airports ranked by average daily departing flights, highlighting the major aviation gateways and airline hubs that handle the highest levels of flight activity across the continent.
Airports in Africa
77 airports grouped across 40 countries and territories.
Botswana (2)
Botswana (2)
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Maun (MUB)
(Botswana)
8 flights/day to 8 destinations -
Gaborone (GBE)
(Botswana)
15 flights/day to 7 destinations
Burkina Faso (1)
Burkina Faso (1)
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Ouagadougou (OUA)
(Burkina Faso)
10 flights/day to 13 destinations
Cameroon (2)
Cameroon (2)
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Douala (DLA)
(Cameroon)
23 flights/day to 18 destinations -
Yaoundé (NSI)
(Cameroon)
16 flights/day to 14 destinations
Cape Verde (3)
Cape Verde (3)
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Espargos (SID)
(Cape Verde)
11 flights/day to 26 destinations -
Rabil (BVC)
(Cape Verde)
4 flights/day to 16 destinations
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Praia (RAI)
(Cape Verde)
8 flights/day to 10 destinations
Congo (Kinshasa) (1)
Congo (Kinshasa) (1)
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Kinshasa (FIH)
(Congo (Kinshasa))
25 flights/day to 24 destinations
Egypt (8)
Egypt (8)
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Cairo (CAI)
(Egypt)
296 flights/day to 116 destinations -
Hurghada (HRG)
(Egypt)
90 flights/day to 85 destinations
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Sharm el Sheikh (SSH)
(Egypt)
54 flights/day to 66 destinations
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Marsa Alam (RMF)
(Egypt)
17 flights/day to 27 destinations
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Luxor (LXR)
(Egypt)
19 flights/day to 14 destinations
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Giza (SPX)
(Egypt)
10 flights/day to 13 destinations
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Alexandria (HBE)
(Egypt)
1 flights/day to 3 destinations
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Aswan (ASW)
(Egypt)
13 flights/day to 2 destinations
Iraq (3)
Iraq (3)
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Baghdad (BGW)
(Iraq)
2 flights/day to 6 destinations -
Najaf (NJF)
(Iraq)
2 flights/day to 3 destinations
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Basrah (BSR)
(Iraq)
Destination data not available
Kenya (3)
Kenya (3)
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Nairobi (NBO)
(Kenya)
138 flights/day to 65 destinations -
Mombasa (MBA)
(Kenya)
37 flights/day to 16 destinations
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Kisumu (KIS)
(Kenya)
19 flights/day to 5 destinations
Morocco (4)
Morocco (4)
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Casablanca (CMN)
(Morocco)
111 flights/day to 112 destinations -
Marrakech (RAK)
(Morocco)
96 flights/day to 100 destinations
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Agadir (AGA)
(Morocco)
30 flights/day to 58 destinations
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Fes (FEZ)
(Morocco)
18 flights/day to 30 destinations
Namibia (2)
Namibia (2)
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Windhoek (WDH)
(Namibia)
16 flights/day to 10 destinations -
Walvis Bay (WVB)
(Namibia)
3 flights/day to 3 destinations
Nigeria (3)
Nigeria (3)
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Lagos (LOS)
(Nigeria)
114 flights/day to 44 destinations -
Abuja (ABV)
(Nigeria)
93 flights/day to 33 destinations
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Kano (KAN)
(Nigeria)
13 flights/day to 6 destinations
Saudi Arabia (4)
Saudi Arabia (4)
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Jeddah (JED)
(Saudi Arabia)
376 flights/day to 135 destinations -
Riyadh (RUH)
(Saudi Arabia)
273 flights/day to 84 destinations
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Medina (MED)
(Saudi Arabia)
95 flights/day to 68 destinations
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Ad Dammam (DMM)
(Saudi Arabia)
120 flights/day to 44 destinations
South Africa (9)
South Africa (9)
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Johannesburg (JNB)
(South Africa)
290 flights/day to 82 destinations -
Cape Town (CPT)
(South Africa)
127 flights/day to 41 destinations
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Durban (DUR)
(South Africa)
62 flights/day to 14 destinations
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George (GRJ)
(South Africa)
14 flights/day to 5 destinations
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Mpumalanga (MQP)
(South Africa)
14 flights/day to 5 destinations
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Bloemfontain (BFN)
(South Africa)
12 flights/day to 5 destinations
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Port Elizabeth (PLZ)
(South Africa)
21 flights/day to 4 destinations
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Lanseria (HLA)
(South Africa)
14 flights/day to 4 destinations
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East London (ELS)
(South Africa)
11 flights/day to 3 destinations
Tanzania (4)
Tanzania (4)
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Dar es Salaam (DAR)
(Tanzania)
79 flights/day to 40 destinations -
Zanzibar (ZNZ)
(Tanzania)
90 flights/day to 26 destinations
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Arusha (JRO)
(Tanzania)
34 flights/day to 12 destinations
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Arusha (ARK)
(Tanzania)
48 flights/day to 8 destinations
United Arab Emirates (1)
United Arab Emirates (1)
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Abu Dhabi (AUH)
(United Arab Emirates)
228 flights/day to 124 destinations
Zambia (2)
Zambia (2)
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Lusaka (LUN)
(Zambia)
45 flights/day to 21 destinations -
Ndola (NLA)
(Zambia)
12 flights/day to 8 destinations
Zimbabwe (2)
Zimbabwe (2)
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Harare (HRE)
(Zimbabwe)
34 flights/day to 14 destinations -
Victoria Falls (VFA)
(Zimbabwe)
16 flights/day to 8 destinations
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