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This list of the largest airports in Africa includes all airports in Africa with a passenger volume of more than 2 million per calendar year.
The African airports include all airports that are geographically located in Africa. Those in the outskirts of non-African countries are written in italics .
Passenger volume
Rank 2016
Airport
city
country
Passengers 2016
Passengers 2017
1.
OR Tambo International Airport
Johannesburg
South Africa South Africa
20,803,950
2.
Cairo International Airport
Cairo
Egypt Egypt
16,468,082
15,959,076 ▼
3.
Aeropuerto de Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria
Spain Spain
12.093.645
13.092.475 ▲
4th
Aeropuerto de Tenerife Sur Reina Sofía
Tenerife
Spain Spain
10,472,404
11,248,882 ▲
5.
Cape Town International Airport
Cape Town
South Africa South Africa
10,090,418
6th
Bole International Airport
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia Ethiopia
8,730,600
10,072,828 ▲
7th
Aéroport international de Mohammed V - Nouasseur
Casablanca
Morocco Morocco
8,616,981
9,357,427 ▲
8th.
Aéroport Houari Boumedienne
Algiers
Algeria Algeria
7,572,758
9.
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
Nairobi
Kenya Kenya
7,111,501
10.
Aeropuerto de Lanzarote
Lanzarote
Spain Spain
6,683,966
7,388,964 ▲
11.
Murtala Mohammed International Airport
Lagos
Nigeria Nigeria
6,324,847
12.
Aeropuerto de Fuerteventura
Fuerteventura
Spain Spain
5,676,817
6,049,291 ▲
13.
King Shaka International Airport
Durban
South Africa South Africa
5,192,315
14th
Aéroport International de Tunis-Carthage
Tunis
Tunisia Tunisia
4,928,438
15th
Aeropuerto de Tenerife North
Tenerife
Spain Spain
4,219,191
4,706,827 ▲
16.
Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
Abuja
Nigeria Nigeria
4,191,251
17th
Aeroport Marrakech-Menara
Marrakech
Morocco Morocco
3,895,647
4,359,865 ▲
18th
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport of Mauritius
Port Louis
Mauritius Mauritius
3,197,308
19th
Khartoum International Airport
Khartoum
Sudan Sudan
3,142,751
20th
Hurghada International Airport
Hurghada
Egypt Egypt
2,906,907
4,730,232 ▲
21st
Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport
Sharm El Sheikh
Egypt Egypt
2,985,035
21st
Castle al-ʿArab International Airport
Alexandria
Egypt Egypt
2,642,059
2,207,723 ▼
22nd
Julius Nyerere International Airport
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania Tanzania
2,469,356
23.
Kotoka International Airport
Accra
Ghana Ghana
2,381,917
2,294,689 ▼
24.
Aéroport de La Réunion Roland Garros
St. Denis
Reunion Reunion
2.107.270
See also
Individual evidence
↑ Annual World Airport Traffic Dataset, 2017. Airports Council International, 2017.
↑ a b c d Statistics. Egyptian Holding Company for Airports and Air Navigation. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
↑ a b c d e TRÁFICO DE PASAJEROS, OPERACIONES Y CARGA EN LOS AEROPUERTOS ESPAÑOLES. AENA, 2017.
↑ Asia dominates list of fastest-growing airports. Routes online. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
↑ a b Trafic Aérien de l'année 2017: Les Aéroports du Maroc franchissent pour la première fois le cap de 20 millions de passagers. ONDA, January 22, 2018.
^ Kotoka International Airport. Ghana Airports Company, 2017.
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