- IATA
- LOS
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- DNMM
- used by air traffic control
- Opened
- 1979
- per Wikidata
- Passengers
- 5.7M
- in 2021
History & name
Murtala Muhammed International Airport opened in 1979 and honours Murtala Muhammed (1938–1976), a Nigerian politician and general. It lies 16 km from Lagos, handled 5.7 million passengers in 2021 and has two runways, the longer 3,900 m.
Named afterMurtala Muhammed — Nigerian politician and general (1938–1976)
Read more: Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata ↗
At a glance
- Full name
- Murtala Muhammed International Airport
- Serves
- Lagos, Nigeria
- City centre
- 16 km from Lagos
- Opened
- 1979
- Passengers
- 5.7 million in 2021
- Runways
- 2 runways, longest 3,900 m
- Elevation
- 135 ft (41 m)
- Website
- faannigeria.org ↗
Where it sits
6.6°N, 3.3°E puts LOS in the northern hemisphere, 731 km from the equator and 9,276 km from the North pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 487th most northerly, which makes it the 175th most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 6.6°S, 176.7°W. The nearest airport on this site to that point is Funafuti (FUN) in Tuvalu, still 503 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Cotonou Cadjehoun (COO), 106 km away in a straight line. Nothing else on this site is within 100 km.
Distances from LOS
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | LHR | 5,004 km | 6h 43m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
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