This airport in Africa is the busiest with millions of passengers flying from its runways each year.
Egypt’s Cairo International Airport is on course to retain its spot as Africa’s busiest airport in 2023, reports TRT Afrika.
The airport chartered 309 flights a day in 2022, says Egypt Today.
The airport boasts passenger traffic of around 20 million, says Airports Council International (ACI).
Data from the Egyptian Civil Aviation Ministry shows that in 2023, it processed more than 26 million passengers.
In second spot is the OR Tambo International Airport in Gauteng Province which came second in Africa, processing nearly 14.8 million passengers in total.
Cape Town International Airport came third, processing nearly 7.9 million passengers.
In fourth place is a Moroccan airport – Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca, with 7.6 million passengers in 2022.
Earning a place in the top five, Hurghada International Airport in Egypt processed nearly 7.2 million passengers to take the fifth spot.
In its report, the ACI said: “All the top ten airports in terms of total passengers represented 50% of overall passenger traffic in Africa in 2022.”
Africa’s 10 busiest airports based on total passenger traffic are:
1. Cairo International Airport (Egypt) – 20m
2. OR Tambo International Airport (South Africa) – 14.8m
3. Cape Town International Airport (South Africa) – 7.9m
4. Mohammed V Airport (Morocco) – 7.6m
5. Hurghada International Airport (Egypt) – 7.2m
6. Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (Ethiopia) – 6.7m
7. Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (Kenya) – 6.56m
8. Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos (Nigeria) – 6.53m
9. Alger Houari Boumédiene Airport (Algeria) – 6.3m
10. Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (Nigeria) – 6m
Africa’s 10 airports with highest number of aircraft movement both into and out of the facility are:
1. OR Tambo International Airport (South Africa) – 174,624
2. Cairo International Airport (Egypt) – 163,579
3. Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (Ethiopia) – 108,244
4. Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (Kenya) – 93,983
5. Murtala Muhammed Airport (Nigeria) – 93,979
6. Wilson Airport (Kenya) – 90,689
7. Cape Town International Airport (South Africa) – 88,183
8. Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (Nigeria) – 88,042
9. Mohammed V Airport (Morocco) – 68,362
10. Alger Houari Boumédiene Airport (Algeria) – 57,790
