Among the top 20 busiest airports in Africa, the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos has been rated 9th with passenger traffic of 4,450,000.

The South African Johannesburg airport topped with 19,457,498 passenger traffic.

According to the Airport International Council (ACI) report for 2007, Murtala Muhammed Airport recorded an increase of 15.8 percent in growth, ranking it 6th in terms of percentage growth.

Also the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja is 17th with 2,200,000 representing 9.4 percent.

Two South African Airports, the OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg with 19,457,498, and Cape Town International Airport, Cape Town, with 8,426,618, came first and third respectively, while Cairo International Airport, Egypt with 12,577,524 is second.

Other airports are Sharm el-Sheik International Airport 4th position, Egypt, Sharm el-Sheik, 6,424,851, Hurghada International Airport, Hurghada, Egypt fifth position; 5,947,616 and sixth placed Mohammed V International Airport, Casablanca, Morocco.

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi 4.8million; Durban International Airport, South Africa 4.7 million; Monastir International Airport, Tunisia 4.2 million; Carthage Airport 3.9million; Houari Boumedienne Airport, Algeria 3.8 million and Marrakech-Menara Airport 3.03million.

others are Bole International Airport , Ethiopia 2.8 million; Sir Seewoosgur Ramgoolam, Mauritius 2.56million; Djerba-Zarzia Airport , Tunisia 2.55 million; Tripoli International Airport , Libya 2.13 million; Yoff Airprot , Senegal 2.1 million and Luxor International Airprot 1.9million.