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Largest airports in Africa

The largest airports in Africa, ranked by longest runway.

#AirportCountryLongest runway
1Upington AirportSouth Africa16,076 ft
2Robert Gabriel Mugabe International AirportZimbabwe15,502 ft
3Mmabatho International AirportSouth Africa15,157 ft
4Hwange National Park AirportZimbabwe15,091 ft
5Hosea Kutako International AirportNamibia15,010 ft
6O.R. Tambo International AirportSouth Africa14,495 ft
7Berbera AirportSomalia13,582 ft
8Jomo Kenyatta International AirportKenya13,507 ft
9Merowe AirportSudan13,186 ft
10Hurghada International AirportEgypt13,171 ft
11Cairo International AirportEgypt13,124 ft
12Sir Seretse Khama International AirportBotswana13,123 ft
13Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International AirportAngola13,123 ft
14Victoria Falls International AirportZimbabwe13,123 ft
15Ndjili International AirportDemocratic Republic of the Congo13,123 ft
16Eastgate Airport / Air Force Base HoedspruitSouth Africa13,094 ft
17Kenneth Kaunda International AirportZambia12,998 ft
18Murtala Muhammed International AirportNigeria12,794 ft
19Laghouat - Molay Ahmed Medeghri AirportAlgeria12,486 ft
20Addis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia12,467 ft
21Béchar Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi AirportAlgeria12,245 ft
22Mohammed V International AirportMorocco12,205 ft
23Quatro de Fevereiro International AirportAngola12,190 ft
24Bayelsa International AirportNigeria12,139 ft
25King Shaka International AirportSouth Africa12,139 ft
26Catumbela AirportAngola12,139 ft
27Egal International AirportSomalia12,139 ft
28Kismayo AirportSomalia12,139 ft
29Maputo AirportMozambique12,008 ft
30Kufra AirportLibya12,007 ft
31Entebbe International AirportUganda12,000 ft
32Capital International AirportEgypt11,980 ft
33Sphinx International AirportEgypt11,975 ft
34Cairo West Air BaseEgypt11,939 ft
35Boufarik Air BaseAlgeria11,883 ft
36Nnamdi Azikiwe International AirportNigeria11,842 ft
37Al Abraq International AirportLibya11,824 ft
38Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok AirportAlgeria11,811 ft
39Oran Es-Sénia (Ahmed Ben Bella) International AirportAlgeria11,811 ft
40Akwa Ibom International AirportNigeria11,811 ft
41King Mswati III International AirportEswatini11,811 ft
42Banjul International AirportGambia11,811 ft
43Mekele Alula Aba Nega AirportEthiopia11,811 ft
44Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International AirportBurundi11,811 ft
45Ghat AirportLibya11,811 ft
46Ghadames AirportLibya11,811 ft
47Kilimanjaro International AirportTanzania11,811 ft
48Sirt International Airport / Ghardabiya AirbaseLibya11,807 ft
49Mecheria AirportAlgeria11,780 ft
50Sabha AirportLibya11,778 ft
51Benina International AirportLibya11,732 ft
52Grootfontein AirportNamibia11,680 ft
53Kamuzu International AirportMalawi11,614 ft
54Bani Sweif Air BaseEgypt11,565 ft
55Assab International AirportEritrea11,531 ft
56Houari Boumediene AirportAlgeria11,483 ft
57Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International AirportZambia11,483 ft
58Menongue AirportAngola11,483 ft
59Walvis Bay International AirportNamibia11,483 ft
60Bangoka International AirportDemocratic Republic of the Congo11,483 ft