The largest airports in Africa, ranked by longest runway.
| # | Airport | Country | Longest runway |
| 1 | Upington Airport | South Africa | 16,076 ft |
| 2 | Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport | Zimbabwe | 15,502 ft |
| 3 | Mmabatho International Airport | South Africa | 15,157 ft |
| 4 | Hwange National Park Airport | Zimbabwe | 15,091 ft |
| 5 | Hosea Kutako International Airport | Namibia | 15,010 ft |
| 6 | O.R. Tambo International Airport | South Africa | 14,495 ft |
| 7 | Berbera Airport | Somalia | 13,582 ft |
| 8 | Jomo Kenyatta International Airport | Kenya | 13,507 ft |
| 9 | Merowe Airport | Sudan | 13,186 ft |
| 10 | Hurghada International Airport | Egypt | 13,171 ft |
| 11 | Cairo International Airport | Egypt | 13,124 ft |
| 12 | Sir Seretse Khama International Airport | Botswana | 13,123 ft |
| 13 | Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport | Angola | 13,123 ft |
| 14 | Victoria Falls International Airport | Zimbabwe | 13,123 ft |
| 15 | Ndjili International Airport | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 13,123 ft |
| 16 | Eastgate Airport / Air Force Base Hoedspruit | South Africa | 13,094 ft |
| 17 | Kenneth Kaunda International Airport | Zambia | 12,998 ft |
| 18 | Murtala Muhammed International Airport | Nigeria | 12,794 ft |
| 19 | Laghouat - Molay Ahmed Medeghri Airport | Algeria | 12,486 ft |
| 20 | Addis Ababa Bole International Airport | Ethiopia | 12,467 ft |
| 21 | Béchar Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi Airport | Algeria | 12,245 ft |
| 22 | Mohammed V International Airport | Morocco | 12,205 ft |
| 23 | Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport | Angola | 12,190 ft |
| 24 | Bayelsa International Airport | Nigeria | 12,139 ft |
| 25 | King Shaka International Airport | South Africa | 12,139 ft |
| 26 | Catumbela Airport | Angola | 12,139 ft |
| 27 | Egal International Airport | Somalia | 12,139 ft |
| 28 | Kismayo Airport | Somalia | 12,139 ft |
| 29 | Maputo Airport | Mozambique | 12,008 ft |
| 30 | Kufra Airport | Libya | 12,007 ft |
| 31 | Entebbe International Airport | Uganda | 12,000 ft |
| 32 | Capital International Airport | Egypt | 11,980 ft |
| 33 | Sphinx International Airport | Egypt | 11,975 ft |
| 34 | Cairo West Air Base | Egypt | 11,939 ft |
| 35 | Boufarik Air Base | Algeria | 11,883 ft |
| 36 | Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport | Nigeria | 11,842 ft |
| 37 | Al Abraq International Airport | Libya | 11,824 ft |
| 38 | Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport | Algeria | 11,811 ft |
| 39 | Oran Es-Sénia (Ahmed Ben Bella) International Airport | Algeria | 11,811 ft |
| 40 | Akwa Ibom International Airport | Nigeria | 11,811 ft |
| 41 | King Mswati III International Airport | Eswatini | 11,811 ft |
| 42 | Banjul International Airport | Gambia | 11,811 ft |
| 43 | Mekele Alula Aba Nega Airport | Ethiopia | 11,811 ft |
| 44 | Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport | Burundi | 11,811 ft |
| 45 | Ghat Airport | Libya | 11,811 ft |
| 46 | Ghadames Airport | Libya | 11,811 ft |
| 47 | Kilimanjaro International Airport | Tanzania | 11,811 ft |
| 48 | Sirt International Airport / Ghardabiya Airbase | Libya | 11,807 ft |
| 49 | Mecheria Airport | Algeria | 11,780 ft |
| 50 | Sabha Airport | Libya | 11,778 ft |
| 51 | Benina International Airport | Libya | 11,732 ft |
| 52 | Grootfontein Airport | Namibia | 11,680 ft |
| 53 | Kamuzu International Airport | Malawi | 11,614 ft |
| 54 | Bani Sweif Air Base | Egypt | 11,565 ft |
| 55 | Assab International Airport | Eritrea | 11,531 ft |
| 56 | Houari Boumediene Airport | Algeria | 11,483 ft |
| 57 | Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport | Zambia | 11,483 ft |
| 58 | Menongue Airport | Angola | 11,483 ft |
| 59 | Walvis Bay International Airport | Namibia | 11,483 ft |
| 60 | Bangoka International Airport | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 11,483 ft |