Top 10 busiest and most rowdy airports in Africa

Research shows that Africa’s best airport is also its busiest. Skytrax awarded Cape Town International the ‘Best Airport in Africa’ for the eighth consecutive year.

However, this airport handles 4.13 passengers per 10 square meters more than any other airport on the continent.

It is probably very rowdy because a lot of tourists visit South Africa, and since 2020, the South African aviation industry has encountered numerous obstacles, ranging from the national carrier South African Airways’ insolvency and governmental rescue to fuel supply issues affecting flights into and out of Cape Town.

Jomo Kenyatta International, located in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, is the second-most congested airport in Africa, with a staggering 4.13 passengers per 10 square meters based on their data. Despite a fire that destroyed its terminal buildings in 2013, the airport has recovered, quadrupling its capacity to 26.5 million passengers.

This airport has 3.30 people per 10 square meters every day.

It turns out that Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos is Africa’s fourth busiest airport with an average of 3.12 daily passengers per 10 square meters (m2).

This airport averages 2.90 daily passengers per square meter.

This airport averages 2.71 people per 10-square meter

There are 2.23 daily passengers in every 10 square meters at Mohammed V International Airport.

It gets less rowdy here, with 1.48 people per 10 square meters.

There is a lot of room at this airport in Algeria, with 0.89 passengers per 10 square meters.

Even though Egypt is one of the most visited countries in Africa, its airport is one of the least congested. It has about 0.86 passengers per 10-square meter.

What’s the busiest airport in the world? El Dorado International Airport in Colombia is the world’s busiest airport, with 14.53 daily passengers per 10 square meters of terminal space.