The latest report by Airports Council International has ranked the Nairobi facility as the fourth busiest airport in the continent.
Johannesburg International Airport (South Africa) has been named the busiest airport in Africa, handling at least 281 passenger flights on average per day.
Cairo International Airport (Egypt) and Bole International Airport in Ethiopia are ranked second and third busiest airports in the region.
Nairobi's JKIA and South Africa's Cape Town International Airport close the list of top five airports with highest operations.
Airports Council International used the total number of passenger flights and direct-transit passengers to rank the facilities.
JKIA is the largest airport in Kenya and currently handles around 126 passenger flights daily, the report shows.
The national carrier, Kenya Airways is the largest airline at the airport with about 462 scheduled take-offs every week.
The airport was granted Category One status in 2017 and attained the Last Point of Departure status in 2018, allowing Kenya Airways and other airlines to fly directly to the United States.
Busiest airports in Africa:
- South Africa, O. R. Tambo International Airport - Johannesburg
- Egypt, Cairo International Airport - Cairo
- Ethiopia, Bole International Airport - Addis Ababa
- South Africa, Cape Town International Airport - Cape Town
- Morocco, Mohammed V International Airport - Casablanca
- Algeria, Houari Boumediene Airport - Algiers
- Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport - Nairobi
- Egypt, Hurghada International Airport - Hurghada
- Nigeria, Murtala Muhammed International Airport - Lagos
- Tunisia, Tunis Carthage Airport - Tunis
- South Africa, King Shaka International Airport - Durban
- Morocco, Marrakesh Menara Airport - Marrakesh
- Mauritius, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport - Port Louis
- Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh International Airport - Sharm El Sheikh
- Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport - Abuja
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