Murtala Muhammed International Airport safety profile
26 recorded occurrences at or near Murtala Muhammed International Airport (1983–2024): 1 at the airport, 25 nearby; 4 fatal, 329 fatalities.
What happens most
Notable investigated occurrences
- 2012-06-03 — Boeing MD-83, Dana Air (153 fatalities) — 0.0 km
- 2019-06-15 — Air Peace — 15.8 km
- 2018-02-13 — Delta Air Lines — 15.8 km
- 2016-02-03 — 0.0 km
- 2015-08-12 — 10.3 km
Runways
- 18R/36L: 12,794 ft, ASP, lighted
- 18L/36R: 8,997 ft, ASP, lighted
Weather patterns
- Fog: 40.251 days/year
- Thunderstorms: 137.575 days/year
- Snow: 0 days/year
- Crosswind >15kt: 0.155% of observations
- Crosswind >25kt: 0.051% of observations
Counts reflect occurrences geo-attached within 25 km of the airport from our investigation-record corpus; they are not a complete history and are not a safety ranking. A recorded occurrence decades ago says little about operations today.