| | Country | Airport | City | 2009[44] | Change (09/08)[44] | Worldwide ranking[44] |
| 1. | South Africa | OR Tambo International Airport | Johannesburg | 17,607,255 | 05.5% | 74 |
| 2. | Egypt | Cairo International Airport | Cairo | 14,378,842 | 00.1% | 93 |
| 4. | South Africa | Cape Town International Airport | Cape Town | 7,725,223 | 04.4% | 169 |
| 5. | Egypt | Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport | Sharm el-Sheikh | 7,419,467 | 04.2% | 173 |
| 6. | Egypt | Hurghada International Airport | Hurghada | 6,728,291 | 00.2% | 184 |
| 7. | Morocco | Mohammed V International Airport | Casablanca | 6,392,789 | 02.9% | 191 |
| 8. | Nigeria | Murtala Muhammed International Airport | Lagos | 5,654,122 | 09.1% | 209 |
| 9. | Kenya | Jomo Kenyatta International Airport | Nairobi | 5,077,968 | 06.9% | 223 |
| 10. | Algeria | Houari Boumedienne Airport | Algiers | 4,474,970 | 08.4% | 252 |
| 11. | South Africa | Durban International Airport | Durban | 4,310,095 | 03.3% | 255 |
| 12. | Tunisia | Carthage Airport | Tunis | 4,257,323 | 00.9% | 256 |
| 13. | Tunisia | Monastir International Airport | Monastir | 3,831,924 | 010.1% | 272 |
| 14. | Ethiopia | Bole International Airport | Addis Ababa | 3,552,448 | 06.8% | 284 |
| 15. | Nigeria | Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport | Abuja | 3,206,683 | 021.1% | 304 |
| 16. | Morocco | Marrakech-Menara Airport | Marrakech | 2,982,151 | 03.8% | 318 |
| 17. | Tunisia | Djerba–Zarzis International Airport | Djerba | 2,457,069 | 06.3% | 355 |
| 18. | Angola | Quatro de Fevereiro Airport | Luanda | 2,430,794 | 09.4% | 358 |
| 19. | Mauritius | Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport | Mauritius | 2,381,810 | 08.7% | 358 |
| 20. | Sudan | Khartoum International Airport | Khartoum | 2,178,097 | 08.0% | 372 |
| 21. | Egypt | Luxor International Airport | Luxor | 1,847,201 | 014.5% | 388 |
| 22. | France | Roland Garros Airport | Saint-Denis, Réunion | 1,749,958 | 05.8% | 402 |
| 23. | Senegal | Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport | Dakar | 1,554,546 | 013.8% | 431 |
| 24. | Morocco | Agadir–Al Massira Airport | Agadir | 1,456,217[45] | unknown | unknown |
| 25. | Tanzania | Julius Nyerere International Airport | Dar es Salaam | 1,422,846[18] | 07.8% | 455 |
| 26. | Ghana | Kotoka International Airport | Accra | 1,407,734[46] | 03.2% | 456 |
| 27. | South Africa | Port Elizabeth Airport | Port Elizabeth | 1,357,696 | 07.5% | 464 |
| 28. | Kenya | Moi International Airport | Mombasa | 1,113,874 | 025.6% | 504 |
| 29. | Algeria | Oran Es Sénia Airport | Oran | 1,101,797 | 010.8% | 509 |
| 30. | Egypt | Alexandria International Airport | Alexandria | 1,097,905 | 00.4% | 510 |
| 31. | Nigeria | Port Harcourt International Airport | Port Harcourt | 1,080,088 | 024.4% | 517 |
| 32. | Côte d'Ivoire | Port Bouet Airport | Abidjan | 959,960 | 00.5% | 539 |
| 33. | Egypt | Aswan International Airport | Aswan | 863,795 | 022.0% | 563 |
| 34. | Republic of the Congo | Maya-Maya Airport | Brazzaville | 730,013 | 02.1% | 598 |
| 35. | Gabon | Libreville International Airport | Libreville | 721,411 | 01.0% | 602 |
| 36. | Cameroon | Douala International Airport | Douala | 704,765 | 00.7% | 606 |
| 37. | Namibia | Hosea Kutako International Airport | Windhoek | 681,317 | 04.8% | 616 |
| 38. | South Africa | East London Airport | East London | 674,680 | 05.6% | 617 |
| 39. | Democratic Republic of the Congo | N'djili Airport | Kinshasa | 672,347 | 01.4% | 620 |
| 40. | Mozambique | Maputo International Airport | Maputo | 668,706 | 00.1% | 621 |
| 41. | Morocco | Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport | Tangier | 646,370 | 035.9% | 628 |
| 42. | Zambia | Lusaka International Airport | Lusaka | 639,491 | 017.4% | 630 |
| 43. | Mali | Bamako–Sénou International Airport | Bamako | 628,290 | 04.3% | 633 |
| 44. | Zimbabwe | Harare International Airport | Harare | 612,208 | 09.2% | 639 |
| 45. | Madagascar | Ivato International Airport | Antananarivo | 611,175 | 026.3% | 640 |
| 46. | Tanzania | Abeid Amani Karume International Airport | Zanzibar | 539,202 | 04.2% | 666 |
| 47. | Morocco | Fes–Saïss Airport | Fes | 527,180 | 028.8% | 676 |
| 48. | South Africa | George Airport | George | 527,026 | 016.4% | 677 |
| 49. | Algeria | Oued Irara–Krim Belkacem Airport | Hassi Messaoud | 450,036 | 00.1% | 711 |
| 50. | Tanzania | Kilimanjaro International Airport | Arusha, Moshi | 427,159 | 018.2% | 724 |
| 51. | Nigeria | Warri Airport | Osubi | 417,041 | 020.8% | 731 |
| 52. | Morocco | Angads Airport | Oujda | 400,369 | 018.2% | 736 |
| 53. | South Africa | Bloemfontein Airport | Bloemfontein | 399,826 | 03.1% | 738 |
| 54. | Benin | Cadjehoun Airport | Cotonou | 389,029 | 01.4% | 743 |
| 55. | Botswana | Sir Seretse Khama International Airport | Gaborone | 386,313 | 012.7% | 744 |
| 56. | Egypt | Borg El Arab Airport | Borg El Arab | 371,154 | 097.8% | 751 |
| 57. | Nigeria | Akanu Ibiam International Airport | Enugu | 366,592 | 032.8% | 753 |
| 58. | Morocco | Rabat–Salé Airport | Rabat | 352,781 | 05.4% | 760 |
| 59. | Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou Airport | Ouagadougou | 347,308 | 05.3% | 766 |
| 60. | Nigeria | Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport | Kano | 341,367 | 06.0% | 770 |
| 61. | Nigeria | Margaret Ekpo International Airport | Calabar | 316,736 | 015.8% | 783 |
| 62. | Gambia | Banjul International Airport | Banjul | 313,173 | 03.0% | 786 |
| 63. | Nigeria | Benin Airport | Benin | 308,741 | 032.7% | 792 |
| 64. | Morocco | Nador International Airport | Nador | 307,483 | 043.0% | 793 |
| 65. | Malawi | Lilongwe International Airport | Lilongwe | 296,190 | 00.7% | 798 |
| 66. | Equatorial Guinea | Malabo International Airport | Malabo | 283,991 | 030.4% | 809 |
| 67. | Nigeria | Sam Mbakwe Airport | Owerri | 276,926 | 038.4% | 815 |
| 68. | Botswana | Maun Airport | Maun | 272,010 | 013.6% | 818 |
| 69. | Rwanda | Kigali International Airport | Kigali | 266,946 | 03.3% | 823 |
| 70. | Djibouti | Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport | Djibouti | 258,877 | 011.3% | 829 |
| 71. | Egypt | Assiut Airport | Assiut | 257,122 | 021.6% | 834 |
| 72. | Guinea | Conakry International Airport | Conakry | 248,248 | 017.4% | 839 |
| 73. | Togo | Lomé–Tokoin Airport | Lomé | 241,079 | 09.7% | 844 |
| 74. | Tanzania | Mwanza Airport | Mwanza | 224,207 | 02.3% | 857 |
| 75. | Algeria | Soummam – Abane Ramdane Airport | Béjaïa | 223,405 | 010.5% | 858 |
| 76. | Mauritania | Nouakchott International Airport | Nouakchott | 209,932 | 03.0% | 866 |
| 77. | Cameroon | Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport | Yaoundé | 208,973 | 015.3% | 867 |
| 78. | South Africa | Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport | Nelspruit | 208,751 | 015.7% | 868 |
| 79. | Mozambique | Beira Airport | Beira | 185,969 | 014.4% | 888 |
| 80. | Burundi | Bujumbura International Airport | Bujumbura | 177,642 | 06.2% | 895 |
| 81. | Sierra Leone | Lungi International Airport | Freetown | 167,911 | 01.1% | 906 |
| 82. | Nigeria | Kaduna Airport | Kaduna | 167,516 | 014.4% | 907 |
| 83. | Niger | Diori Hamani International Airport | Niamey | 154,460 | 027.3% | 920 |
| 84. | Zambia | Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport | Livingstone | 153,601 | 026.2% | 922 |
| 85. | Comoros | Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport | Moroni | 149,071 | 07.1% | 926 |
| 86. | Algeria | Zenata – Messali El Hadj Airport | Tlemcen | 147,919 | 014.8% | 930 |
| 87. | Mozambique | Nampula Airport | Nampula | 138,905 | 011.8% | 936 |
| 88. | Zimbabwe | Victoria Falls Airport | Victoria Falls | 137,552 | 026.0% | 940 |
| 89. | Liberia | Roberts International Airport | Monrovia | 133,656 | 02.5% | 944 |
| 90. | South Africa | Kimberley Airport | Kimberley | 130,644 | 016.0% | 947 |
| 91. | Tanzania | Arusha Airport | Arusha | 122,621 | 06.1% | 955 |
| 92. | Ethiopia | Alula Aba Nega Airport | Mek'ele | 112,060 | 012.6% | 961 |
| 93. | Morocco | Hassan I Airport | El Aaiún | 109,013[45] | unknown | unknown |
| 94. | Nigeria | Yola Airport | Yola | 108,677 | 0312.0% | 966 |
| 95. | Eritrea | Asmara International Airport | Asmara | 101,455 | 013.5% | 978 |
| 96. | Central African Republic | Bangui M'Poko International Airport | Bangui | 101,099 | 00.2% | 979 |