Nigeria Getting There

Getting There by Air

The main airline is Virgin Nigeria (website: www.virginnigeria.com).

Approximate Flight Times

From London to Lagos is 7 hours 30 minutes and to New York is 12 hours 10 minutes.

Main Airports

Lagos (LOS) (Murtala Muhammed) is 22km (13 miles) north of Lagos. To/from the airport: Taxis to the city (journey time - 40 minutes) are available. Facilities: Restaurant, bar, snack bar, bank, post office, bureau de change, duty-free shop and car hire.

Note: Pickpockets and con artists, some posing as local immigration and other government officials, are especially common at Murtala Muhammed Airport.

Kano (KAN) is 8km (5 miles) north of Kano. To/from the airport: Taxis are available to the city (journey time - 25 minutes). Facilities: Restaurant, bank, post office, duty-free shop and car hire.

Abuja (ABV) is 35km (22 miles) from the city. To/from the airport: Taxis are available.
Departure Tax
None.

Getting There by Water

Main ports: Lagos, Port Harcourt and Calabar. Other important ports include Warri and Sepele.

Getting There by Road

Links are with Benin, Cameroon, Chad and Niger. The principal trans-Saharan routes pass through Nigeria from Niger. The principal link with Benin is via the Idoroko border point along the good coast road to Lagos.
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