FAAN reopens domestic runway of Lagos airport 14 years after

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, (FAAN) has reopened the domestic runway of Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos to flight operations.

Since 2008, airlines could not land or take off from the domestic runway because there no Runway lights, forcing airlines after landing to taxi from international to domestic airport.

The Runway, technically referred to as Runway 18L/36R was temporarily closed to flight operations on July 8, 2022, to allow for the completion of its ground lighting system.

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In a statement by FAAN, it stated that with the project satisfactorily completed, the runway can now be used for flight operations as necessary safety infrastructure – example approach lights, runway threshold lights, runway centre line lights, runway edge lights have all been fully installed.

“The Authority uses this opportunity to express her appreciation to our stakeholders, particularly the airline operators, for their perseverance, cooperation and collaboration while the project lasted,” FAAN added.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.