Murtala Mohammed International Airport opened on 15th March 1979 and was to be known as Lagos International Airport, however its name was changed mid way through construction in honour of General Murtala Ramat Mohammed, a former military head of state, who was assassinated in 1976 during an abortive coup attempt.

The airport caters for over 5.1 million passengers a year and is one of the largest airports in Africa. Despite recently opening a new terminal, the airport, like most of Nigeria, suffers from regular power outages leading some to describe it as 'a death trap'. Recent reports noted that passengers were stranded for 4-6 hours after power failures at the airport.

In this video make a virtual landing at Lagos airport and see Nigeria from the air as you approach the runway.