Flights across West Africa
NaN routes and 66 operators across 16 countries Fares and travel times below come from the same engine that answers the search box.
1,052 Flights routes run across West Africa, reaching 34 places in 16 countries through 66 operators On the 16 busiest of them, priced on October 8, 2026, the cheapest fare is €31.41 and the fastest trip is 3h 45m door to door. A median route runs 3,668 km.
Flights in West Africa, in numbers
What we actually sell, counted rather than claimed.
- 1,052Routes we sell
- 294Corridors
- 34Places served
- 16Countries
- 66Operators
- 82Domestic routes
- 192Cross border routes
- 778Routes out of the region
- 3,668 kmMedian route
- 10,489 kmLongest route
How the modes compare across West Africa
Every mode measured on the same 16 corridors in West Africa, priced on October 8, 2026 for one passenger.
| Mode | Corridors priced | From | Door to door | CO2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 16 | €113.42 | 5h | 261.7 kg |
| Train | 1 | €467.84 | 11h 20m | 591.1 kg |
The corridors that matter in West Africa
Ranked by how much service runs, then priced. The country and city pages carry the rest.
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotonou to Lomé flight | €31.41 | 3h 45m | 135 km |
| Mindelo to Praia flight | €36.72 | 3h 56m | 268 km |
| Freetown to Monrovia flight | €46.16 | 4h 3m | 363 km |
| Accra to Lagos flight | €49.70 | 4h 7m | 410 km |
| Abuja to Lagos flight | €60.91 | 4h 17m | 537 km |
| Lomé to Abuja flight | €92.18 | 4h 40m | 764 km |
| Bamako to Abidjan flight | €101.62 | 4h 47m | 917 km |
| N'Djamena to Abuja flight | €109.88 | 4h 53m | 892 km |
| Niamey to Bamako flight | €116.96 | 5h 7m | 1,097 km |
| Espargos to Lisbon flight | €277.44 | 7h 11m | 2,787 km |
| Casablanca to Bamako flight | €288.65 | 7h 5m | 2,333 km |
| Tunis to Nouakchott flight | €325.82 | 7h 57m | 3,296 km |
| Nantes to Dakar flight | €386.59 | 8h 55m | 3,904 km |
| Abuja to Istanbul flight | €414.91 | 9h 38m | 4,133 km |
| Johannesburg to Lagos flight | €526.42 | 10h 11m | 4,501 km |
| Paris to Lomé flight | €547.66 | 9h 46m | 4,752 km |
Countries in West Africa
Every country in West Africa we sell in, most routes first.
| Country | Routes | Places | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 194 | 13 | 33 |
| Cape Verde | 190 | 6 | 23 |
| Senegal | 148 | 13 | 29 |
| Ghana | 114 | 11 | 27 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 92 | 14 | 16 |
| Mali | 68 | 10 | 16 |
| Togo | 68 | 10 | 8 |
| Burkina Faso | 64 | 9 | 10 |
| Gambia | 62 | 9 | 13 |
| Benin | 52 | 7 | 14 |
| Mauritania | 52 | 6 | 8 |
| Guinea | 36 | 6 | 9 |
| Niger | 32 | 5 | 6 |
| Liberia | 28 | 6 | 5 |
| Sierra Leone | 24 | 4 | 5 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 20 | 4 | 3 |
When to book in West Africa
The same search run at seven lead times across 3 corridors in West Africa.
- €712.863 days
- €537.047 days
- €325.8221 days
- €238.5045 days
- €391.3184 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Across the routes we sampled the typical fare is lowest around 45 days ahead, at €238.50.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 67 percent. At the most expensive point the typical fare is €712.86, 3 days out.
How far people travel to get here
Every origin we sell by Flights, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 12 | 1% | Cotonou, 135 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 116 | 11% | Accra, 202 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 166 | 16% | Dakar, 632 km |
| Over 1,500 km | 758 | 72% | Dakar, 1506 km |
Airlines
The carriers with the largest networks inside West Africa.
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Turkish Airlines
Delta Air Lines
Lufthansa
Air France
Vueling Airlines
British Airways
Thomsonfly
Transavia France
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
TUI fly Belgium
Transavia Holland
Qatar Airways
Iberia Airlines
Brussels Airlines
Emirates
Sunclass Airlines
TAP Portugal
ITA Airways
European Air Transport
Royal Air Maroc
Ethiopian Airlines
Etihad Airways
Neos
Luxair
Tunisair
Egyptair
Edelweiss Air
Air Algerie
TUIfly Nordic
Royal Jordanian
Virgin Atlantic Airways
Corendon Dutch Airlines
Kenya Airways
South African Airways
Binter Canarias
Martinair
Corsair
Middle East Airlines
Azores Airlines
TAAG Angola Airlines
Flight destinations
Other ways to travel across West Africa
Common questions about Flights across West Africa
How many Flights routes does Orlero sell across West Africa?
1,052 of them, across 16 countries reaching 34 places through 66 operators
How much does travelling by Flights cost in West Africa?
On the 16 busiest Flights corridors in West Africa, priced on October 8, 2026, the lowest fare is €31.41 and the median is €113.42.
Is Flights the fastest way across West Africa?
On the corridors we priced, flight takes a median of 5h door to door, against 11h 20m by Train. Both figures include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the other end.
Which countries in West Africa have Flights routes we sell?
Nigeria, Cape Verde, Senegal, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Togo, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Benin, Mauritania, Guinea, Niger, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau.
Who runs the Flights services in West Africa?
United Airlines, easyJet, easyJet Europe, Turkish Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Lufthansa, among 66 carriers we sell across West Africa.
When should I book travel across West Africa?
Fares on the corridors we sampled bottom out about 45 days before departure. Booking then rather than 3 days ahead was 67 percent cheaper on this sample.
How far apart are the places we sell in West Africa?
The median route runs 3,668 km in a straight line and the shortest is 135 km. The longest we sell is 10,489 km, from Houston to Lagos.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares
- Regions
- A region is a set of countries, and a route counts for it when either end is inside it. Countries are grouped from their ISO code alone, so the map grows with the data and nothing here is drawn by hand.
- The sample
- Fares, travel times and carbon are measured on the 16 highest ranked corridors in this region, spread across it rather than taken from the top, so the figures describe the region and not its busiest country.