Port Harcourt International Airport — Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Port Harcourt International Airport, coded PHC, sits at Omagwa, about 25 kilometers from the heart of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital that sits at the center of Nigeria's oil and gas industry in the Niger Delta. Much of the airport's traffic historically reflects that economic reality, carrying oil company executives, engineers, and other industry personnel alongside ordinary domestic travelers connecting to Lagos, Abuja, and other Nigerian cities. Port Harcourt earned the nickname Garden City generations ago for its tree-lined streets, a reputation that has coexisted uneasily with the environmental pressures of decades of oil extraction across the surrounding delta wetlands. PHC has periodically faced infrastructure challenges typical of Nigerian aviation, including runway and terminal upgrades needed to keep pace with demand, and international flights connecting the airport with destinations beyond West Africa have varied in availability depending on airline route decisions over time.