Africa’s biggest airport is being built in Ethiopia for $12.5 billion

Flying between African cities forces many travelers to transit outside the continent, through London, Paris or Dubai. But a $12.5 billion airport under construction in Ethiopia could help change that.

Nearly 30 miles southeast of the capital Addis Ababa, works began in January on what Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali described as “the largest aviation infrastructure project in Africa’s history.”

Bishoftu International Airport is scheduled to open in 2030 with two runways and capacity for 60 million passengers a year, with plans to grow to 110 million passengers — more than the world’s busiest airport, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson, which saw 106 million passengers in 2025.

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