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Lagos (DNMM)

Pilots taking part in events that depart from or arrive at DNMM should make themselves familiar with this briefing page as well as with all existing charts.

Overview

  • Lagos Murtala Mohammed Airport is an international airport located in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria, and is the major airport serving the entire state.

  • The airport has 2 parallel runways 18R and 18L.

Charts

  • Unfortunately, no charts are publicly available.

Frequencies

Position Callsign Frequency Remarks
DNMM_ATIS Lagos ATIS 123.800 -
DNMM_DEL Lagos Delivery 119.100 EVENTS ONLY
DNMM_GND Lagos Ground 121.900 -
DNMM_E_GND Lagos Ground 121.100 EVENTS ONLY
DNMM_TWR Lagos Tower 118.100 -
DNKK_APP Lagos Approach 124.700 -
DNMM_CTR Lagos Control 120.900 -
DNKK_CTR Kano East 124.100 Bandbox

Departure Briefing

Clearance Delivery

  • DNMM does not have a real world Delivery position but one has been created on VATSIM, particularly for busy events. If offline, contact Ground for Delivery Clearance.

  • If you're parked East of runway 18L, you will depart from runway 18L. If parked at the Main International Apron, you will depart runway 18R.

  • When requesting IFR clearance, please provide your Aircraft Type, Stand Number and ATIS letter.

Departure Procedures

  • Comply with your assigned departure procedure and do not climb above your initial Climb Altitude unless instructed so.

  • You may be given intermediate climb instructions due to traffic. Do not climb above any assigned flight level.

  • Comply with any speed restrictions if provided. They are important to maintain adequate separation between traffic.

  • When approaching the runway, you'll be asked to report fully ready for departure. That means that when given line-up or take-off clearance, you're expected to be ready to do so without delay. If you need more time, please advise the tower.

  • You may be transferred from Tower directly to Accra Control.

Ground Operations

  • DNMM_GND will be the Position responsible for providing push-back and taxiing instructions.

  • Remember to squawk Mode C before taxiing.

  • If told to monitor a frequency, you're expected to tune in the frequency but not to contact the controller. He will contact you when able.

  • When approaching the runway, you'll be asked to report fully ready for departure. That means that when given line-up or take-off clearance, you're expected to be ready to do so without delay. If you need more time, please advise the tower.

Code F Restrictions

  • DNMM is Code F compliant.

  • Code F aircraft should avoid taxiway C.

  • Code F aircraft should park at the International Terminal.

Departure Timeline

  • For Cross Africa, your slot time is represented as a CTOT (Calculated Take Off Time). You'll be expected to push-back at TOBT (Target Off Block Time) between 15 and 20 minutes before CTOT (depending on how the traffic is flowing at that time).

  • As far as Clearance is concerned, you can request it at any time before TOBT, as long as you'll be ready for push-back at TOBT. We suggest you request your clearance at least 15 minutes before TOBT.

  • You should not need to connect to the network more than 60 minutes before your CTOT.

Arrival Briefing

Arrivals and Approaches

  • As your flight is approaching DNMM, please make yourself familiar with the arrival and approach procedures for Lagos.

  • All pilots expect Runway 18L or 18R for landing. For Cross Africa, we'll be using Runway 18R to land, expect the ILS.

  • Pilots should plan for the BUDSI1N arrival, landing for Runway 18R.

  • On initial contact with Kano, you will be told the landing runway and the arrival.

Parking and Ground Operations

  • When landing, pilots are advised to vacate as quickly as possible to allow for smooth operation.

  • If a pilot vacates via A3 or A4, continue taxi via A, no further than F.

  • If needed, Tower will taxi no further than F, before being handed off to Ground for stand allocation.

From: VATSSA eAIP

Last update: 16/02/2026 17:26Z