The airport is named after Margaret Ekpo, who was one of Nigeria's pioneering feminist and anticolonial activists.

It was commissioned in 1983 by Alhaji Shehu Shagari, then president of Nigeria.

[4] These data show the number of passengers' movements into the airport, according to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria's Aviation Sector Summary Reports.

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