BlaakLane.com books a Lagos airport transfer at a fixed fare shown before you confirm. Enter your flight into Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS), your destination and a vehicle class. A named chauffeur tracks the landing, waits 60 minutes free after an international arrival and collects you from the designated pre-arranged car area at your terminal.
How to book a Lagos airport transfer
Use the reservation engine on this page or at book: select Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS), add your flight number and the address, and choose one of nine vehicle classes. The fare is fixed, with no meter and no surge when the Third Mainland Bridge is gridlocked. Add passenger names, a Nigerian or roaming mobile number, and any child seats, which are free on request.
The 24/7 dispatch desk in Toronto hands Lagos trips to a vetted local affiliate operator from the LimousineWorldwide.Directory network, contracted to the BlaakLane.com written standard. The confirmation names the operator, the chauffeur and the vehicle, including the plate, so you can check the car before you get in.
Which terminal will I use in Lagos?
Murtala Muhammed International is operated by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria and has separate international and domestic sides several kilometres apart by road.
- International terminal complex: long-haul and regional international flights, including the newer international terminal building opened in 2022 alongside the original terminal.
- MMA2: a privately operated domestic terminal used by several Nigerian airlines.
- General Aviation Terminal (GAT): the older domestic terminal, used by other domestic carriers.
Because a car sent to the wrong side can lose 20 minutes or more, the flight number in your booking decides where the chauffeur waits.
Where the chauffeur collects you at LOS
The standard service is collection at the area designated for pre-arranged cars outside your terminal's arrivals exit, often in or beside the car park directly opposite. After immigration, bags and customs, call or message the chauffeur, who confirms the exact spot. Check the chauffeur's name and the vehicle plate against your confirmation before loading bags, and do not hand luggage to anyone who is not your named chauffeur or a uniformed airport porter.
To be met at the arrivals exit with a name board, add meet and greet when you book. Add-ons are only available in selected locations, and the booking engine shows whether it applies to LOS at your arrival time.
Visas, immigration and customs timing
Most visitors need a Nigerian visa, now applied for online through the Nigeria Immigration Service. Immigration at the international terminal usually takes 20 to 50 minutes, and evening arrivals from Europe and the Gulf, which cluster between about 5 pm and 10 pm, can take longer. Baggage delivery is often slow, 20 to 45 minutes, and customs may inspect electronics and commercial goods.
The included wait is 60 minutes from the actual landing on international flights and 30 minutes on domestic arrivals. Longer waits are charged per 15-minute block. If your bags are slow, message the chauffeur rather than leaving the terminal to look for the car.
Drive times from Lagos airport
The airport is in Ikeja on the mainland. The islands, where most business and hotel traffic is headed, are reached via the Third Mainland Bridge, the Eko Bridge or the Carter Bridge, and traffic ("go-slow") can be severe. These ranges are typical; evening peaks are the hardest to predict.
| Destination | Off-peak | Weekday peak |
|---|---|---|
| Ikeja GRA and the Ikeja business district | 15 to 25 minutes | 25 to 45 minutes |
| Maryland and Yaba | 25 to 40 minutes | 45 to 75 minutes |
| Ikoyi | 35 to 50 minutes | 60 to 120 minutes |
| Victoria Island | 40 to 55 minutes | 60 to 120 minutes |
| Eko Atlantic City | 45 to 60 minutes | 70 to 130 minutes |
| Lekki Phase 1 | 50 to 70 minutes | 80 to 150 minutes |
| Lekki Free Trade Zone and Dangote refinery area | 90 to 120 minutes | 2 to 3 hours |
Nigeria drives on the right. The Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge and the Lekki toll plazas are on common routes.
Hotels and districts on the islands
Most business visitors stay on Victoria Island or in Ikoyi, where the international hotels, bank headquarters and consulates are concentrated around Adeola Odeku Street, Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue and Bourdillon Road. Eko Atlantic, the reclaimed district beside Victoria Island, is growing quickly with new towers and residences. Lekki Phase 1 has restaurants and newer offices. On the mainland, Ikeja GRA has hotels close to the airport, useful for an early departure or a late arrival.
Rail and water alternatives
The Lagos Rail Mass Transit Blue Line runs from Marina to Mile 2, and the Red Line serves the mainland corridor through Ikeja and towards Agbado; neither reaches the terminals. Ferries cross the lagoon between the mainland and the islands. For arrivals with luggage, and especially late at night, a pre-booked car from the terminal is the standard choice for business travellers.
Security and duty of care in Lagos
Many corporate travel policies set clear rules for Lagos: a pre-booked car with a named, identified chauffeur; a meeting point confirmed by phone; no roadside stops; and direct routes to the islands. These are the basics of every BlaakLane.com pickup here. For principals, executives on high-profile visits or cash-in-transit style risk profiles, secure transportation with trained security drivers, escort vehicles or armoured cars is arranged through vetted partners and confirmed in writing. Corporate accounts include duty-of-care trip data showing when each passenger was collected and dropped.
Choosing a vehicle at LOS
Size the vehicle to the luggage, and consider an SUV for ground clearance in the rainy season, roughly April to October, when some roads flood. Details are on the fleet.
- Standard Sedan (2 passengers, 2 bags): a solo traveller to an Ikeja hotel.
- Luxury Executive Sedan (2/2): an executive heading to Victoria Island.
- Executive First Class Sedan (Maybach) (2/2): a principal or VIP guest.
- Standard Black SUV (6/6): a family or a traveller with heavy bags; a sensible default in Lagos.
- Executive Black SUV (6/6): a senior team to Ikoyi or Eko Atlantic.
- Luxury Stretch Limo (8 passengers): weddings, which are major events in Lagos.
- Sprinter Van (12 passengers, 12 small bags): delegations and project teams.
- Party Bus (14 passengers): group celebrations.
- Sprinter Luxury Jet Van (7 passengers, carry-on only): executives travelling light.
Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars, armoured vehicles and coaches are on request through vetted partners and confirmed in writing. Our age limit is four model years, or seven for Rolls-Royce, Maybach and Bentley.
Oil, finance and diplomatic travel through Lagos
Lagos is Nigeria's commercial capital and West Africa's largest business city, home to banks, telecoms, energy and consumer-goods headquarters on Victoria Island, Ikoyi and in Lekki. Investor visits are planned under financial roadshows, crew movements for offshore and shipping work under shipping crew change, and official delegations under government and diplomatic transportation.
Hourly hire and onward journeys
Many visitors keep the car for the day: meetings on Victoria Island are close on a map but slow by road, and a chauffeur waiting outside saves time. Hourly chauffeur service starts at three hours. Road trips to Ibadan, about 2 to 3 hours, are possible as intercity transfers; longer journeys are planned by a coordinator.
What your fixed fare includes
The vehicle, the named chauffeur, flight tracking, the included waiting time and the full booked route. Gratuity in Lagos is separate: it is charged at actual cost and added to the booking. Planning ranges are on the rates page. If plans change, cancel more than 72 hours out at no charge; inside 72 hours the charge is 10%, inside 48 hours 50%, and inside 24 hours or on a no-show 100%.
Related pages
See our Lagos chauffeur service city guide and the Nigeria country page. Elsewhere in Africa we book fixed-fare transfers at Nairobi JKIA, OR Tambo and Casablanca. Airport background is on Wikipedia's Murtala Muhammed International Airport entry.
