Lagos.Cool Editorial
Ikeja to the airport barely be journey at all — Murtala Muhammed dey inside Ikeja, so the two dey 5-8km apart depending on which corner of Ikeja you start from. Off-peak, the drive from Ikeja GRA or Allen Avenue to the terminal na 15-20 minutes. The catch na entirely traffic: the airport road and the Oshodi-Apapa approach fit seize up without warning, so even this small hop need buffer when flight dey involved.
Because e short well, ride-hailing na the obvious choice and cheap by Lagos standard — Bolt or Uber from anywhere for Ikeja na small, predictable fare, and e worth am for the door-to-terminal certainty with luggage. Danfo and keke dey run the local road toward the airport junction for small money, wey dey fine for light, unhurried trip but e go make you finish on foot or on short bike enter the terminal. Hotel shuttle dey serve many of the Ikeja business hotel and na the smoothest option if your hotel get one.
The advice write itself: distance no be your enemy here, na the airport road. Give yourself far more time than the map suggest, especially for evening peak and rain, and prefer car wey you fit track over danfo relay when boarding time dey on the line. For Ikeja resident and the many wey dey stay Ikeja hotel precisely for this closeness, na the easiest airport run for Lagos — as long as you respect the traffic.