Filin jirgin sama ta Murtala Mohammed itace babban filin jirgin dake jihar Lagos baki daya kuma tana daga cikin Shahararrun filayen jiragen sama a Nijeriya, filin jirgin yana gabatar da ayyukan sufuri a ciki da wajen Nijeriya kuma kamfanonin jirage sama daban daban ne ke gudanar da aiki a cikinsa. A kwai cikakken tsaro da tsarin gudanarwa a filin jirgin. Filin jirgin saman da ke Ikeja kusa da Legas an gina shi ne lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II . Kamfanin West African Airways Corporation an kirkireshi ne a shekara ta 1947 kuma yana da babban tushe a Ikeja. De Havilland Doves an fara sarrafa shi akan WAACs hanyoyin cikin gida na Najeriya sannan kuma sabis na Afirka ta Yamma. An saka Manyan Douglas Dakotas cikin rundunar da ke Ikeja daga shekara ta 1957. Asalin da aka fi sani da filin jirgin saman Legas, an sake masa suna a tsakiyar shekara ta 1970, yayin gina sabuwar tashar ta kasa da kasa, bayan wani tsohon shugaban mulkin sojan Najeriya Murtala Muhammed . An yi fasalin tashar ƙasa da ƙasa ta Amsterdam Airport Schiphol . Sabuwar tashar ta bude a hukumance a ranar 15 ga watan Maris na shekara ta 1979.