Jomo Kenyatta International Airport HKJK / NBO
East Africa's hub, 40 minutes from the CBD and Westlands, with a general-aviation apron, 24-hour CIQ and a 4,100 m runway. Permits take a few days; UN and diplomatic traffic is heavy. Wilson is the base for onward safari flights.
13,507 ft
Longest runway
40 min
Drive to Nairobi
2
FBOs / handlers
5,330 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- No
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- No
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A-1
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 15 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Any size including widebody VIP.
- Website
- www.kaa.go.ke
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Swissport Executive Nairobi
- NAS Airport Services
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 13,507 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 9,800 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) 7,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ319neo 6,300 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ320neo 6,800 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 6,200 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Everything in our database can operate here.
Other airports for Nairobi
- Wilson Airport HKNW 5,052 ft · 20 min