Wilson Airport HKNW / WIL
Nairobi's general-aviation and safari airport, 20 minutes from the CBD and Karen, home to the charter operators serving the Maasai Mara, Amboseli and the coast. Customs on request; the short runway at high elevation restricts it to light aircraft and turboprops.
5,052 ft
Longest runway
20 min
Drive to Nairobi
2
FBOs / handlers
5,536 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- 06:00–19:00 (night ops PPR, verify)
- 24-hour operations
- No
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A-1, Avgas 100LL
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 5 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Turboprops and light/midsize jets; 5,536 ft elevation and 1,540 m runway.
- Website
- www.kaa.go.ke
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Phoenix Aviation
- Wilson Airport GA handlers
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 5,052 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000LXS 4,675 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Praetor 600 4,717 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000S 4,325 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G280 4,750 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Legacy 500 4,084 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Praetor 500 4,222 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Bombardier Challenger 300 needs 4,810 ft
- Textron Aviation Citation Longitude needs 4,810 ft
- Bombardier Challenger 3500 needs 4,835 ft
Other airports for Nairobi
- Jomo Kenyatta International Airport HKJK 13,507 ft · 40 min