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 type
- 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.
Compare published takeoff distances
Initial comparison of published takeoff distances and runway length (5,052 ft). Confirm aircraft suitability and current restrictions with the operator.
Within the screening threshold
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000LXS 4,675 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Praetor 600 4,717 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000S 4,325 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G300 4,780 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G280 4,750 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 50 4,700 ft
Above the screening threshold
- 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
What it costs to fly here privately
Sources and credits
- Wilson Airport · flightlog · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons