- IATA
- NBO
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- HKJK
- used by air traffic control
- Opened
- 1958
- per Wikidata
- Passengers
- 1.9M
- in 2021
History & name
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport opened in 1958 and is named after Jomo Kenyatta, Prime Minister (1963 to 1964) and President (1964 to 1978) of self-governing Kenya. Operated by the Kenya Airports Authority, it lies 13 km from Nairobi and recorded 1.9 million passengers in 2021. Its one runway is 4,117 m long, at 5,330 ft.
Named afterJomo Kenyatta — first Prime Minister (1963 to 1964) and President (1964 to 1978) of self-governing Kenya
Read more: Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata ↗
At a glance
- Full name
- Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
- Serves
- Nairobi, Kenya
- City centre
- 13 km from Nairobi
- Opened
- 1958
- Operator
- Kenya Airports Authority
- Passengers
- 1.9 million in 2021
- Runways
- 1 runway, 4,117 m
- Elevation
- 5,330 ft (1,625 m)
- Website
- kenyaairports.com ↗
Where it sits
1.3°S, 36.9°E puts NBO in the southern hemisphere, 147 km from the equator and 9,861 km from the South pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 521st most northerly, which makes it the 141st most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 1.3°N, 143.1°W. The nearest airport on this site to that point is Fa'a'ā (PPT) in French Polynesia, still 2,217 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Kericho (KEY), 214 km away in a straight line. Nothing else on this site is within 100 km.
Distances from NBO
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air. The longest is London, at 6,841 km.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zanzibar | ZNZ | 602 km | 1h 15m |
| Addis Ababa | ADD | 1,164 km | 1h 57m |
| Johannesburg | JNB | 2,912 km | 4h 07m |
| Dubai | DXB | 3,559 km | 4h 55m |
| London | LHR | 6,841 km | 9h 00m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
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