Jomo Kenyatta International Airport facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Uwanja Wa Ndege Wa Jomo Kenyatta
IATA: NBO ICAO: HKJK WMO: 63740
Summary
Airport type	Joint (Civil and Military)
Operator	Kenya Airports Authority
Serves	Nairobi Metropolitan Region
Location	Embakasi, Nairobi, Kenya
Hub for	Kenya Airways Jambojet Fly540 African Express Airways
Elevation AMSL	1,624 m / 5,330 ft
Coordinates	01°19′07″S 36°55′33″E / 1.31861°S 36.92583°E / -1.31861; 36.92583
Map
NBO Location in Kenya
Runway
Runway Length Surface m ft 06/24 4,117 13,507 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 7,039,175 Aircraft Movements 92,000 Economic Impact 1.1% of GDP ($781 Million / KES 7.8 Billion)
Latitude and longitude provided by Kenya Airports Authority

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (IATA: NBO, ICAO: HKJK), is an international airport in Nairobi, the capital of and largest city in Kenya. Located in the Embakasi suburb 15 kilometres (9 mi) southeast of Nairobi's central business district, the airport has scheduled flights to destinations in over 50 countries. Originally named Embakasi Airport, the airport's name was changed in 1978 to honour Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president and prime minister. The airport served over 7 million passengers in 2016, making it the seventh busiest airport in passenger traffic in Africa.

Images for kids

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  Embakasi Airport in 1958

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  Embakasi Airport in 1975.

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  A Kenya Airways Boeing 707 at a Nairobi Airshow in 1977

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  Aftermath of 2013 Fire at JKIA

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  Terminal 1A Airside in 2017

See also

In Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Jomo Kenyatta para niños