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Eldoret International Airport

ICAO HKEL0.4045°N 35.2389°E2,116 m / 6,941 ftLarge airport
On the map

Eldoret International Airport (IATA: EDL, ICAO: HKEL) is a large airport in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya. It opened in 1995. It has one runway, 3,499 m (11,480 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Kenya Airports Authority. In 2013 it handled 111 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1995–1995
1995
OpenedEldoret International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
08/26079° / 259° · LIT
LENGTH3,499 m11,480 ftWIDTH45 m147 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

5 destinations · 2 countries
Most destinationsSkyward Airlines 2Jambojet 2Astral Aviation 2Ethiopian Airlines 2Kenya Airways 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from EDL. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Eldoret International Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers111K (2013)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,767of 3,974 · #118 Africa · #4 KELongest runway3,499 m11,480 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=545of 29,823 · =76 Africa · #2 KEElevation2,116 m6,941 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#556of 43,341 · #50 Africa · #18 KEAgeOpened 19952026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=10,561of 15,079 · =106 Africa · #8 KERunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =176 Africa · =6 KE
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels
APPAPP119.400
RDRRADAR121.100
TWRTWR118.400