# Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO / HKJK)

**Jomo Kenyatta International Airport** (IATA: NBO, ICAO: HKJK) is a large airport in Nairobi, Nairobi City County, Kenya. It opened in 1958. It has one runway, 4,117 m (13,507 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Kenya Airports Authority. In 2021 it handled 1.9 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NBO / HKJK
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Kenya Airports Authority
- Serves: Nairobi, Nairobi City County, Kenya
- Opened: 1958
- Elevation: 1,625 m / 5,330 ft
- Coordinates: -1.3189, 36.9282
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,117 m / 13,507 ft
- Passengers: 1,942,000 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Nairobi
- Website: http://kenyaairports.co.ke/jomo-kenyatta-international-airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jomo_Kenyatta_International_Airport (49 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q206349
- Weather station: HKJK · WMO 63740
- Ident: HKJK

## Timeline

- 1958: Jomo Kenyatta International Airport opens.
- 20 Nov 1974: Lufthansa Flight 540. 59 killed.
- 2 Jul 2014: Skyward International Aviation Fokker 50. 4 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 4,117 m / 13,507 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 054° / 234° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 5,486,000 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 6,291,192 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 6,334,023 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 5,947,000 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 6,387,000 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 6,480,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 7,112,000 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 7,271,000 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 8,020,000 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 9,149,147 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,380,000 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 1,942,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

69 destinations in 48 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (57)

- [JRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htkj.md) Kilimanjaro International Airport · Tanzania · 235 km / 146 mi · Kenya Airways
- [KIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkki.md) Kisumu International Airport · Kenya · 280 km / 174 mi · Kenya Airways
- [MYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkml.md) Malindi International Airport · Kenya · 412 km / 256 mi · Kenya Airways
- [MBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkmo.md) Moi International Airport · Kenya · 423 km / 263 mi · Freedom Airline, 748 Air Services, Kenya Airways
- [UKA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkuk.md) Ukunda Airstrip · Kenya · 442 km / 275 mi · 748 Air Services
- [EBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/huen.md) Entebbe International Airport · Uganda · 521 km / 324 mi · Kenya Airways
- [ZNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htza.md) Abeid Amani Karume International Airport · Tanzania · 602 km / 374 mi · Air Tanzania, Kenya Airways
- [DAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htda.md) Julius Nyerere International Airport · Tanzania · 667 km / 414 mi · Air Tanzania, Kenya Airways
- [KGL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hryr.md) Kigali International Airport · Rwanda · 758 km / 471 mi · Kenya Airways
- [BJM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hbba.md) Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport · Burundi · 874 km / 543 mi · Kenya Airways
- [JUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hjjj.md) Juba International Airport · South Sudan · 908 km / 564 mi · Kenya Airways
- [MGQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hcmm.md) Aden Adde International Airport · Somalia · 1,002 km / 623 mi · Kenya Airways
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 1,164 km / 723 mi · Ethiopian Airlines, Kenya Airways
- [HAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmch.md) Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport · Comoros · 1,334 km / 829 mi · Kenya Airways
- [LLW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwki.md) Kamuzu International Airport · Malawi · 1,429 km / 888 mi · Kenya Airways
- [FBM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzqa.md) Lubumbashi International Airport · Congo - Kinshasa · 1,543 km / 959 mi · Kenya Airways
- [APL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqnp.md) Nampula Airport · Mozambique · 1,555 km / 966 mi · Kenya Airways
- [DZA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmcz.md) Dzaoudzi Pamandzi International Airport · Mayotte · 1,575 km / 979 mi · Kenya Airways
- [NLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flsk.md) Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport · Zambia · 1,592 km / 989 mi · Kenya Airways
- [LUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flls.md) Kenneth Kaunda International Airport · Zambia · 1,815 km / 1,128 mi · Zambia Airways, Kenya Airways
- [HRE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvha.md) Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport · Zimbabwe · 1,954 km / 1,214 mi · Kenya Airways
- [SEZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fsia.md) Seychelles International Airport · Seychelles · 2,098 km / 1,304 mi · Kenya Airways
- [LVI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flli.md) Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport · Zambia · 2,200 km / 1,367 mi · Kenya Airways
- [VFA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvfa.md) Victoria Falls International Airport · Zimbabwe · 2,224 km / 1,382 mi · Kenya Airways
- [TNR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmmi.md) Ivato International Airport · Madagascar · 2,258 km / 1,403 mi · Kenya Airways
- [FIH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzaa.md) Ndjili International Airport · Congo - Kinshasa · 2,410 km / 1,498 mi · Kenya Airways
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 2,569 km / 1,596 mi · Saudia
- [NBJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fnbj.md) Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport · Angola · 2,731 km / 1,697 mi · TAAG Angola Airlines
- [MPM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqma.md) Maputo Airport · Mozambique · 2,775 km / 1,724 mi · Kenya Airways
- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 2,912 km / 1,809 mi · Airlink, Kenya Airways
- [DLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fkkd.md) Douala International Airport · Cameroon · 3,081 km / 1,914 mi · Kenya Airways
- [MRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fimp.md) Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport · Mauritius · 3,098 km / 1,925 mi · Kenya Airways
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 3,106 km / 1,930 mi · Flynas
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 3,353 km / 2,083 mi · Qatar Airways
- [BAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/obbi.md) Bahrain International Airport · Bahrain · 3,402 km / 2,114 mi · Gulf Air
- [AUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omaa.md) Zayed International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,444 km / 2,140 mi · Etihad Airways
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 3,544 km / 2,202 mi · EgyptAir
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,559 km / 2,211 mi · flydubai, Emirates, Kenya Airways
- [SHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj.md) Sharjah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,575 km / 2,221 mi · Air Arabia
- [MCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ooms.md) Muscat International Airport · Oman · 3,607 km / 2,241 mi · SalamAir
- [LOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnmm.md) Murtala Muhammed International Airport · Nigeria · 3,832 km / 2,381 mi · Kenya Airways
- [LFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dxxx.md) Lomé–Tokoin International Airport · Togo · 4,047 km / 2,515 mi · Asky Airlines
- [ACC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dgaa.md) Kotoka International Airport · Ghana · 4,191 km / 2,604 mi · Kenya Airways
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 4,533 km / 2,817 mi · IndiGo, Kenya Airways
- [ABJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/diap.md) Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport · Côte d’Ivoire · 4,596 km / 2,856 mi · Kenya Airways
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 4,808 km / 2,988 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [ROB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/glrb.md) Roberts International Airport · Liberia · 5,316 km / 3,303 mi · Kenya Airways
- [FNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gfll.md) Lungi International Airport · Sierra Leone · 5,663 km / 3,519 mi · Kenya Airways
- [DSS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gobd.md) Blaise Diagne International Airport · Senegal · 6,200 km / 3,853 mi · Kenya Airways
- [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 6,495 km / 4,036 mi · Air France, Kenya Airways
- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 6,567 km / 4,081 mi · Brussels Airlines
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 6,677 km / 4,149 mi · KLM, Kenya Airways
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 6,802 km / 4,227 mi · Kenya Airways
- [LHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egll.md) London Heathrow Airport · United Kingdom · 6,841 km / 4,251 mi · Kenya Airways, British Airways
- [BKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbs.md) Suvarnabhumi Airport · Thailand · 7,224 km / 4,489 mi · Kenya Airways
- [CAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zggg.md) Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · China · 8,679 km / 5,393 mi · Kenya Airways
- [JFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjfk.md) John F. Kennedy International Airport · United States · 11,837 km / 7,355 mi · Kenya Airways

### Cargo (26)

- [EDL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkel.md) Eldoret International Airport · Kenya · 268 km / 167 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [MWZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htmw.md) Mwanza International Airport · Tanzania · 461 km / 286 mi · Astral Aviation
- [EBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/huen.md) Entebbe International Airport · Uganda · 521 km / 324 mi · Astral Aviation
- [ZNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htza.md) Abeid Amani Karume International Airport · Tanzania · 602 km / 374 mi · Astral Aviation
- [DAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htda.md) Julius Nyerere International Airport · Tanzania · 667 km / 414 mi · Astral Aviation
- [KGL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hryr.md) Kigali International Airport · Rwanda · 758 km / 471 mi · Astral Aviation
- [JUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hjjj.md) Juba International Airport · South Sudan · 908 km / 564 mi · Astral Aviation
- [MGQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hcmm.md) Aden Adde International Airport · Somalia · 1,002 km / 623 mi · Astral Aviation
- [POL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqpb.md) Pemba Airport · Mozambique · 1,357 km / 843 mi · Astral Aviation
- [LLW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwki.md) Kamuzu International Airport · Malawi · 1,429 km / 888 mi · Astral Aviation
- [HGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hcmh.md) Egal International Airport · Somalia · 1,442 km / 896 mi · Astral Aviation
- [JIB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hdam.md) Djibouti-Ambouli Airport · Djibouti · 1,588 km / 987 mi · Astral Aviation
- [ADE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oyaa.md) Aden International Airport · Yemen · 1,809 km / 1,124 mi · Astral Aviation
- [LUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flls.md) Kenneth Kaunda International Airport · Zambia · 1,815 km / 1,128 mi · Astral Aviation
- [HRE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvha.md) Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport · Zimbabwe · 1,954 km / 1,214 mi · Astral Aviation
- [MPM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqma.md) Maputo Airport · Mozambique · 2,775 km / 1,724 mi · Astral Aviation
- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 2,912 km / 1,809 mi · Astral Aviation
- [DWC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdw.md) Al Maktoum International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,515 km / 2,184 mi · Astral Aviation
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,559 km / 2,211 mi · FedEx Express
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 4,533 km / 2,817 mi · Astral Aviation
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 5,415 km / 3,365 mi · Astral Aviation
- [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · Uzbekistan · 5,749 km / 3,572 mi · My Freighter Airlines
- [AKX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uatt.md) Aktobe International Airport · Kazakhstan · 6,050 km / 3,759 mi · Astral Aviation
- [LGG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eblg.md) Liège Airport · Belgium · 6,502 km / 4,040 mi · Astral Aviation
- [CAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zggg.md) Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · China · 8,679 km / 5,393 mi · Astral Aviation
- [HKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vhhh.md) Hong Kong International Airport · Hong Kong SAR China · 8,728 km / 5,423 mi · Astral Aviation

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from NBO, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (6)

- KQ [Kenya Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kenya-airways) · 44
- 8V [Astral Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/astral-aviation) · 23
- XU [African Express Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/african-express-airways)
- B5 [East African Safari Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/east-african-safari-air)
- [Eastafrican.com](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eastafrican-com)
- 5H [Fly540](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fly540)

### Passenger (24)

- FE [748 Air Services](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/748-air-services) · 2
- TC [Air Tanzania](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-tanzania) · 2
- ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 2
- G9 [Air Arabia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-arabia) · 1
- AF [Air France](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-france) · 1
- 4Z [Airlink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airlink) · 1
- KP [Asky Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/asky-airlines) · 1
- BA [British Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/british-airways) · 1
- SN [Brussels Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/brussels-airlines) · 1
- MS [EgyptAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair) · 1
- EK [Emirates](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emirates) · 1
- EY [Etihad Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/etihad-airways) · 1
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- XY [Flynas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flynas) · 1
- Freedom Airline · 1
- GF [Gulf Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gulf-air) · 1
- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 1
- KL [KLM](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/klm) · 1
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 1
- OV [SalamAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/salamair) · 1
- SV [Saudia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saudia) · 1
- DT [TAAG Angola Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/taag-angola-airlines) · 1
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1
- ZN [Zambia Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/zambia-airways) · 1

### Cargo (2)

- FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 1
- C6 [My Freighter Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/my-freighter-airlines) · 1

Former hub of [East African Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/east-african-airways), [JetLink Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jetlink-express), [Regional Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/regional-air).

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.9M (2021) | #582 of 3,974 | #30 in Africa | #1 in KE |
| Longest runway | 4,117 m / 13,507 ft | #67 of 29,858 | #9 in Africa | #1 in KE |
| Elevation | 1,625 m / 5,330 ft | #1,624 of 43,403 | #251 in Africa | #94 in KE |
| Age | Opened 1958 | =4,324 of 15,079 | =56 in Africa | #5 in KE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =6 in KE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 122.300 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.200 |
| RMP | APRON CTL | 121.600 |
| TWR | Nairobi Tower | 118.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [HKRE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkre.md) Moi Air Base · 8.7 km / 5.4 mi
- [WIL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hknw.md) Nairobi Wilson Airport · 13 km / 7.8 mi
- [NYK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hknl.md) Nanyuki Civil Airport · 140 km / 87 mi
- [NUU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hknk.md) Nakuru Lanet Airport · 142 km / 88 mi

## In collections

- [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #67

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Jomo Kenyatta International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jomo_Kenyatta_International_Airport&oldid=1375697546), revision of 19 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk/data