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Manda Airport

ICAO HKLU2.2524°S 40.9129°E6 m / 20 ftMedium airport
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Manda airport
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Manda Airport (IATA: LAU, ICAO: HKLU) is a medium airport in Lamu, Lamu County, Kenya. It opened in 1930. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,000 m (6,561 ft). It is operated by Kenya Airports Authority.

Timeline

1 event · 1930–1930
1930
OpenedManda Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Manda
15/33152° / 332°
LENGTH2,000 m6,561 ftWIDTH32 m105 ftSURFACEAsphalt
08/26074° / 254°
LENGTH931 m3,054 ftWIDTH14 m46 ftSURFACEGrass

Routes

4 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsSafarilink Aviation 2Skyward Airlines 2Jambojet 1

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

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,000 m6,561 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,972of 29,823 · =461 Africa · #7 KEElevation6 m20 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,220of 43,341 · =3,066 Africa · #243 KEAgeOpened 19302026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=406of 15,079 · =15 Africa · =1 KERunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =24 Africa · =2 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