# Manda Airport (LAU / HKLU)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LAU / HKLU
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Kenya Airports Authority
- Serves: Lamu, Lamu County, Kenya
- Opened: 1930
- Elevation: 6 m / 20 ft
- Coordinates: -2.2524, 40.9129
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,000 m / 6,561 ft
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Nairobi
- Website: http://www.kenyaairports.co.ke/kaa/about/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manda_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2415471
- Weather station: HKLU · WMO 63772
- Ident: HKLU

## Timeline

- 1930: Manda Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 2,000 m / 6,561 ft | 32 m / 105 ft | Asphalt | 152° / 332° |  |
| 08/26 | 931 m / 3,054 ft | 14 m / 46 ft | Grass | 074° / 254° |  |

## Routes

4 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [KWY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kwy.md) Kiwayu Airport · Kenya · 54 km / 34 mi · Safarilink Aviation
- [MBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkmo.md) Moi International Airport · Kenya · 246 km / 153 mi · Skyward Airlines
- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 455 km / 283 mi · Jambojet
- [WIL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hknw.md) Nairobi Wilson Airport · Kenya · 467 km / 290 mi · Skyward Airlines, Safarilink Aviation

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- F2 [Safarilink Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/safarilink-aviation) · 2
- OW [Skyward Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/skyward-airlines) · 2
- JM [Jambojet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jambojet) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,000 m / 6,561 ft | =3,972 of 29,858 | =461 in Africa | #7 in KE |
| Elevation | 6 m / 20 ft | =41,280 of 43,403 | =3,066 in Africa | #243 in KE |
| Age | Opened 1930 | =406 of 15,079 | =15 in Africa | =1 in KE |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =2 in KE |

## Nearby airports

- [KE-0148](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke-0148.md) Manda Point Airstrip · 7.0 km / 4.4 mi
- [KE-6110](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke-6110.md) Mokowe Airport · 8.0 km / 5.0 mi
- [KE-0006](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke-0006.md) Camp Simba Airfield · 9.4 km / 5.8 mi
- [KE-0209](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke-0209.md) Bahari East Airstrip · 28 km / 17 mi
- [KE-0210](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke-0210.md) Matangeni East Airstrip · 29 km / 18 mi
- [KWY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kwy.md) Kiwayu Airport · 54 km / 33 mi

## 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: “Manda Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manda_Airport&oldid=1363056640), revision of 7 Jul 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/hklu/data