# Malindi International Airport (MYD / HKML)

**Malindi International Airport** (IATA: MYD, ICAO: HKML) is a medium airport in Malindi, Kilifi County, Kenya. It opened in 1984. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,402 m (4,600 ft). It is operated by Kenya Airports Authority.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MYD / HKML
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Kenya Airports Authority
- Serves: Malindi, Kilifi County, Kenya
- Opened: 1984
- Elevation: 24 m / 80 ft
- Coordinates: -3.2293, 40.1017
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,402 m / 4,600 ft
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Nairobi
- Website: https://www.kaa.go.ke/airports/our-airports/malindi-airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malindi_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2614363
- Weather station: HKML · WMO 63799
- Ident: HKML

## Timeline

- 1984: Malindi International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 1,402 m / 4,600 ft |  |  |  |  |
| 08/26 | 1,128 m / 3,701 ft |  |  |  |  |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [MBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkmo.md) Moi International Airport · Kenya · 106 km / 66 mi · Mombasa Air Safari
- [LAU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hklu.md) Manda Airport · Kenya · 141 km / 88 mi · Skyward Airlines, Mombasa Air Safari, Safarilink Aviation
- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 412 km / 256 mi · Jambojet
- [WIL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hknw.md) Nairobi Wilson Airport · Kenya · 422 km / 262 mi · Skyward Airlines, Safarilink Aviation

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- RRV [Mombasa Air Safari](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mombasa-air-safari) · 2
- 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 | 1,402 m / 4,600 ft | =7,734 of 29,858 | =703 in Africa | #14 in KE |
| Elevation | 24 m / 80 ft | =37,717 of 43,403 | =2,904 in Africa | #238 in KE |
| Age | Opened 1984 | =8,717 of 15,079 | =99 in Africa | #7 in KE |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =2 in KE |

## Nearby airports

- [KE-6095](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke-6095.md) Kilifi Plantation Farm Airport · 54 km / 34 mi
- [VPG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke-0069.md) Vipingo Estate Airport · 73 km / 45 mi
- [KE-0070](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke-0070.md) Kijipwa Airport · 76 km / 47 mi
- [KE-0068](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke-0068.md) Koma Wayu (Tank E) Airstrip · 77 km / 48 mi
- [HKUR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke-6028.md) Kulalu Ranch Airport · 80 km / 49 mi
- [KE-0116](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke-0116.md) Galana Ranch Airstrip · 88 km / 54 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: “Malindi Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malindi_Airport&oldid=1363056450), 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/hkml/data