NYK

Nanyuki Civil Airport

ICAO HKNL0.0624°S 37.0413°E1,905 m / 6,250 ftMedium airport
On the map

Nanyuki Civil Airport (IATA: NYK, ICAO: HKNL) is a medium airport in Gathiuru, Nyeri County, Kenya. It has one runway, 1,189 m (3,900 ft) long, asphalt.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Nanyuki Airstrip
03/21
LENGTH1,189 m3,900 ftWIDTH—SURFACEAsphalt

Routes

3 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsAirkenya Express 2Tropic Air Kenya 1Safarilink Aviation 1

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

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,189 m3,900 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=10,950of 29,823 · =815 Africa · #17 KEElevation1,905 m6,250 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=887of 43,341 · =92 Africa · #42 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