# Nanyuki Civil Airport (NYK / HKNL)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NYK / HKNL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Gathiuru, Nyeri County, Kenya
- Elevation: 1,905 m / 6,250 ft
- Coordinates: -0.0624, 37.0413
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,189 m / 3,900 ft
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Nairobi
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanyuki_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2877625
- Weather station: HKNY
- Ident: HKNL

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 1,189 m / 3,900 ft |  | Asphalt |  |  |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [UAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hksb.md) Samburu Airport · Kenya · 86 km / 53 mi · Tropic Air Kenya
- [WIL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hknw.md) Nairobi Wilson Airport · Kenya · 142 km / 88 mi · Airkenya Express, Safarilink Aviation
- [MRE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkms.md) Mara Serena Lodge Airstrip · Kenya · 271 km / 168 mi · Airkenya Express

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- P2 [Airkenya Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airkenya-express) · 2
- F2 [Safarilink Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/safarilink-aviation) · 1
- Tropic Air Kenya · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,189 m / 3,900 ft | =10,955 of 29,858 | =815 in Africa | #17 in KE |
| Elevation | 1,905 m / 6,250 ft | =888 of 43,403 | =92 in Africa | #42 in KE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =6 in KE |

## Nearby airports

- [HKNY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkny.md) Laikipia Air Base · 10 km / 6.4 mi
- [NUU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hknk.md) Nakuru Lanet Airport · 102 km / 63 mi
- [HKRE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkre.md) Moi Air Base · 137 km / 85 mi
- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · 140 km / 87 mi
- [WIL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hknw.md) Nairobi Wilson Airport · 142 km / 88 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: “Nanyuki Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nanyuki_Airport&oldid=1363063959), 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/hknl/data