WIL

Nairobi Wilson Airport

ICAO HKNW1.3217°S 36.8148°E1,687 m / 5,536 ftMedium airport
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Nairobi Wilson Airport (IATA: WIL, ICAO: HKNW) is a medium airport in Nairobi, Nairobi City County, Kenya. It opened in 1933. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,540 m (5,052 ft). It is operated by Kenya Airports Authority. In 2019 it handled 854 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1933–1933
1933
OpenedNairobi Wilson Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
14/32134° / 314°
LENGTH1,540 m5,052 ftWIDTH23 m76 ftSURFACEAsphalt
07/25070° / 250° · LIT · SLOPE 1.4%
LENGTH1,462 m4,798 ftWIDTH22 m72 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2010–2019
243K
300K
295K
327K
325K
331K
413K
528K
846K
854K
10111213141516171819

Routes

21 destinations · 3 countries
250 km500 km100 mi200 mi300 mi400 miNYK · Nanyuki Civil Airport · 142 km / 88 miASV · Amboseli Airport · 155 km / 96 miKE-0052 · Lewa Airstrip · 184 km / 114 miMRE · Mara Serena Lodge Airstrip · 201 km / 125 miUAS · Samburu Airport · 221 km / 137 miILU · Kilaguni Airport · 225 km / 140 miARK · Arusha Airport · 228 km / 142 miJRO · Kilimanjaro International Airport · 236 km / 147 miEDL · Eldoret International Airport · 260 km / 162 miKIS · Kisumu International Airport · 270 km / 168 miHKHB · Homa Bay Airport · 272 km / 169 miKTL · Kitale Airport · 328 km / 204 miMYD · Malindi International Airport · 422 km / 262 miMBA · Moi International Airport · 432 km / 268 miUKA · Ukunda Airstrip · 450 km / 280 miLAU · Manda Airport · 467 km / 290 miWJR · Wajir Airport · 498 km / 309 miKWY · Kiwayu Airport · 503 km / 313 miEBB · Entebbe International Airport · 509 km / 316 miLOK · Lodwar Airport · 512 km / 318 miZNZ · Abeid Amani Karume International Airport · 607 km / 377 miZNZLOKEBBKWYWJRLAUUKAMYDKTLHKHBKISEDLJROARKILUUASMREKE-0052ASVMBANYKWIL
Year-round21
NYKNanyuki Civil AirportKenya · Safarilink Aviation142 km88 miASVAmboseli AirportKenya · Safarilink Aviation155 km96 miLewa AirstripKenya · Safarilink Aviation184 km114 miMREMara Serena Lodge AirstripKenya · Safarilink Aviation201 km125 miUASSamburu AirportKenya · Safarilink Aviation221 km137 miILUKilaguni AirportKenya · Safarilink Aviation225 km140 miARKArusha AirportTanzania · Flightlink228 km142 miJROKilimanjaro International AirportTanzania · Safarilink Aviation236 km147 miEDLEldoret International AirportKenya · Skyward Airlines260 km162 miKISKisumu International AirportKenya · Renegade Air, Safarilink Aviation270 km168 miHKHBHoma Bay AirportKenya · Renegade Air272 km169 miKTLKitale AirportKenya · Skyward Airlines328 km204 miMYDMalindi International AirportKenya · Skyward Airlines422 km262 miMBAMoi International AirportKenya · Skyward Airlines, Safarilink Aviation432 km268 miUKAUkunda AirstripKenya · Skyward Airlines, Safarilink Aviation450 km280 miLAUManda AirportKenya · Skyward Airlines, Safarilink Aviation467 km290 miWJRWajir AirportKenya · Renegade Air498 km309 miKWYKiwayu AirportKenya · Safarilink Aviation503 km313 miEBBEntebbe International AirportUganda · Safarilink Aviation509 km316 miLOKLodwar AirportKenya · Skyward Airlines512 km318 miZNZAbeid Amani Karume International AirportTanzania · Safarilink Aviation607 km377 mi
Most destinationsSafarilink Aviation 14Skyward Airlines 7Renegade Air 3Flightlink 1

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

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers854K (2019)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#892of 3,974 · #53 Africa · #3 KELongest runway1,540 m5,052 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=6,216of 29,823 · =631 Africa · #12 KEElevation1,687 m5,536 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=1,424of 43,341 · #200 Africa · #84 KEAgeOpened 19332026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=521of 15,079 · #21 Africa · #4 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

Radio frequencies

1 channels
TWRWILSON TWR118.100