# Moi Air Base (HKRE)

**Moi Air Base** (ICAO: HKRE) is a medium airport in Nairobi, Nairobi City County, Kenya. It opened in 1930. It has one runway, 2,438 m (7,998 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / HKRE
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Nairobi, Nairobi City County, Kenya
- Opened: 1930
- Elevation: 1,626 m / 5,336 ft
- Coordinates: -1.2773, 36.8623
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,438 m / 7,998 ft
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Nairobi
- Website: http://www.mod.go.ke/airforce/index.php
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moi_Air_Base (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2748390
- Weather station: HKRE · WMO 63739
- Ident: HKRE

## Timeline

- 1930: Moi Air Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 2,438 m / 7,998 ft | 46 m / 151 ft | Asphalt | 057° / 237° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,438 m / 7,998 ft | =2,788 of 29,858 | #337 in Africa | #6 in KE |
| Elevation | 1,626 m / 5,336 ft | #1,619 of 43,403 | #249 in Africa | #93 in KE |
| Age | Opened 1930 | =406 of 15,079 | =15 in Africa | =1 in KE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =6 in KE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | EASTLEIGH TWR | 124.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [WIL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hknw.md) Nairobi Wilson Airport · 7.2 km / 4.5 mi
- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · 8.7 km / 5.4 mi
- [NUU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hknk.md) Nakuru Lanet Airport · 134 km / 83 mi
- [NYK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hknl.md) Nanyuki Civil Airport · 137 km / 85 mi
- [HKNY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkny.md) Laikipia Air Base · 146 km / 91 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)
- [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/hkre/data