# Wajir Airport (WJR / HKWJ)

**Wajir Airport** (IATA: WJR, ICAO: HKWJ) is a medium airport in Wajir, Wajir County, Kenya. It has one runway, 2,802 m (9,193 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WJR / HKWJ
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Wajir, Wajir County, Kenya
- Elevation: 235 m / 770 ft
- Coordinates: 1.7332, 40.0916
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,802 m / 9,193 ft
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Nairobi
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wajir_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7960718
- Weather station: HKWJ · WMO 63671
- Ident: HKWJ

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 2,802 m / 9,193 ft | 32 m / 104 ft | Asphalt | 146° / 326° |  |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 489 km / 304 mi · Eastafrican.com, Jambojet
- [WIL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hknw.md) Nairobi Wilson Airport · Kenya · 498 km / 309 mi · Eastafrican.com

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- [Eastafrican.com](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eastafrican-com) · 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 | 2,802 m / 9,193 ft | #1,611 of 29,858 | #263 in Africa | #5 in KE |
| Elevation | 235 m / 770 ft | =22,009 of 43,403 | #2,470 in Africa | #218 in KE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =6 in KE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | AFIS | 118.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [KE-0120](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke-0120.md) Habaswein Airport · 103 km / 64 mi
- [HKBZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke-0102.md) Buna Airport · 137 km / 85 mi
- [HKEW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkew.md) El Wak Airport · 147 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Wajir Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wajir_Airport&oldid=1363086871), 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/hkwj/data