KGL

Kigali International Airport

ICAO HRYR1.9686°S 30.1395°E1,481 m / 4,859 ftLarge airport
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Kigali International Airport (IATA: KGL, ICAO: HRYR) is a large airport in Kigali, City of Kigali, Rwanda. It opened in 1928. It has one runway, 3,500 m (11,483 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority. In 2019 it handled 1.1 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1928–2009
1928
OpenedKigali International Airport opens.
12 NOV 2009
DisasterRwandAir Flight 205.1 killed

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
VIP TerminalMain Terminal
10/28100° / 280° · LIT
LENGTH3,500 m11,483 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2004–2019
135K
270K
377K
489K
569K
581K
710K
972K
1.1M
040811121415161819

Routes

12 destinations · 10 countries
Most destinationsRwandAir 6Qatar Airways 5Kenya Airways 1EgyptAir 1SalamAir 1Astral Aviation 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KGL. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Kigali International Airport” (revision of 18 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.1M (2019)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#769of 3,974 · #44 AfricaLongest runway3,500 m11,483 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=489of 29,823 · =64 Africa · #1 RWElevation1,481 m4,859 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=2,212of 43,341 · =379 Africa · #6 RWAgeOpened 19282026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=323of 15,079 · =7 Africa · =1 RWRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =176 Africa · =1 RW
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

4 channels
APPAPP124.300
GNDGND121.700
TWRTWR118.300
ATIS128.700