# Kiwayu Airport (KWY / HKWY)

**Kiwayu Airport** (IATA: KWY, ICAO: HKWY) is a medium airport in Kiwayu, Lamu County, Kenya. It is operated by Kenya Airports Authority.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KWY / HKWY
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Kenya Airports Authority
- Serves: Kiwayu, Lamu County, Kenya
- Elevation: 6 m / 21 ft
- Coordinates: -1.9606, 41.2972
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Nairobi
- Website: http://www.kenyaairports.co.ke/kaa/airports/kiwayu/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwayu_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2065197
- Ident: KWY

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [LAU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hklu.md) Manda Airport · Kenya · 54 km / 34 mi · Safarilink Aviation
- [WIL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hknw.md) Nairobi Wilson Airport · Kenya · 503 km / 313 mi · Safarilink Aviation

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- F2 [Safarilink Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/safarilink-aviation) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 6 m / 21 ft | =41,225 of 43,403 | =3,062 in Africa | #242 in KE |

## Nearby airports

- [KIU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke-kiu.md) Kiunga Airport · 32 km / 20 mi
- [KE-0148](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke-0148.md) Manda Point Airstrip · 47 km / 29 mi
- [KE-0006](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke-0006.md) Camp Simba Airfield · 50 km / 31 mi
- [LAU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hklu.md) Manda Airport · 54 km / 33 mi
- [KE-6110](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke-6110.md) Mokowe Airport · 58 km / 36 mi
- [KE-0209](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke-0209.md) Bahari East Airstrip · 81 km / 50 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Kiwayu Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kiwayu_Airport&oldid=1363049604), 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/kwy/data