Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
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| IATA: NBO – ICAO: HKJK | |||
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| Airport type | Joint (Civil and Military) | ||
| Operator | Kenya Airports Authority | ||
| Location | Nairobi, Kenya | ||
| Hub for | Fly540 Kenya Airways |
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| Elevation AMSL | 5,327 ft / 1,624 m | ||
| Coordinates | 01°19′09″S 036°55′39″E / 1.31917°S 36.9275°ECoordinates: 01°19′09″S 036°55′39″E / 1.31917°S 36.9275°E | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 06/24 | 13,507 | 4,117 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2007) | |||
| Passengers | 5,104,791 | ||
| Source: List of the busiest airports in Africa | |||
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, (IATA: NBO, ICAO: HKJK) formerly called Embakasi Airport and Nairobi International Airport, is Kenya's largest aviation facility, and the busiest airport in East Africa. It is the 6th busiest airport in Africa.[citation needed] The airport is named after the first Kenyan prime minister and president Jomo Kenyatta.
Kenyatta airport is located in Embakasi, a suburb to the south-east of Nairobi. The airport is situated 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Nairobi's Central Business District, and at the edge of the city's built up area. The Mombasa Highway runs adjacent to the airport, and is the main route of access between Nairobi and the airport; a rail link is planned.[1]
The airport is the main hub of Kenya Airways, JetLink Express and Fly540. Jomo Kenyatta airport is served by a single Runway 06/24. Runway 06 is ILS-equipped, and is used for take-offs and landings. The airport is served by one terminal building constructed in the 1970s. The former "Embakasi" terminal, now used for cargo and for a Kenya Air Force training facility, was constructed before the 1960s.
The airport served 4,922,542 passengers in 2008.[2]
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[edit] History
Nairobi Embakasi Airport was opened in May 1958, by the last colonial Governor of Kenya, Sir Evelyn Baring. The airport was due to be opened by Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, however, she was delayed in Australia and could not make the ceremony.[3]
Later the current terminal was built on the other side of the runway and the airport was renamed Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The old terminal is now sometimes referred as Old Embakasi Airport and is used by the Kenya Air Force.[4]
[edit] Terminal
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport’s terminal has 3 units that cater for both arrivals and departures. Units 1 and 2 are mainly used for international flights whereas unit 3 is mainly used for domestic flights.
Departing passengers check-in through units 1 and 2 depending on their destinations. Both units have airline check-in counters that operate on a Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE) system, and immigration desks at the ground floor where passengers are cleared before they proceed to the departure lounge in the first floor via escalators or lifts. There are eight departure gates used to board aircraft via boarding bridges. Arriving international passengers enter via the same gates into a concourse which leads to immigration counters at the first floor before coming to the baggage hall situated in the ground floor. The baggage hall is well served with baggage conveyor belts.
Banking facilities, taxis, car hire, tour operators and hotel booking offices are conveniently situated at the arrival areas. A scheduled bus service to and from the town center is available at unit 1 and 2 bus stops.
Simba restaurant is situated in the 5th floor of the main central building. There is a cafeteria operated by Home Park in unit 1, a restaurant and pub in unit 2, a cafeteria and snack bar in unit 3 and an international arrival hall – all operated by NAS. Beverage and soft drink vending machines are strategically placed in each unit.
Information desks manned by customer care officers, are strategically placed in all the units and at the arrival hall. Flight information display systems (FIDS) and signage helps the passenger find his/her way around the airport.
[edit] Future expansion
On the 14th October 2005, the Kenya Airports Authority announced their plans to expand Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Over the next two years, the authority announced that it would improve airport facilities across Kenya, especially at Nairobi.
The expansion project was prompted as Jomo Kenyatta airport's annual passenger flow topped 4 million, while the airport was only constructed to handle 2.5 million passengers.
The expansion of the airport will more than double its size, from 25,662 to 55,222 square metres (276,220 to 594,400 sq ft). Aircraft parking, which is currently constrained, will be increased from 200,000 to 300,000 square metres (2,200,000 to 3,200,000 sq ft), and additional taxiways will be built. The arrivals and departures section will be fully separated, and the waiting area will be revamped.
The expansion will increase the airport's capacity to 9 million passengers a year. The project will cost the Kenya Airports Authority $100 million. The World Bank will provide $10 million. The first phase of upgrading commenced on September 29, 2006.
The Kenya government is currently debating on a proposal to build a second parallel runway at the Airport. This debate was caused by an incident which closed the only operational runway for 1 day.
As of December 2011, JKIA has entered the first phase of the second runway construction. This including the demolition of several dozens of illegal dwellings to make way for the future runway.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| African Express Airways | Berbera, Dzaoudzi, Entebbe, Galkaayo, Hargeisa, Jeddah, Juba, Mogadishu, Mombasa, Wajir |
| Air Arabia | Sharjah |
| Air Madagascar | Antananarivo |
| Air Mauritius | Mauritius |
| Air Uganda | Entebbe |
| British Airways | London-Heathrow |
| Brussels Airlines | Brussels |
| Condor | Frankfurt [5] |
| Daallo Airlines | Djibouti, Hargeisa, Mogadishu |
| East African Safari Air | Juba, Kisumu, Lokichogio |
| EgyptAir | Cairo |
| Emirates | Dubai |
| Eritrean Airlines | Asmara |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa |
| Etihad Airways | Abu Dhabi [begins 1 April 2012] |
| Fly540 | Eldoret, Entebbe, Kilimanjaro, Kisumu, Kitale, Lamu, Lodwar, Malindi, Mombasa, Mwanza, The Mara, Zanzibar |
| Gulf Air | Bahrain |
| JetLink Express | Eldoret, Goma, Juba, Kisumu, Mombasa, Mwanza |
| Jubba Airways | Berbera, Djibouti, Mogadishu |
| Kenya Airways | Abidjan, Abuja, Accra, Addis Ababa, Ahmedabad [begins soon],[6] Almaty [begins soon] [7] Amsterdam, Antananarivo, Baku [begins soon], [8] Bamako, Bangui, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beirut [begins soon],[9][10] Bujumbura, Cairo, Cape Town [begins soon],[11] Chennai [begins soon],[12] Cotonou, Dakar, Dar es Salaam, Delhi [begins soon],[13] Dhaka [begins soon] [14] Djibouti, Douala, Dubai, Dzaoudzi, Entebbe, Freetown, Gaborone, Guangzhou, Harare, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Juba, Karachi [begins soon],[15] Khartoum, Kigali, Kinshasa, Kisumu, Lagos, Libreville, Lilongwe, Lome [begins soon],[16] London-Heathrow, Luanda, Lubumbashi, Lusaka, Mahé, Malindi, Maputo, Mauritius [begins soon] [17] Mombasa, Monrovia, Moroni, Mumbai, Muscat, N'Djamena, Ndola, Ouagadougou, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Rome-Fiumicino, Sydney [begins soon], [18] Tripoli [begins soon], [19] Tunis [begins soon], [20] Windhoek [begins soon] [21]Yaoundé, Zanzibar |
| KLM | Amsterdam |
| Korean Air | Seasonal: Seoul-Incheon [begins 22 June 2012] |
| LAM Mozambique Airlines | Maputo, Pemba |
| Nasair | Asmara, Khartoum |
| Precision Air | Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro, Mwanza, Zanzibar |
| Qatar Airways | Doha |
| Royal Jordanian | Amman-Queen Alia |
| RwandAir | Kigali |
| Saudi Arabian Airlines | Jeddah |
| South African Airways | Johannesburg |
| Swiss International Air Lines | Zürich |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk |
| Virgin Atlantic Airways | London-Heathrow |
| Yemenia | Sana'a |
[edit] Charter airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Iberworld | Madrid |
| Monarch Airlines |
[edit] Cargo airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Cargo Germany | Frankfurt-Hahn |
| Air France Cargo | Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| British Airways World Cargo | Johannesburg, London-Stansted, Zaragoza |
| Cargolux | Luxembourg, Maastricht |
| EgyptAir Cargo | Cairo, Khartoum |
| Emirates SkyCargo | Dubai |
| Etihad Crystal Cargo | Abu Dhabi |
| Evergreen International Airlines | |
| Lufthansa Cargo | Frankfurt |
| Martinair Cargo | Khartoum,Amsterdam |
| Saudi Arabian Airlines Cargo | Amsterdam, Jeddah[22] |
| Simba Air Cargo | |
| Singapore Airlines Cargo | Amsterdam, Nairobi, Sharjah, Singapore |
| Turkish Airlines Cargo | Istanbul-Ataturk |
[edit] Other facilities
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority has its head office in the KAA Complex on the airport property.[23][24] African Express Airways has its head office on the airport property.[25] In addition the Kenya Airports Authority also has its head office at JKIA.[26]
[edit] Accidents and incidents
- On November 20, 1974, Lufthansa Flight 540, a Lufthansa Boeing 747-130, D-ABYB, LH 540, "Hessen" (German state), delivered 1970, crashed on take off from runway 24 in Nairobi killing 59 of the 157 on board. The aircraft was on a flight from Frankfurt to Nairobi and onwards to Johannesburg.
- In May 1989 a Boeing 707-330B plane operated by Somali Airlines overran the runway and crashed into a field near the Airport. The plane had 70 on board, but no fatalities resulted.
- On December 4, 1990, a Boeing 707-321C operated by Sudania Air Cargo crashed near the airport while landing. All 10 persons on board died.
- On November 23, 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, on an Addis Ababa-Nairobi leg, was hijacked. It eventually crashed in the Indian Ocean, leading to the deaths of 122 of 172 passengers and crew.
- On January 30, 2000, Kenya Airways Flight 431 was originally intended to fly from Abidjan to Lagos and on to Nairobi. The aircraft hit the water after takeoff to Lagos.
- On May 5, 2007, Kenya Airways Flight 507, en route from Douala, Cameroon was reported to be missing with 115 passengers and crew on board. There were no survivors when the plane was found near Douala, Cameroon.
[edit] References
- ^ "Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: – KBC News". http://www.kbc.co.ke/news.asp?nid=67222. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
- ^ Kenya Airports Authority (2009-09-22). "JKIA Voted Best Marketed Airport In Africa Once Again". kenyaairports.co.ke. http://www.kenyaairports.co.ke/kaa/about/press_releases/2009/25sep09.html. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
- ^ Nairobi Airports
- ^ GroundSupportWorldWide.com – The Creation of an African Aviation Epicenter
- ^ http://www.imagetours.de/wpblog/2011/03/28/fluge-mit-condor-von-frankfurt-nach-nairobi-mit-condor-von-frankfurt-nach-nairobi-fliegen/
- ^ http://www.etravelblackboardasia.com/article/82076/kenya-airways-to-enter-new-global-markets
- ^ http://www.centreforaviation.com/analysis/kenya-airways-plans-further-growth-for-middle-east-central-asia-and-indian-subcontinent-68879
- ^ http://www.centreforaviation.com/analysis/kenya-airways-plans-further-growth-for-middle-east-central-asia-and-indian-subcontinent-68879
- ^ http://www.etravelblackboardasia.com/article/82076/kenya-airways-to-enter-new-global-markets
- ^ http://www.businesstravellerme.com/middle-east/news/kenya-airways-starting-beirut,-abuja-and-cape-town
- ^ http://www.businesstravellerme.com/middle-east/news/kenya-airways-starting-beirut-abuja-and-cape-town
- ^ http://www.etravelblackboardasia.com/article/82076/kenya-airways-to-enter-new-global-markets
- ^ http://www.etravelblackboardasia.com/article/82076/kenya-airways-to-enter-new-global-markets
- ^ http://www.hawker.com.bd/news_details.php?news_id=40739&news_category_id=4&val_lan=1
- ^ http://www.centreforaviation.com/analysis/kenya-airways-plans-further-growth-for-middle-east-central-asia-and-indian-subcontinent-68879
- ^ http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-05-25/kenya-airways-rises-as-nation-seeks-approval-for-new-routes.htm
- ^ http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-05-25/kenya-airways-rises-as-nation-seeks-approval-for-new-routes.html
- ^ http://www.jetspotter.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=11695
- ^ http://www.e-travelafrica.com/single-news/article/kenya-airways-plans-routes-to-libya-and-tunisia.html
- ^ http://www.e-travelafrica.com/single-news/article/kenya-airways-plans-routes-to-libya-and-tunisia.html
- ^ http://www.businesstravellerme.com/middle-east/news/kenya-airways-starting-beirut,-abuja-and-cape-t
- ^ SV cargo launch NBO–AMS route
- ^ "Welcome to KCAA." Kenya Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved on 14 January 2011. "The Authority’s head offices are currently situated at KAA Complex, JKIA in Nairobi."
- ^ "Contact Us." Kenya Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved on 14 January 2011. "KCAA Headquarters KAA Complex, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Embakasi."
- ^ "Home." African Express Airways. Retrieved on 21 June 2010. "AFRICAN EXPRESS AIRWAYS CONTACTS NAIROBI: Airport North Road, JKIA"
- ^ "Terms of Use." Kenya Airports Authority. Retrieved on 26 May 2011. "Kenya Airports Authority is a company registered in Kenya, whose registered office is at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya."
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Jomo Kenyatta International Airport |
- Kenya Airports Authority – Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
- Airport information for HKJK at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- Current weather for HKJK at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for NBO at Aviation Safety Network
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