Kisumu Airport
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| Kisumu International Airport | |||
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IATA: KIS – ICAO: HKKI
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Civil | ||
| Operator | Kenya Airports Authority | ||
| Location | Kisumu | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,796 ft / 1,157 m | ||
| Coordinates | 00°05′10″S 34°43′44″E / 0.08611°S 34.72889°ECoordinates: 00°05′10″S 34°43′44″E / 0.08611°S 34.72889°E | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 07/25 | 6,511 | 1,985 | Asphalt |
Kisumu International Airport is an airport in Kisumu, Kenya (IATA: KIS, ICAO: HKKI). It is the third busiest airport in Kenya[1] and the country's fourth international airport. The airpot has a new terminal with the capacity to handle 700 passengers an hour which translates to 2 million passengers per year. In 2011 the length of the runway was extended from 2 kilometers to 3.3 kilometers giving the airport the capacity to handle large capacity passenger and cargo aircrafts. The airport is set for a second phase of a 4.9 billion shilling expansion that will include the construction of a parallel taxiway, cargo apron and associated facilities.
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| East African Safari Air | Nairobi |
| Fly540 | Eldoret, Nairobi |
| JetLink Express | Mwanza, Nairobi |
| Kenya Airways | Nairobi |
[edit] Trivia
- U.S. President Barack Obama's father is from the village of Nyang'oma Kogelo, 37 miles or 60 km from Kisumu.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Global Take-Off Soon for Kisumu Airport". allAfrica.com. 14 July 2011. http://allafrica.com/stories/201107150061.html.
- ^ "Kenya seeks big airport for Obama". BBC News. 17 October 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7674202.stm.
[edit] External links
- Kenya Airports Authority - Kisumu Airport
- Airport information for HKKI at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- [1] Kibaki opens upgraded Kisumu Airport
