Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
International airport in Nairobi, Kenya / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (IATA: NBO, ICAO: HKJK) is an international airport serving Nairobi, the capital and largest city of Kenya. The other three important international airports in Kenya include Kisumu International Airport, Moi International Airport and Eldoret International Airport. JKIA is located in the Embakasi suburb 18 kilometres (11 mi) southeast of Nairobi's central business district, the airport has scheduled flights to destinations in over 50 countries.[3] Originally named Embakasi Airport, the airport's name was changed in 1978 after Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first President and Prime Minister. The airport served over 7 million passengers in 2016,[4] making it the seventh busiest airport in passenger traffic on the continent.[5]
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Kenya Airports Authority | ||||||||||
Serves | Nairobi Metropolitan Region | ||||||||||
Location | Embakasi, Nairobi, Kenya | ||||||||||
Opened | 9 March 1958; 66 years ago (1958-03-09) | ||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 1,624 m / 5,330 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 01°19′07″S 36°55′33″E | ||||||||||
Website | kaa | ||||||||||
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Latitude and longitude provided by Kenya Airports Authority |
The postal code for Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) is 00501[6]