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Jomo Kenyatta International Airport 
Aerial view of the terminal IATA: NBO – ICAO: HKJK Summary Airport type Joint (Civil and Military) Operator Kenya Airports Authority Location Nairobi, Kenya Hub for Fly540
Kenya AirwaysElevation 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 Website Map Location within Kenya
NBORunways Direction Length Surface ft m 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 Eastern & Central Africa. It is the 6th busiest airport in Africa. 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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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]
Terminal
Approaching Jomo-kenyatta Airport main terminal
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
Local Arrivals
SunsetJomo 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.
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.
Airlines and destinations
Airlines Destinations African Express Airways Aden, Al Mukalla, Berbera, Dubai, Juba, Mogadishu, Mombasa, Sharjah Air Arabia Sharjah Air Madagascar Antananarivo Air Mauritius Mauritius Air Seychelles Mahe Air Uganda Entebbe Air Zimbabwe Harare British Airways London-Heathrow Brussels Airlines Brussels Condor Frankfurt [begins 7 November][5] Daallo Airlines Djibouti, Hargeisa, Mogadishu East African Safari Air Juba, Kisumu, Lokichogio EgyptAir Cairo Emirates Dubai Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi [begins 1 April] Fly540 Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret, Kitale, Lodwar, Lamu, Malindi, The Mara, Mwanza, Kilimanjaro, Entebbe, Zanzibar Gulf Air Bahrain JetLink Express Eldoret, Goma, Juba, Kisumu, Mombasa, Mwanza Jubba Airways Berbera, Djibouti, Mogadishu Kenya Airways Abidjan, Abuja, Accra, Addis Ababa, Amsterdam, Antananarivo, Bamako, Bangui, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Bujumbura, Cairo, Cotonou, Dakar, Dar es Salaam, Djibouti, Douala, Dubai, Entebbe, Freetown, Gaborone, Guangzhou, Harare, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Juba, Khartoum, Kigali, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Kisumu, Kuwait, Lamu, Lagos, Libreville, Lilongwe, London-Heathrow, Luanda, Lubumbashi, Lusaka, Mahé, Malindi, Maputo, Mayotte, Mombasa, Monrovia, Moroni, Mumbai, Muscat, N'Djamena, Ndola, Ouagadougou, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Port-Louis, Rome-Fiumicino, Yaoundé, Zanzibar KLM Amsterdam LAM Mozambique Airlines Maputo, Pemba Marsland Aviation Nasair Asmara, Khartoum Precision Air Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro, Mwanza, Zanzibar Qatar Airways Doha, Dar es Salaam Royal Jordanian Amman-Queen Alia [begins 16 December] RwandAir Kigali Saudi Arabian Airlines Jeddah South African Airways Johannesburg Sudan Airways Khartoum Swiss International Air Lines Zürich Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk Virgin Atlantic Airways London-Heathrow Yemenia Sanaa 
Cities with a direct international airlink to Jomo Kenyatta International AirportCharter airlines
Airlines Destinations Iberworld Madrid Monarch Airlines Cargo airlines
Airlines Destinations Air Cargo Germany Frankfurt-Hahn Air France Cargo Paris-Charles de Gaulle British Airways World Cargo Johannesburg, London-Stansted, Zaragoza Cargolux Luxembourg, Maastricht Emirates SkyCargo Dubai Etihad Crystal Cargo Abu Dhabi Evergreen International Airlines Lufthansa Cargo Frankfurt Martinair Cargo Khartoum,Amsterdam Saudi Arabian Airlines Cargo Amsterdam, Jeddah[6] Simba Air Cargo Singapore Airlines Cargo Brussels, Johannesburg, Singapore Other facilities
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority has its head office in the KAA Complex on the airport property.[7][8] African Express Airways has its head office on the airport property.[9] In addition the Kenya Airports Authority also has its head office at JKIA.[10]
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.
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/
- ^ 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."
External links
- 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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