Wilson Airport

Wilson Airport is an airport in Kenya.

 

Wilson Airport, (IATA: WIL, ICAO: HKNW), is located in Nairobi County, Nairobi District, in Nairobi Province, in the city of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya and the largest metropolitan center in that country. Its location lies approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi), by road, south of the central business district of the city. Nearby suburbs include:Langata, South C and Kibera. This location lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi), by road, west of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the largest civilian airport in the country.

 

The airport serves both domestic and international traffic. It is used mostly by general aviation traffic. Industries that use Wilson Airport extensively include tourism, health care and agriculture. The airport averages traffic of around 120,000 landings and take-offs annually.

 

Airkenya and other small airlines use Wilson Airport for scheduled domestic passenger services, instead of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the main airport in Nairobi. Missionary aviation operators AMREF, Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) and AIM AIR use Wilson Airport as their airport base on the African continent. The airport is used also for flight training. The airport is under the supervision of Kenya Airports Authority (KAA).