Kisumu International Airport

Kisumu International Airport
IATA: KIS – ICAO: HKKI KIS Main Terminal KIS Location of airport in Kenya
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
Website	www.kenyaairports.co.ke
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 06/24 10,826 3,300 Asphalt
Statistics (2013)
Passenger numbers 267,379[1]

KIS Terminal

KIS Terminal

Kisumu International Airport is an airport in Kisumu, Kenya (IATA: KIS, ICAO: HKKI). It is the third busiest airport in Kenya^[2] and the country's fourth international airport. The airport 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 kilometres (1.2 mi) to 3.3 kilometres (2.1 mi) giving the airport the capacity to handle large capacity passenger and cargo aircraft. 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.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
East African Safari Air	Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta
Fly540	Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta Seasonal: Eldoret
Jambo Jet	Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta
Kenya Airways	Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta
Sky Aero	Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta[3]

References

1. http://sadimsolutions.com/airports/kenyan-airport-passenger-traffic-decline-by-5-2013/
2. "Global Take-Off Soon for Kisumu Airport". allAfrica.com. 14 July 2011.
3. "New airline enters Kenya’s domestic market".

External links

• Media related to Kisumu Airport at Wikimedia Commons
• Kenya Airports Authority – Kisumu Airport
• Airport information for HKKI at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
• Kibaki opens upgraded Kisumu Airport