Jomo Kenyatta International Airport

Jomo Kenyatta
International Airport

Uwanja Wa Ndege Wa Jomo Kenyatta
Jomo Kenyatta ; International Airport; Uwanja Wa Ndege Wa Jomo Kenyatta
	IATA: NBO; ICAO: HKJK; WMO: 63740;
Summary
Airport type	Joint (Civil and Military)
Operator	Kenya Airports Authority
Serves	Nairobi Metropolitan Region
Location	Embakasi, Nairobi, Kenya
Hub for	Kenya Airways; Jambojet; Fly540; African Express Airways;
Elevation AMSL	1,624 m / 5,330 ft
Coordinates	01°19′07″S 36°55′33″E / 1.31861°S 36.92583°E
Website	kaa.go.ke
Map
	NBO Location within Kenya
Runways
Statistics (2018)
Passengers
Passengers	7,039,175
Aircraft Movements	92,000
Economic Impact	1.1% of GDP ($781 Million / KES 7.8 Billion)
	Latitude and longitude provided by Kenya Airports Authority

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (IATA: NBO, ICAO: HKJK), is an international airport in Nairobi, the capital of and largest city in Kenya. Located in the Embakasi suburb 15 kilometres (9 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 to honour 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 in Africa.^[5]