Jomo Kenyatta International Airport

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is an international airport serving , the capital and largest city of . It is located in the suburb, approximately 18 kilometres southeast of Nairobi city centre.
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  • Type: Airport
  • Description: international airport serving Nairobi, Kenya
  • Also known as: “Aeroportul Jomo Kenyatta”, “Flughafen Nairobi”, “Flughafen Nairobi-Embakasi”, “Flughaveno Najrobio”, “Flughaveno Najrobio-Embakasi”, “HKJK”, “JKIA”, “Nairobi airport”, “Nairobi Kenya Jomo Kenyatta International Airport”, “Nairobi-Embakasi”, “Nairobi-Embakasi airport”, “Nairobi-Embakasi flygplats”, “Nairobis flyplats”, “NBO”, “ემბაკასის აეროპორტი”, “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי ג’ומו קניאטה”, “ケニヤッタ空港”, “ナイロビ国際空港”, and “ナイロビ空港”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Syokimau railway station.

Railway station
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is situated 4 km southwest of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Embakasi Pipeline and Kware.

Suburb
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Pipeline is a slum-like neighbourhood in in the city of in Kenya. is situated 3½ km west of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

Quarter
is a slum neighbourhood in within the city of . is situated 5 km northwest of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

Suburb
is a middle class neighbourhood in the city of . is situated 5 km west of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport

Latitude
-1.3303° or 1° 19′ 49″ south
Longitude
36.92505° or 36° 55′ 30″ east
Elevation
1,624 metres (5,328 feet)
IATA airport code
NBO
ICAO airport code
HKJK
Open location code
6GCRMW9G+V2
Geo­Names ID
6297307
Wiki­data ID
Q206349
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Jomo Kenyatta International Airport” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Jomo Kenyatta Internasionale Lughawe”
  • Arabic: “مطار جومو كينياتا الدولي”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu Internacional Jomo Kenyatta”
  • Bengali: “জোমো কেনিয়াত্তা আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর”
  • Betawi: “Lapangan Terbang Antérobangsa Jomo Kenyatta”
  • Bulgarian: “Летище „Джомо Кенята“ – Найроби”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport Internacional Jomo Kenyatta”
  • Cebuano: “Jomo Kenyatta International Airport”
  • Central Kurdish: “فڕۆکەخانەی نێونەتەوەییی جۆمۆ کینیاتا”
  • Chinese: “乔莫·肯雅塔国际机场”
  • Danish: “Jomo Kenyatta International Airport”
  • Dutch: “Jomo Kenyatta International Airport”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Jomo Kenyatta Internationaal”
  • Esperanto: “Internacia Flughaveno de Najrobio”
  • Esperanto: “Internacia Flughaveno Jomo Kenyatta”
  • Estonian: “Jomo Kenyatta rahvusvaheline lennujaam”
  • Finnish: “Jomo Kenyattan kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • French: “aéroport international Jomo-Kenyatta”
  • French: “Aéroport international Jomo-Kenyatta”
  • Galician: “Aeroporto Internacional Jomo Kenyatta”
  • Georgian: “ჯომო კენიატას საერთაშორისო აეროპორტი”
  • German: “Flughafen Jomo Kenyatta International”
  • Hausa: “Filin jirgin saman Nairobi”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבין-לאומי ג’ומו קניאטה”
  • Hindi: “जोमो केन्याटा हवाई अड्डा”
  • Hungarian: “Jomo Kenyatta nemzetközi repülőtér”
  • Iban: “Padang Bilun Entarabansa Jomo Kenyatta”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Jomo Kenyatta”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale Jomo Kenyatta”
  • Japanese: “ジョモ・ケニヤッタ国際空港”
  • Korean: “조모 케냐타 국제공항”
  • Latin: “Aeroportus Internationalis Jomo Kenyatta”
  • Latin: “Aëroportus Internationalis Jomo Kenyatta”
  • Madurese: “Bandar Udara Internasional Jomo Kenyatta”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Jomo Kenyatta”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Jomo Kenyatta”
  • Malayalam: “ജോമോ കെനിയാട്ട അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര വിമാനത്താവളം”
  • Marathi: “जोमो केन्याटा आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ”
  • Newari: “जोमो केन्याटा विमानस्थल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jomo Kenyatta internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Norwegian: “Jomo Kenyatta internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی جومو کنیاتا”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Jomo Kenyatta”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional Jomo Kenyatta”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Jomo Kenyatta”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт имени Джомо Кениаты”
  • Russian: “Найроби (аэропорт)”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional Jomo Kenyatta”
  • Swahili: “Uwanja wa ndege wa Kimataifa wa Jomo Kenyatta”
  • Swedish: “Jomo Kenyatta internationella flygplats”
  • Swedish: “Jomo Kenyattas internationella flygplats”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи байналмилалии Ҷумо Кенйатта”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи байнулмилалии Ҷуму Кенётто”
  • Thai: “ท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติโจโมเคนยัตตา”
  • Turkish: “Jomo Kenyatta Uluslararası Havalimanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Найробі (аеропорт)”
  • Ukrainian: “Найробі”
  • Uzbek: “Jomo Kenyatta xalqaro aeroporti”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Jomo Kenyatta”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Jomo Kenyatta”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Airport North and Embakasi Village.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Embakasi and Stigands.

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