Nairobi Wilson Airport

Wilson Airport is an in , . It has flights to many regional airports in Kenya while Nairobi's main airport, , serves domestic and many international destinations.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Nairobi, Kenya
  • Also known as: “Flughafen Wilson Nairobi International”, “HKNW”, “Uwanja wa Ndege wa Wilson(Kenya)”, “WIL”, “Wilson Airport”, and “Wilson International Airport Nairobi”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Carnivore and Strathmore Business School.

Restaurant
Photo: Paul Brockmeyer, CC BY 2.0.
is an open-air restaurant in the Langata suburb of , .

University building
Photo: Cnjoki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Strathmore University Business School is the business school of Strathmore University.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South C and Laini Saba.

Suburb
or South Compton is an upper-class residential…

Quarter
is a slum of , the capital of .

Suburb
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is a division and neighbourhood of , , 6.6 kilometres from the city centre.

Nairobi Wilson Airport

Latitude
-1.3242° or 1° 19′ 27″ south
Longitude
36.81342° or 36° 48′ 48″ east
Elevation
1,690 metres (5,545 feet)
Operator
Kenya Airports Authority
IATA airport code
WIL
ICAO airport code
HKNW
UN/LOCODE
KE WIL
Open location code
6GCRMRG7+89
Open­Street­Map ID
way 305663625
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6301554
Wiki­data ID
Q1049288
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Nairobi Wilson Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Nairobi / Wilson”
  • Cebuano: “Nairobi/Wilson”
  • Chinese: “威尔逊机场”
  • Chinese: “威爾遜機場”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Wilson”
  • Dutch: “Wilson Airport”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ويلسون ايرپورت”
  • Esperanto: “Flughaveno Wilson”
  • French: “Aéroport de Nairobi Wilson”
  • French: “aéroport Wilson”
  • French: “Aéroport Wilson”
  • German: “Flughafen Nairobi Wilson International”
  • German: “Flughafen Nairobi Wilson”
  • German: “Flughafen Wilson”
  • Hungarian: “Wilson repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Wilson”
  • Italian: “aeroporto Wilson”
  • Japanese: “ウィルソン空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Wilson”
  • Malayalam: “വിൽസൺ വിമാനത്താവളം”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه ویلسون”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Nairobi-Wilson”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Wilson”
  • Swahili: “Uwanja wa Ndege wa Wilson”
  • Swedish: “Nairobi / Wilson”
  • Swedish: “Nairobi/Wilson”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи велсун (кинеё)”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи велсун”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Wilson”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: City Cotton setllement and Kemri estate.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Titan Avionics and Wilson Airport Police Station.

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