Nairobi Wilson Airport
Wilson Airport is an airport in Nairobi, Kenya. It has flights to many regional airports in Kenya while Nairobi's main airport, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, serves domestic and many international destinations.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Nairobi, Kenya
- Also known as: “HKNW”, “WIL”, and “Wilson Airport”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carnivore and Strathmore Business School.
Carnivore
Restaurant
Photo: Paul Brockmeyer, CC BY 2.0.
Carnivore is an open-air restaurant in the Langata suburb of Nairobi, Kenya. Carnivore's specialty is meat, and features an all-you-can-eat meat buffet.
Strathmore Business School
University building
Photo: Cnjoki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Strathmore University Business School is the business school of Strathmore University. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, it offers Doctoral, Masters and Undergraduate programmes, as well as executive education programmes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South C and Kibera.
South C
Suburb
South C or South Compton is an upper-class residential estate located in the southland area of Nairobi. South C lies next to Wilson Airport. It is bordered by South B to the north-east, Langata Estate to the west and the Nairobi National Park to the south.
Kibera
Suburb
Photo: Kreuzschnabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kibera is a division and neighbourhood of Nairobi, Kenya, 6.6 kilometres from the city centre. Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, and also the largest urban slum in all of Africa.
Upper Hill
Suburb
Photo: Erik (HASH) Hersman, CC BY 2.0.
Upper Hill is a central business district of the city of Nairobi, the capital and largest city of Kenya. The district has seen an increase in major construction in recent years, with several multinational corporations setting up offices.
Nairobi Wilson Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Nairobi County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-1.3242° or 1° 19′ 27″ southLongitude
36.81342° or 36° 48′ 48″ eastElevation
1,690 metres (5,545 feet)Operator
Kenya Airports AuthorityIATA airport code
WILICAO airport code
HKNWUnited Nations Location Code
KE WILOpen location code
6GCRMRG7+89OpenStreetMap ID
way 305663625OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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Satellite Map
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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 Nairobi International”
- German: “Flughafen Wilson”
- German: “HKNW”
- German: “Wilson International Airport Nairobi”
- Hungarian: “Wilson repülőtér”
- Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Wilson”
- Indonesian: “HKNW”
- Indonesian: “WIL”
- 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(Kenya)”
- Swahili: “Uwanja wa Ndege wa Wilson”
- Swahili: “Wilson Airport”
- Swedish: “Nairobi / Wilson”
- Swedish: “Nairobi/Wilson”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи велсун (кинеё)”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи велсун”
- Welsh: “Maes Awyr Wilson”
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