Laikipia Air Base
Laikipia Air Base is a Kenya Air Force base located approximately 8 kilometres west-northwest of Nanyuki, Kenya. Laikipia AB was established in 1974 as Nanyuki Air Base and later renamed for the county in which it is located.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Laikipia County, Kenya
- Also known as: “Nanyuki Air Base”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nanyuki.
Nanyuki
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nanyuki is a market town in Laikipia County of Kenya lying northwest of Mount Kenya along the A2 road and at the terminus of the branch railway from Nairobi.
Laikipia Air Base
- Categories: air base, military installation, and transportation
- Location: Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
0.03021° or 0° 1′ 49″ northLongitude
37.02716° or 37° 1′ 38″ eastElevation
1,862 metres (6,109 feet)Open location code
6GGV22JG+3VOpenStreetMap ID
way 85418244OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=airfield
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Malay—“Laikipia Air Base” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قاعدة لايكيبيا الجوية”
- French: “Base aérienne de Laikipia”
- Japanese: “ライキピア空軍基地”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Laikipia Air Base”
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