Loitokitok Airport
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Location
Loitokitok Airport is located in Loitokitok DistrictLoitokitok District
-Location:The district is located in Rift Valley Province, in southeastern Kenya, at the border with the Republic of Tanzania, adjacent to Mount Kilimanjaro...
, Rift Valley Province, in the town of Loitokitok
Loitokitok
-Location:The town is located in Loitokitok District, Rift Valley Province, in southeastern Kenya, at the International border with Tanzania. The town lies within the foothills and in full view of Mount Kilimanjaro....
, in southeastern Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
, at the International border with the Republic of Tanzania. The airport lies to the northeast of the town's central business district
Central business district
A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...
.
Its location is approximately 195 kilometres (121.2 mi), by air, southeast of Nairobi International Airport, the country’s largest civilian airport. The geographic coordinates of this airport are:2° 54' 25.00"S, 37° 31' 17.00"E (Latitude:-2.9069453; Longitude:37.521389).
Overview
Loitokitok Airport is a small airport that serves the town of LoitokitokLoitokitok
-Location:The town is located in Loitokitok District, Rift Valley Province, in southeastern Kenya, at the International border with Tanzania. The town lies within the foothills and in full view of Mount Kilimanjaro....
and the adjacent communities. Situated at 5322 feet (1,622.1 m) above sea level, the airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
has a single unpaved runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
that is 3281 feet (1,000 m) long.
Airlines and destinations
At the moment there are no regular, scheduled airline services to Loitokitok Airport.External links
- Location of Loitokitok Airport At Google Maps
- Website of Kenya Airports Authority
- Airkenya Flight Routes
See also
- LoitokitokLoitokitok-Location:The town is located in Loitokitok District, Rift Valley Province, in southeastern Kenya, at the International border with Tanzania. The town lies within the foothills and in full view of Mount Kilimanjaro....
- Loitokitok DistrictLoitokitok District-Location:The district is located in Rift Valley Province, in southeastern Kenya, at the border with the Republic of Tanzania, adjacent to Mount Kilimanjaro...
- Rift Valley Province
- Mount KilimanjaroMount KilimanjaroKilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is a dormant volcano in Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania and the highest mountain in Africa at above sea level .-Geology:...
- Kenya Airports AuthorityKenya Airports AuthorityKenya Airports Authority is the owner and operator of nine civilian airports and airstrips in Kenya. Kenya Airports Authority was established by an act of Parliament in 1992, by the ruling Kenya African National Union government. The KAA Act, Cap 395, provides for the powers and functions of the...
- Kenya Civil Aviation AuthorityKenya Civil Aviation AuthorityKenya Civil Aviation Authority is a state corporation of Kenya that is responsible for regulating the aviation industry in Kenya and for providing air navigation services in the Kenya flight region....
- List of airports in Kenya