HKNW IATA WIL Medium Airport

Airport record

Nairobi Wilson Airport

Nairobi, Nairobi City County, Kenya

Scheduled service reportedHigh elevation
WGS 84 position -1.32172°, 36.81480° Open map
FIELD ELEVATION 5,536 ft MSL

1,687 metres

REPORTED OPEN RUNWAYS 2

1 reported lighted · 1 reported not lighted

LONGEST REPORTED 5,052 ft

1,540 metres · 14/32

PUBLISHED COMMS 1

Source records

Runway geometry

Reported runway surfaces

TRUE headings
Runway Dimensions Surface Heading (true) Lighting Status
14/32 5,052 × 76 ft1,540 × 23 m Asphalt 134.0° / 314.0° northwest–southeast Reported not lighted Reported open
07/25 4,798 × 72 ft1,462 × 22 m Asphalt 70.0° / 250.0° east–west Reported lighted Reported open

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Runway ends

Published end data

Each runway end is listed separately. Headings are true; elevations are MSL. A dash means the source did not publish a value—not zero.

Runway-end identifiers, parent runways, true headings, elevations, displaced thresholds, and published coordinates
End Runway True heading End elevation Displaced threshold Coordinates
14 LE · low-numbered end 14/32 Reported open 134.0°T 5,517 ft MSL1,682 m 246 ft75 m -1.31888°, 36.81190° Open end map ↗
32 HE · high-numbered end 14/32 Reported open 314.0°T 5,469 ft MSL1,667 m Not published -1.32855°, 36.82190° Open end map ↗
07 LE · low-numbered end 07/25 Reported open 70.0°T 5,546 ft MSL1,690 m Not published -1.32485°, 36.80630° Open end map ↗
25 HE · high-numbered end 07/25 Reported open 250.0°T 5,479 ft MSL1,670 m Not published -1.32030°, 36.81870° Open end map ↗

Communications

Published frequencies

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TypeFrequencyDescription
TWR 118.100 MHz WILSON TWR

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CodeAirportDistance & bearingLongest runway
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HTKJ Kilimanjaro International AirportArusha 127 NM236 km · S · 173° true 11,811 ft
HKEL Eldoret International AirportEldoret 140 NM260 km · NW · 318° true 11,480 ft
HKMO Moi International AirportMombasa 233 NM432 km · SE · 134° true 10,991 ft
HUEN Entebbe International AirportEntebbe 275 NM509 km · W · 287° true 12,000 ft
HTDA Julius Nyerere International AirportDar es Salaam 363 NM672 km · SE · 157° true 9,843 ft

Source & provenance

Data source

Airport, runway, and frequency records come from the OurAirports Public Domain dataset snapshot dated . Missing values remain missing; Runway Almanac does not invent them.