| Moi International Airport | |||
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| IATA: MBA – ICAO: HKMO
MBA
Placement on map is approximate |
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public, Civilian | ||
| Operator | Kenya Airports Authority | ||
| Location | Mombasa, Kenya | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 200 ft / 61 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 03/21 | 10,990 | 3,350 | Asphalt |
| 15/33 | 4,473 | 1,363 | Asphalt |
Moi International Airport, also Mombasa International Airport or Mombasa Airport, is an airport in Kenya.
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Mombasa Airport, (IATA: MBA, ICAO: HKMO), is located in Mombasa District, Coast Province, in the city of Mombasa, in a township called Port Reitz, in southeastern Kenya, along the Indian Ocean coast.
Its location lies approximately 425 kilometres (264 mi), by air, southeast of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the largest and busiest airport in the country.[1] The geographic coordinates of this airport are:4° 2' 24.00"S, 39° 35' 24.00"E (Latitude:-4.0400; Longitude:39.5900).
Moi International Airport serves the city of Mombasa and surrounding communities. It is the second-largest and second-busiest airport in Kenya, behind Jomo Kenyatta International Airport located in the capital city of Nairobi. Mombasa Airport is operated by Kenya Airports Authority. The airport was named after former Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi during his tenure.
Situated at 61 metres (200 ft) above sea level,[2] the airport has two runways: (a) Runway 1 measures 3,350 metres (10,990 ft) in length and (b) Runway 2 measures 1,260 metres (4,130 ft) in length.[3] Runway 1 is also known as Runway 03/21, while Runway 2 is also known as Runway 15/33. Runway 1 is equipped with an ILS (Instrument Landing System).
The airport was built during the Second World War by the Engineer Corps of the South African Army. During that war it was used by the Fleet Air Arm as a land base of the British Eastern Fleet which was based at nearby Kilindini Harbour from 1942, by the RAF which operated anti-submarine Catalina flying boats off the East Africa coast and by the South African Air Force which was engaged in the war against Italy in Abyssinia. The airport was originally known as Port Reitz Airport.
Mombasa Airport was expanded to an international airport in 1979. Aircraft Maintenance facilities for private and light to medium sized commercial aircraft are provided from government and private hangars by Benair Aircraft Engineering, licenced by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) as an approved maintenance organisation (AMO).
From July to September 1994, Moi International Airport was used almost continuously as a refueling station during the Operation Support Hope humanitarian mission into Rwanda. Empty C-141 and C-5 freighter jets returning to Europe flew to Mombasa due to the scarcity of fuel in the African interior. The airlift through Mombasa ceased by October due to runway expansion work.
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| 1Time | Johannesburg-OR Tambo [begins 5 March 2012] |
| African Express Airways | Amman,Djibouti,Moroni, Nairobi |
| Air Berlin | Dusseldorf, Munich |
| Air Uganda | Entebbe |
| Airkenya Express | Nairobi-Wilson |
| Arkefly | Amsterdam |
| Condor | Frankfurt |
| East African Safari Air | Nairobi |
| Edelweiss Air | Zürich |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa |
| Fly540 | Nairobi, Zanzibar |
| Jetairfly.com | Brussels, Zanzibar |
| JetLink Express | Nairobi |
| Kenya Airways | Nairobi |
| Meridiana operated by Eurofly | Bologna, Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino |
| Mombasa Air Safari | Masai Mara, Amboseli, Samburu, Lamu |
| Monarch | London-Gatwick, Manchester |
| Neos | Bologna, Milan-Malpensa, Rome Fiumicino |
| Orenburg Airlines | Seasonal: Moscow-Sheremetyevo |
| Precision Air | Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar |
| RwandAir | Dubai, Kigali |
| Thomson Airways | London-Gatwick, Manchester |
| Travel Service | Katowice-Pyrzowice, Warsaw |
| Yes Airways | Warsaw |