The downtown airport is now closed and partly built-over. OpenAIP shows an airport to the S of El Wak city, labelled HKEW (the old city airport's code). No facilities are visible on the satellite images, so it's not clear whether this is in fact correct. However there is a gravel strip about 7.5 kms W of the city, which seems to serve as the new Airport. I have added this to the database.
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New airport
🔗 Tue, 02 Nov 2021
— @david at (Old) El Wak Airport, Kenya Reply
https://ourairports.com/airports/HKEW/
Old El Wak Airport now closed
🔗 Fri, 23 Jul 2021
— @Frits at (Old) El Wak Airport, Kenya Reply
The downtown airport is now closed and partly built-over. OpenAIP shows an airport to the S of El Wak city, labelled HKEW (the old city airport's code). No facilities are visible on the satellite images, so it's not clear whether this is in fact correct. However there is a gravel strip about 7.5 kms W of the city, which seems to serve as the new Airport. I have added this to the database.