I do not like to start a debate, but pls note following: When creating entries for the airfields around El Wak, I added a comment in the entry for the disused city airport that there were possibly two other fields nearby. One of them (a gravel strip) was clearly visible approx. 7.5 kms to the west of the city, for which I created a new entry (KE-0212). I also added a link to the newspaper article which shows people celebrating the opening of what looks like a gravel strip. It is not clear whether this is the same strip of entry KE-0212). Lastly, OpenAIP has an airport HKEW at a location to the S of El Wak city. Although nothing is visible in satellite pictures, this could indeed refer to a stretch of the main road. I therefore have absolutely no problem of HKEW being added to the database with these coordinates, as David has done.
What bothers me somewhat is that this was not done by actually adding a new airport to the database, but by taking the entry for the gravel strip located to the W of the city, and changing its coordinates and designation (KE-0212 is now HKEW). Through this change we may well have a correct HKEW entry, but we have completely lost the gravel strip to the W of El Wak city from the database. I would propose that we do not do this in future and instead preserve other entrie (unless clearly wrong).
this article suggested the new airport is a 2 km long straight stretch on a 10km road, so this location seems to fit the bill and matches the coordinates
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.
i am a concerned youth from a village immediately after the airport that is chepyakwai.i usually don't understand what benefits the society gains or enjoy from having the airport within.you understand the states of our roads and the society we live in.looking forward for you step of action to benefit the society.
I was born in early 90's near kampi samaki at a village called meisori which lies at the showers of lake baringo near Kampi samaki Airstrip,the place is so nice has good tourist attraction that includes birdwatchin,boat ride,island camping in the midst of the lake and so much more visit the area and have a look of your own.
The tarmac condition is quite impressive.A serviceable windsock is also available but the strip is narrow.i might as well recommend an initial low pass to ensure no animals or Kids playing on the runway.Good luck as you plan to fly to Nyahururu
I enjoyed the visit to E.I.A where we were highly welcome We as family of Nairobi Aviation College Nakuru Campus, it was on 10th may 2013. Me myself as one of the student; Robert,i was impressed of the services they offer, flights dispatching, and staff organization. How can i go applying for attachment there?
Do you think that project will ever materialize. It has been over an year since I started seeing people trying to clear the area. After that, Nothing, at all. I think the money have been diverted. This is the Kenyan way. Just like the road they are repairing from Njoro road to Molo. They are doing such a shoddy job you cannot even imagine. They have put patches and I tell you bythe time they get to Molo That Road will need to be started all over again. And Can our MP, Kiuna tell us how much money has been awarded to the repairing of that road? How much has gone to actual work and how much to the pockets? Why why and why.
Mr Smith earlier this year sold his ~480 Ha farm to a Mombasa businessman, David Lagat. Mr Lagat wants to convert the farm into an upscale residential and recreation center complete with schools, hospitals, banks and shopping malls. It is not known if the old airstrip will be made use of. The last time an aircraft used the strip was in 2011. The facility was used mostly by crop-spraying aircraft but Smith quit farming many years ago. An Indian farming family had since been leasing the land but no crop was planted this year due to the said sale.
NB: A fellow farmer of South African extraction, Petrus 'Fanie' Kruger also sold his ~2000 Ha Sergoit Farm which had a longer and busier airstrip some 15 or so km to the North East of the Smit Farm.
First and foremost this is a good news; with the recent development is it possible to see Kenyans from all over coming to work in Isiolo? A new modern City is on making. I also would like to bring into attention some of Isiolo best coming up with ideas and putting up a website to inform people about Isiolo on their own expense can not be taken for granted and those are the forces to reckon with you can check the website at Isiolo.com
Da airport will certainly open up the nothern fronteer economically , socially, politically e.t.c. The effects of da airport is juz grt. By Ichaba a.k.a masta
I see that works have stated for the construction of Isiolo International Airport. According to information by Daily Nation the runway is reported to be 1.4 Km. instead of 2 km as previously planned. The latter could accept more and biggest airplanes from far destinations, besides the two km runway could be sufficient for war plains in case of emergency due to instability of global politic that is unpredictable. Kshs 610m are not much for such an airport and the Government of Kenya is advised to plan well this first phase; yes, I would like to call it ‘first phase’ since, observing the other airports history, an extension, as a rule, ought to be considered. Besides I see that local problems have taken over the common interest of all Kenyans, since the airport could located in Kampi Garba area without squishing in the present site that noise pollution can destroy the new ‘Las Vegas’ as someone likes to call the future Isiolo, and avoiding the noise pollution, already protected by the Constitution. Anyway the airport is very welcome for the progress of all Kenyans not basically for the local people’s benefit.
the runway 2 kilometers is not in accordance to international standard; 2 Km only for light aircrafts, not for heavy aircrafts therefore Isiolo cannot be called International Airport. Needed 2.800 meters, minimum.The strong wind direction blowing 6 months a year must be considered since the present airstrip is caught by wind laterally, posing problems to planes for landing and taking off. The wind carries considerable dust damaging engines aircrafts. Intense forestation is need on the left side to stop dust. Tarmac and trees are a necessity to all town roads to prevent dust in the town.
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Runway Data
🔗 Tue, 17 Dec 2024
— @Richard747 at Embu Airport, Kenya
Runway data taken from SkyDemon. Slope unknown.
Runway usage
🔗 Wed, 04 Sep 2024
— @Richard747 at Airspray Naivasha Airfield, Kenya
Landed and departed over the lake.
3 fields near El Wak?
🔗 Fri, 12 Nov 2021
— @Frits at El Wak Airport, Kenya
I do not like to start a debate, but pls note following: When creating entries for the airfields around El Wak, I added a comment in the entry for the disused city airport that there were possibly two other fields nearby. One of them (a gravel strip) was clearly visible approx. 7.5 kms to the west of the city, for which I created a new entry (KE-0212). I also added a link to the newspaper article which shows people celebrating the opening of what looks like a gravel strip. It is not clear whether this is the same strip of entry KE-0212). Lastly, OpenAIP has an airport HKEW at a location to the S of El Wak city. Although nothing is visible in satellite pictures, this could indeed refer to a stretch of the main road. I therefore have absolutely no problem of HKEW being added to the database with these coordinates, as David has done.
What bothers me somewhat is that this was not done by actually adding a new airport to the database, but by taking the entry for the gravel strip located to the W of the city, and changing its coordinates and designation (KE-0212 is now HKEW). Through this change we may well have a correct HKEW entry, but we have completely lost the gravel strip to the W of El Wak city from the database. I would propose that we do not do this in future and instead preserve other entrie (unless clearly wrong).
Thx for your consideration, Frits
New airport
🔗 Tue, 02 Nov 2021
— @david at (Old) El Wak Airport, Kenya
https://ourairports.com/airports/HKEW/
2km stretch
🔗 Tue, 02 Nov 2021
— @david at El Wak Airport, Kenya
this article suggested the new airport is a 2 km long straight stretch on a 10km road, so this location seems to fit the bill and matches the coordinates
https://www.the-star.co.ke/counties/north-eastern/2016-02-25-new-airstrip-to-open-up-elwak-town/
Old El Wak Airport now closed
🔗 Fri, 23 Jul 2021
— @Frits at (Old) El Wak Airport, Kenya
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.
ICAO Code
🔗 Sun, 14 Oct 2018
— Anonymous Flyer at Nanyuki Airport, Kenya
ICAO code for this airport is HKNL, not HKNY.
Lake Naivasha history.
🔗 Tue, 27 Mar 2018
— @Bill35 at Naivasha Airport, Kenya
https://web.archive.org/web/20180327043925/https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/When-Lake-Naivasha-was-an-international-airport/539444-1328938-uipxo6/index.html
(no subject)
🔗 Sat, 02 Dec 2017
— @Leifur at Tawi airfield, Kenya
Tawi Lodge
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🔗 Fri, 22 Sep 2017
— @anthonymunyua at Nairobi Wilson Airport, Kenya
Simple but efficient
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🔗 Fri, 16 Jun 2017
— Anonymous Flyer at Marsabit Airport, Kenya
A place to be almost at the heart of the town
Rain dispersal
🔗 Fri, 09 Jun 2017
— Anonymous Flyer at Airspray Naivasha Airfield, Kenya
They spray areas around naivasha to prevent rainfall..we are watching
(no subject)
🔗 Fri, 19 May 2017
— Anonymous Flyer at Orly (Olooitikosh) Airport, Kenya
Hkik
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🔗 Fri, 19 May 2017
— Anonymous Flyer at Angama Airport, Kenya
HKOM
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🔗 Tue, 18 Apr 2017
— Anonymous Flyer at Dadaab Airstrip, Kenya
would you help me to full fill the ICAO standard
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🔗 Tue, 18 Apr 2017
— Anonymous Flyer at Dadaab Airstrip, Kenya
Its not a world wide airport as a result of the we can't get supportive information
Delete this. Duplicate to MRE (HKMS)
🔗 Tue, 24 May 2016
— @mforte at Mara Serena Lodge Airstrip, Kenya
There is no airport here. This must be confused with Mara Serena Lodge Airstrip which is a few miles north of here
Marked as closed
🔗 Tue, 01 Mar 2016
— @david at Sigor Airport, Kenya
Marked as closed based on visitor feedback.
Does not exist anymore
🔗 Tue, 01 Mar 2016
— Anonymous Flyer at Sigor Airport, Kenya
Does not exist
Re: location
🔗 Mon, 18 Jan 2016
— @ptomblin at Laisamis Airport, Kenya
Location fixed.
This is in exactly the wrong place...
🔗 Mon, 18 Jan 2016
— Anonymous Flyer at Laisamis Airport, Kenya
Runway Location– south of the town
Lat: 1.578387°
Lon: 37.810799°
Rwy: 17/35
Surface: Dirt, Good.
Length: 1000m
New Runway
🔗 Tue, 29 Dec 2015
— Anonymous Flyer at Nanyuki Airport, Kenya
A new tarmac runway [ longer and wider ], is currently under construction as of 30 November 2015. Current Runway being used is grass
Shirika Farm Airstrip
🔗 Fri, 25 Apr 2014
— Anonymous Flyer at George Smith Farm Airport, Kenya
I used to fly George's Cessna 172 FR (5Y-AKL) from that airstrip in 1980/82 and remember the time nostalgically.
Is George still alive?
All the best wherever you may be.
Norbert P. (German)
Skype: Bergfrosch
BENIFITS TO SOCIETY
🔗 Thu, 03 Apr 2014
— Anonymous Flyer at Eldoret International Airport, Kenya
i am a concerned youth from a village immediately after the airport that is chepyakwai.i usually don't understand what benefits the society gains or enjoy from having the airport within.you understand the states of our roads and the society we live in.looking forward for you step of action to benefit the society.
resident
🔗 Thu, 06 Feb 2014
— Anonymous Flyer at Lake Baringo (Kampi Ya Samaki) Airport, Kenya
I was born in early 90's near kampi samaki at a village called meisori which lies at the showers of lake baringo near Kampi samaki Airstrip,the place is so nice has good tourist attraction that includes birdwatchin,boat ride,island camping in the midst of the lake and so much more visit the area and have a look of your own.
airstrip condition
🔗 Fri, 13 Dec 2013
— Anonymous Flyer at Nyahururu Airport, Kenya
The tarmac condition is quite impressive.A serviceable windsock is also available but the strip is narrow.i might as well recommend an initial low pass to ensure no animals or Kids playing on the runway.Good luck as you plan to fly to Nyahururu
traveller
🔗 Thu, 08 Aug 2013
— Anonymous Flyer at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Kenya
Please, put some information about international departures!!!
JKIA closed.
🔗 Wed, 07 Aug 2013
— Anonymous Flyer at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Kenya
Pls update your website. It will help lots of stranded passengers.
Comment
🔗 Wed, 29 May 2013
— Anonymous Flyer at Eldoret International Airport, Kenya
I enjoyed the visit to E.I.A where we were highly welcome We as family of Nairobi Aviation College Nakuru Campus, it was on 10th may 2013. Me myself as one of the student; Robert,i was impressed of the services they offer, flights dispatching, and staff organization. How can i go applying for attachment there?
re: Location
🔗 Tue, 19 Mar 2013
— @ptomblin at Loporot Airport, Kenya
I've moved the airport marker, but it still doesn't look like an airport.
Location
🔗 Tue, 19 Mar 2013
— Anonymous Flyer at Loporot Airport, Kenya
The exact location is: 02 20 43N 35 52 58E
This is the right location of lokori airstrip
🔗 Tue, 19 Mar 2013
— Anonymous Flyer at Lokori Airport, Kenya
N1 58.000 E36 01.000 this is the rigt location of the strip. I know have landed there several times.
Flight Status
🔗 Sat, 09 Feb 2013
— Anonymous Flyer at Moi International Airport, Kenya
Status of the flights is update? I wanna know if a flight form Addis Ababa is already landed...but I read only "scheduled" in the arrivals page...
re: bookings
🔗 Thu, 24 Jan 2013
— Anonymous Flyer at Wanguru (Thiba) Airport, Kenya
Photos
bookings
🔗 Thu, 24 Jan 2013
— Anonymous Flyer at Wanguru (Thiba) Airport, Kenya
Enquries
kabarnet airstrip
🔗 Mon, 19 Nov 2012
— Anonymous Flyer at Kapchomuswo (Kabarnet) Airport, Kenya
its good though it is slightly out of town,,appprox 5km away,,the locals are good
Talking of Njor Airstrip?
🔗 Tue, 04 Sep 2012
— Anonymous Flyer at Moi Air Base, Kenya
Do you think that project will ever materialize. It has been over an year since I started seeing people trying to clear the area. After that, Nothing, at all. I think the money have been diverted. This is the Kenyan way. Just like the road they are repairing from Njoro road to Molo. They are doing such a shoddy job you cannot even imagine. They have put patches and I tell you bythe time they get to Molo That Road will need to be started all over again. And Can our MP, Kiuna tell us how much money has been awarded to the repairing of that road? How much has gone to actual work and how much to the pockets? Why why and why.
flights
🔗 Fri, 03 Aug 2012
— Anonymous Flyer at Mara Shikar Airport, Kenya
which Kenya airport would be best to fly from to arrive into Mara Shikar. Is there a direct flight to Mara Shikar from S, Africa?
Thank you for your help
re: wrong hemispere
🔗 Thu, 26 Jul 2012
— @ptomblin at Changoi Tea Estate Airport, Kenya
I've moved the latitude, but I don't see an airport there.
wrong hemispere
🔗 Thu, 26 Jul 2012
— Anonymous Flyer at Changoi Tea Estate Airport, Kenya
the Airport is not at Latitude: 0.476944, but at Latitude: -0.476944 (wrong sign -> wrong hemisphere)
the Longitude is correct.
George Smith Airstrip.
🔗 Sun, 27 May 2012
— Anonymous Flyer at George Smith Farm Airport, Kenya
Mr Smith earlier this year sold his ~480 Ha farm to a Mombasa businessman, David Lagat. Mr Lagat wants to convert the farm into an upscale residential and recreation center complete with schools, hospitals, banks and shopping malls. It is not known if the old airstrip will be made use of. The last time an aircraft used the strip was in 2011. The facility was used mostly by crop-spraying aircraft but Smith quit farming many years ago. An Indian farming family had since been leasing the land but no crop was planted this year due to the said sale.
NB: A fellow farmer of South African extraction, Petrus 'Fanie' Kruger also sold his ~2000 Ha Sergoit Farm which had a longer and busier airstrip some 15 or so km to the North East of the Smit Farm.
Cosmas Ronno
Mti Moja. Eldoret
Topography
🔗 Fri, 25 Nov 2011
— Anonymous Flyer at Embu Airport, Kenya
K.A.A need to construct that airstrip and start employing people
Brians Inn
🔗 Mon, 05 Sep 2011
— Anonymous Flyer at Njoro Airport, Kenya
Brian's Inn is located about 1 Km from Njoro Airstrip. For accommodation, small group conference facilities.
ISIOLO PEOPLE NOW TALKING AFTER MANY YEARS OF POVERTY
🔗 Sat, 28 May 2011
— Anonymous Flyer at Isiolo Airport, Kenya
First and foremost this is a good news; with the recent development is it possible to see Kenyans from all over coming to work in Isiolo? A new modern City is on making. I also would like to bring into attention some of Isiolo best coming up with ideas and putting up a website to inform people about Isiolo on their own expense can not be taken for granted and those are the forces to reckon with you can check the website at Isiolo.com
Texas International airport
🔗 Sun, 01 May 2011
— Anonymous Flyer at Isiolo Airport, Kenya
Da airport will certainly open up the nothern fronteer economically , socially, politically e.t.c. The effects of da airport is juz grt. By Ichaba a.k.a masta
re: Kenya's main fighter base
🔗 Wed, 30 Mar 2011
— Anonymous Flyer at Laikipia Air Base, Kenya
Reply to @david: were real men hood kip it up comrades
Isiolo International aArport
🔗 Mon, 21 Mar 2011
— Anonymous Flyer at Isiolo Airport, Kenya
I see that works have stated for the construction of Isiolo International Airport. According to information by Daily Nation the runway is reported to be 1.4 Km. instead of 2 km as previously planned. The latter could accept more and biggest airplanes from far destinations, besides the two km runway could be sufficient for war plains in case of emergency due to instability of global politic that is unpredictable. Kshs 610m are not much for such an airport and the Government of Kenya is advised to plan well this first phase; yes, I would like to call it ‘first phase’ since, observing the other airports history, an extension, as a rule, ought to be considered. Besides I see that local problems have taken over the common interest of all Kenyans, since the airport could located in Kampi Garba area without squishing in the present site that noise pollution can destroy the new ‘Las Vegas’ as someone likes to call the future Isiolo, and avoiding the noise pollution, already protected by the Constitution. Anyway the airport is very welcome for the progress of all Kenyans not basically for the local people’s benefit.
re: isiolo international airport
🔗 Thu, 17 Mar 2011
— @ptomblin at Isiolo Airport, Kenya
Take it up with Google. Nothing we can do about it.
re: isiolo international airport
🔗 Thu, 17 Mar 2011
— Anonymous Flyer at Isiolo Airport, Kenya
Google map of Isiolo town is not updated since a few years, many new buildings are unknown. Need of today updating
isiolo international airport
🔗 Thu, 17 Mar 2011
— Anonymous Flyer at Isiolo Airport, Kenya
the runway 2 kilometers is not in accordance to international standard; 2 Km only for light aircrafts, not for heavy aircrafts therefore Isiolo cannot be called International Airport. Needed 2.800 meters, minimum.The strong wind direction blowing 6 months a year must be considered since the present airstrip is caught by wind laterally, posing problems to planes for landing and taking off. The wind carries considerable dust damaging engines aircrafts. Intense forestation is need on the left side to stop dust. Tarmac and trees are a necessity to all town roads to prevent dust in the town.
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