AirportsKisumu International Airport is a large airport serving Kisumu, in Kisumu County, Kenya. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KIS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KIS
- ICAO code
- HKKI
- City
- Kisumu
- State or region
- Kisumu County
- Country
- Kenya
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 0.0861° S, 34.7289° E
- Elevation
- 1,138 m (3,734 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,299 m (10,823 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KIS means Kisumu International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: HKKI. ICAO codes that begin with H belong to east and north-east Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 0.0861° S, 34.7289° E. It stands 1,138 metres (3,734 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Africa/Nairobi, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Kisumu International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,299 metres (10,823 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 12 airports of Kenya on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 4.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 3,299 m 10,823 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Eldoret International AirportEldoret | EDL | 79 km |
| Mara Serena Lodge AirstripSerena | MRE | 150 km |
| Musoma AirportMusoma, Tanzania | MUZ | 188 km |
| Soroti AirportSoroti, Uganda | SRT | 236 km |
| Entebbe International AirportEntebbe, Uganda | EBB | 255 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,514 km | 7 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,674 km | 6 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,586 km | 4 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,613 km | 8 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,564 km | 14 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 15,324 km | 19 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 7,703 km | 9 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 11,370 km | 14 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,413 km | 15 h 25 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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