AirportsMoi International Airport is a large airport serving Mombasa, in Mombasa County, Kenya. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is MBA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- MBA
- ICAO code
- HKMO
- City
- Mombasa
- State or region
- Mombasa County
- Country
- Kenya
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 4.0348° S, 39.5942° E
- Elevation
- 61 m (200 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,350 m (10,991 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, MBA means Moi International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: HKMO. 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 4.0348° S, 39.5942° E. It stands 61 metres (200 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
Moi International Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 3,350 metres (10,991 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 3.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 3,350 m 10,991 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 15/33 | 1,363 m 4,473 ft | 36 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Malindi International AirportMalindi | MYD | 106 km |
| Tanga AirportTanga, Tanzania | TGT | 131 km |
| Manda AirportLamu | LAU | 246 km |
| Abeid Amani Karume International AirportZanzibar, Tanzania | ZNZ | 247 km |
| Kilimanjaro International AirportArusha, Tanzania | JRO | 288 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,403 km | 7 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,457 km | 5 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,675 km | 4 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,242 km | 9 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,259 km | 15 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 15,986 km | 19 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 7,181 km | 9 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 11,190 km | 14 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 11,717 km | 14 h 35 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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