AirportsMara Serena Lodge Airstrip is a medium-sized airport serving Serena, in Narok County, Kenya. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is MRE.
Key facts
- IATA code
- MRE
- ICAO code
- HKMS
- City
- Serena
- State or region
- Narok County
- Country
- Kenya
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 1.4046° S, 35.0083° E
- Elevation
- 1,585 m (5,200 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,052 m (3,450 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, MRE means Mara Serena Lodge Airstrip. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: HKMS. 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 1.4046° S, 35.0083° E. It stands 1,585 metres (5,200 feet) above sea level. That is high for an airport. Thin air at this height means aircraft need a longer run to take off. The nearest large city in our data is Tarime, about 72 km away in a straight line.
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
Mara Serena Lodge Airstrip has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,052 metres (3,450 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 12 airports of Kenya on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 10.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 1,052 m 3,450 ft | not listed | not listed | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Seronera AirportSeronera, Tanzania | SEU | 119 km |
| Musoma AirportMusoma, Tanzania | MUZ | 135 km |
| Kisumu International AirportKisumu | KIS | 150 km |
| Nairobi Wilson AirportNairobi | WIL | 201 km |
| Eldoret International AirportEldoret | EDL | 203 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,583 km | 7 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,720 km | 6 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,686 km | 4 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,760 km | 8 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,685 km | 14 h 35 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 15,462 km | 19 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 7,676 km | 9 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 11,432 km | 14 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,300 km | 15 h 20 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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