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Jomo Kenyatta Airport
Airport Directory » Kenya » Nairobi » Jomo Kenyatta AirportJomo Kenyatta International Airport, (IATA: NBO, ICAO: HKJK) once named Embakasi Airport and Nairobi International Airport, is Kenya's biggest air power installation, and the busiest airport in Central Africa. It is the sixth busiest airport in Africa. The airport is named after the 1st Kenyan chancellor and president Jomo Kenyatta.
Kenyatta airport is turn up in Embakasi, a suburban area to the south east of Nairobi. The airport is located 15km from Nairobi's Central Business District, and at the border of the town's build up area . The Mombasa Highway runs adjacent to the airport, and is the independent road of access between Nairobi and the airport.
The airport is the independent hub of Kenya Airways and Five Forty Aviation. Jomo Kenyatta airport is assisted by Runway 06/24. Runway 06 is ILS-equipped, and is used for take-offs and landings. The airport is assisted by 1 depot construction build in the 1970s. The former "Embakasi" depot, currently used for freight and for a Kenya Air Force grooming installation, was build before the 1960s.
In 2006, the airport assisted over 4,400,000 riders.
History
Nairobi Embakasi Airport was opened in May 1958, by the last Governor of Kenya, Evelyn Baring. The airport was due to be opened by Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, nevertheless, she was hold up in Australia and is able to not do the observance.
Later the current depot was built on the other side of the landing track and the airport was renamed Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The old depot is currently sometimes bring up as Old Embakasi Airport and is used by the Kenya Air Force .
Terminal
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport’s depot has 3 units that provide for both reaches and going. Unit one and two are chiefly used for international voyages whereas unit three is chiefly used for domestic voyages.
Departing riders check-in through unit one and two depending on their destinations. Both units have air hose check-in counters that function on a CUTE system, and in-migration desks at the ground level where riders are cleared before they continue to the departure lounge in the 1st floor via moving staircase or get up. There are 8 entrances at the going used to get in to the aircraft via boarding spans. Arriving international riders come in through the same entrances into the a concourse which takes them to in-migration counters at the 1st floor before coming to the luggage hallway located in the ground level. The luggage hallway is good assist with luggage conveyor belts.
Banking installations, cab, auto engage, tour operators and hotel booking business office are handily located at the reaches. Scheduled bus company to and from city heart is available at unit one and two bus stop.
Simba eating house is located in the fifth floor of the independent central construction. There is a cafeteria functioned by Home Park in unit 1, eating house and public house in unit 2, cafeteria and snack counter in unit three and international reaching hallway – all functioned by NAS. Beverage and soft imbibe vending machine are strategically location in each unit.
Information desks manned by client care military officers, are strategically location in all the units and at the reaching hallway. Flight info expose systems (FIDS) and signage assists the rider encounter his/her style around the airport.
Future enlargement
On the 14th October 2005, the Kenya Airports Authority denoted their architectural plans to spread out Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Over the next 2 yr, the dominance denoted that it would better airport installations across Kenya, particularly at Nairobi.
The enlargement labor was moved as Jomo Kenyatta airport's one-year rider flowing overstepped 4 million, while the airport was only made to deal 2.5 million riders.
The enlargement of the airport will more than duplicate its size, from 25,662 sq m to 55,222 sq m. Aircraft parkland, which is now tighten up, shall be increased from 200,000 square meter to over 300,000 square meter, and additional taxi strip shall be constructed. The arrivals and going subdivision shall be to the full divided, and the waiting area shall be revamped.
The enlargement will increase the airport's capacity to 9 million riders a yr. The labor will cost the Kenya Airports Authority $100 million. The World Bank will supply $10 million. The 1st stage of upgrading get down on September 29, 2006.
It is now being debated in authority if Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport should make a 2nd landing track. This argument was do by an incident which closed the only operational landing track for one solar day.
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