Longest Airport Runways in Kenya

Airports in Kenya ranked by the length of their longest open runway.

📅 2026📏 metres27 entries🇰🇪 See all of this country’s rankings →

All entries · 27

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (metres); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

Jomo Kenyatta International AirportNairobi · 13,507 ft · ASP

4,117 m

Eldoret International AirportEldoret · 11,480 ft · ASP

3,499 m

Moi International AirportMombasa · 10,991 ft · ASP

3,350 m

Kisumu International AirportKisumu · 10,823 ft · ASP

3,299 m

Wajir AirportWajir · 9,193 ft · ASP

2,802 m

Moi Air BaseNairobi · 7,998 ft · ASP

2,438 m

Manda AirportLamu · 6,561 ft · ASP

2,000 m

Lokichogio AirportLokichogio · 6,195 ft · ASP

1,888 m

Nakuru Lanet AirportNakuru · 5,607 ft · ASP

1,709 m

Musiara AirstripMara Rianta · 5,249 ft · GVL

1,600 m

Embu AirportEmbu · 5,246 ft · Asphalt

1,599 m

Nairobi Wilson AirportNairobi · 5,052 ft · ASP

1,540 m

Kitale AirportKitale · 4,757 ft · ASP

1,450 m

Malindi International AirportMalindi · 4,600 ft · UNK

1,402 m

Airspray Naivasha AirfieldMirera · 4,573 ft · Grass

1,394 m

Moyale AirportMoyale · 4,265 ft · UNK

1,300 m

Nanyuki Civil AirportGathiuru · 3,900 ft · ASP

1,189 m

Ukunda AirstripUkunda · 3,851 ft

1,174 m

Mandera AirportMandera · 3,609 ft · UNK

1,100 m

Garissa AirportGarissa · 3,556 ft · asphalt

1,084 m

Mara Serena Lodge AirstripSerena · 3,450 ft

1,052 m

Kakamega AirportKakamega · 3,420 ft · BIT

1,042 m

Amboseli AirportOl Tukai · 3,284 ft · ASP

1,001 m

Lodwar AirportLodwar · 3,281 ft · ASP

1,000 m

Mulika Lodge AirportMeru-Kinna · 3,281 ft · Asphalt partial

1,000 m

Kitui AirportKitui · 3,116 ft · ASP

950 m

Samburu AirportIsiolo West · 2,650 ft

808 m

Highlights

Within Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport ranks first in 2026 with 4,117 m, followed by Eldoret International Airport (3,499 m) and Moi International Airport (3,350 m).

Across 27 entries, values run from 4,117 m (Jomo Kenyatta International Airport) to 808 m (Samburu Airport), with a median of 1,402 m.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets, 2026. Unit: metres.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets · Public domain (OurAirports) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — Airport and runway records are community maintained and released to the public domain; no guarantee of accuracy is made. Only active small, medium, and large airports are included.

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Highlights

Within Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport ranks first in 2026 with 4,117 m, followed by Eldoret International Airport (3,499 m) and Moi International Airport (3,350 m).

Across 27 entries, values run from 4,117 m (Jomo Kenyatta International Airport) to 808 m (Samburu Airport), with a median of 1,402 m.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets, 2026. Unit: metres.