Jomo Kenyatta International Airport NBO / HKJK
Nairobi · Kenya · Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) — Kenya government parastatal (100% state-owned; established under the Kenya Airports Authority Act, 1991, Cap. 395, with KAA commencing operations in 1992); JKIA is KAA's headquarters and flagship airport
9.0Mpax · 2025
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1 · bonded
ICAO / IATAHKJK / NBO
OperatorKenya Airports Authority (KAA) — Kenya government parastatal (100% state-owned; established under the Kenya Airports Authority Act, 1991, Cap. 395, with KAA commencing operations in 1992); JKIA is KAA's headquarters and flagship airport
Coordinates1.3192°S, 36.9278°E
Elevation5,330 ft · 1,625 m
Time zoneEAT (UTC+3, no DST)
Passengers / yr8,996,281 (2025)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
BondedYes
AIP referenceHKJK — AIP Kenya (KCAA)
Airport mapTerminal 1 units A–E and Terminal 2 · reference only
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Operating hoursH24 — ATC, customs, immigration and fuelling operate 24 hours; no scheduled curfew
TerminalsTerminal 1 (linked concourses 1A-1E: 1A/1B/1C/1E international, 1D domestic) plus a separate, airside-unconnected Terminal 2 for low-cost/charter carriers (opened 2015); single runway now well above its design capacity, prompting a government-funded expansion push after the Nov 2024 collapse of the Adani PPP lease deal — includes the revived 'Greenfield' Terminal 3 project (up to ~20M pax capacity, restarted as a PPP in 2024, targeted for 2027) and a long-planned second runway (~4,800m, approved 2017 at ~US$370M, still in planning/procurement as of early 2026)
Runways (1)
- 06/24 · 4,117 m / 13,507 ft · 60 m wide · Asphalt · ILS CAT I (RWY 06 only); RWY 24 is RNAV(GNSS)/non-precision, no ILS
Airport contact
Kenya's primary international gateway and East Africa's largest hub by traffic; home base for Kenya Airways (SkyTeam) and its low-cost arm Jambojet, plus a major cargo hub (KQ Cargo, African Express Airways, DHL/Astral). Single-runway airport now over capacity — expect congestion and a live, government-funded expansion program (revived Greenfield Terminal 3, second runway) following the November 2024 cancellation of the Adani PPP deal.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 6 providers
Kenya Airways
Self-handled, Kenya Airways — the home-base carrier operates its own ramp, baggage and turnaround crews at JKIA; also handles Jambojet and select partner flights in-house.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Swissport Kenya (Swissport International AG)
Full passenger, ramp and baggage handling at JKIA since 1997; ground handler for IndiGo's first African route launch (2023) alongside other carriers.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Kenya Aerotech Ltd
Kenya's pioneering ground handler, established 1971 and headquartered at JKIA; provides ramp supervision, loading/unloading, pushback/towing and ground-to-cockpit communication, with company literature citing IATA ISAGO registration and IGHC membership.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Çelebi Aviation Kenya (Transglobal Cargo Centre Ltd)
Provides ramp, passenger and cabin-interior-cleaning ground handling at JKIA; Çelebi Cargo GmbH signed to acquire 100% of Transglobal Cargo Centre Ltd (TCC) in an approx. $40.1M deal (announced Oct 2025, cleared by Kenya's competition regulator, closed by May 2026 per celebiaviation.com), marking Çelebi's entry into the Kenyan market.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Siginon Aviation Ltd (NAS Group / Menzies Aviation partnership)
Established at JKIA in 1997; provides air cargo, ground and ramp handling from its own freight terminal complex under the Menzies Aviation-Siginon Aviation partnership, which secured a new ground-handling licence expanding into passenger/ramp services in Kenya; appointed the official ground and ramp handler for Qatar Airways Cargo at JKIA.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Hala Nairobi Airport Services
Appointed by Kenya Airports Authority to manage unaccompanied/lost luggage at JKIA under the "Airport Mtaani" programme, coordinating collection, storage and home delivery with ground handlers and airlines; operates from T1-D Departures (confirmed via KAA/Kenya Association of Air Operators and multiple Kenyan press reports, 2024-2026). No independent evidence found for a separate crew-transport/airport-transfer line, so that claim from the earlier draft has been removed; recategorised from pax_crew_transport to ground_handling to match the documented service.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Available · 2 providers
Stabex International Ltd
Into-plane Jet A-1 fuel supply at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (and Moi International Airport, Mombasa); launched dedicated aviation fuelling trucks/stations at JKIA in Oct 2024 after winning the KAA jet-fuel tender, per Kenyan trade press (Tuko, The Kenya Times) and the company's own site, which states supply to international/local airlines and ad-hoc charters per JIG guidelines.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Flamex Petroleum Ltd
Into-plane Jet A-1 and Avgas services at Jomo Kenyatta International and Wilson Airports, Nairobi, confirmed on the company's own Airport Services page.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Available
Kenya Airways
In-house, Kenya Airways Engineering & Maintenance — daily/transit checks and defect rectification on the KQ fleet at JKIA as part of the airline's in-house engineering operation.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Part-145 base maintenance
Available · 2 providers
Kenya Airways
In-house, Kenya Airways Engineering & Maintenance — hangar-based heavy maintenance at JKIA; confirmed by trade press (ch-aviation, Aug 2026) as having completed its first two in-house Boeing 787-8 D-checks (saving an estimated KES1bn/$7.7M per check vs outsourcing) plus an earlier full 12-year 6C heavy check, and a first in-house 787 landing-gear replacement (Aug 2026), as the airline builds toward becoming an MRO provider for other African operators.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Air Direct Connect Limited (ADC)
Independent MRO operating the AMSL Hangar at JKIA (Off Airport North Road, Embakasi, PO Box •••) — address independently confirmed via CAPA/CentreForAviation's MRO profile; provides aircraft heavy and light maintenance, repair and ancillary shop services for commercial aircraft customers.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Available
NAS Airport Services Ltd (NAS Servair)
On-site in-flight catering kitchen at JKIA (also Moi International, Mombasa) under the NAS Group's NAS Servair brand; long-standing primary caterer for Kenya Airways at JKIA — confirmed by 2026 reporting on KQ's catering-waste-to-animal-feed partnership with Nas Servair and by a 2026 SkyTeam Sustainable Flight Challenge "Best Partnership" award for the KQ/Nas Servair catering collaboration.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft cleaning
Available · 4 providers
Swissport Kenya (Swissport International AG)
Aircraft cabin cleaning listed among Swissport Kenya's core station services (baggage, load control, aircraft cleaning, fueling coordination) at NBO.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Kenya Aerotech Ltd
Aircraft cabin cleaning and fresh-water servicing listed as part of Kenya Aerotech's ramp services at JKIA.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Eurocraft Agencies Ltd
Dedicated cabin grooming/cleaning contractor at JKIA (with a branch at Moi International, Mombasa): cabin cleaning and dressing, lavatory services and potable-water supply, per company services page.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Air Direct Connect Limited (ADC)
Offers aircraft grooming (interior deep cleaning, exterior washing, lavatory cleaning) at its JKIA facility per company services page.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Available · 4 providers
Kenya Airways
Self-handled, Kenya Airways — KQ Cargo brand operates freight handling at JKIA as part of the Kenya Airways Group (corporate.kenya-airways.com lists KQ Cargo among group brands alongside JamboJet, Fahari Aviation and KQ MRO).
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Çelebi Aviation Kenya (Transglobal Cargo Centre Ltd)
Operates a 12,350 sqm cargo/warehouse facility at JKIA including 3,300 sqm of temperature-controlled cold storage, a two-level ETV system with 159 ULD positions, and roughly 275,000-tonne annual handling capacity (inherited from the former Transglobal Cargo Centre operation, now Çelebi Aviation Kenya).
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Siginon Aviation Ltd (NAS Group / Menzies Aviation partnership)
Operates an air cargo terminal at JKIA (a roughly $10M facility with a perishables centre, general cargo warehouse and transit-vehicle parking) alongside a second terminal at Eldoret; the Menzies-Siginon partnership's JKIA cargo operation holds IATA CEIV Pharma accreditation.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Mitchell Cotts Freight Kenya Limited
Operates an air cargo terminal at JKIA (head office on-site) handling dry, transit and air-freight cargo; company materials cite a 14,105 sqm facility with cold-storage/perishable handling and a horticulture vacuum-cooling operation with PMKL/Fresh Handling Kenya (specific facility figures not independently corroborated beyond the company's own site).
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation security
Available
Kenya Airports Authority (KAA)
KAA operates passenger/baggage security screening at JKIA directly; confirmed via US Embassy Nairobi and TSA materials on the 2022 Gate 19 checkpoint upgrade, which state KAA "now operates one of the most technologically advanced gate screening checkpoints" following the joint US-Kenya security project.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Passenger & crew transport
Available
Swissport Kenya (Swissport International AG)
Crew transport listed among Swissport Kenya's ramp/ground-handling service line at JKIA.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Flight support
Available
Swissport Kenya (Swissport International AG)
Operates the Swissport Executive Nairobi FBO at JKIA (Swissport Cargo Complex) offering a flight planning room, courtesy car, hotel arrangements, aircraft fuel coordination, cleaning and catering coordination for GA/business-jet traffic.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Hotel & travel
Unconfirmed · 2 providers
Four Points by Sheraton Nairobi Airport
On-airport hotel at JKIA (Tower Avenue) marketed toward airline crew and frequent flyers, with day-room/layover packages; Kenya Airways staff cited among guests in reviews; no specific published airline crew-accommodation contract found, so marked unconfirmed.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Ole Sereni Hotel (Emara Ole-Sereni)
Airport-area hotel ~5 minutes from JKIA offering day rooms/layover accommodation for transiting passengers; commonly cited alongside Four Points as a JKIA layover option, but no specific published airline crew contract found, so marked unconfirmed.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
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