AviatDataWilson Airport WIL / HKNW
Nairobi · Kenya · Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) — state parastatal, owns and operates all major Kenyan airports
450kpax · 2024
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1 · Avgas
ICAO / IATAHKNW / WIL
OperatorKenya Airports Authority (KAA) — state parastatal, owns and operates all major Kenyan airports
Coordinates1.3217°S, 36.8148°E
Elevation5,546 ft · 1,690 m
Time zoneEAT (UTC+3, no DST)
Passengers / yr450,000 (2024)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 · Avgas
Bonded—
AIP referenceHKNW — AIP Kenya (KCAA)
Operating hoursTower 0330-1730 UTC (0630-2030 EAT) daily; day/VFR-focused field — runway edge-lit but no published instrument approaches, night ops PPR only
TerminalsNo single unified passenger terminal — separate airline-operated buildings (AirKenya Express, Safarilink, Renegade Air and others) each with their own check-in/lounge; international/regional arrivals clear customs at a dedicated area near the tower
Runways (2)
- 07/25 · 1,463 m / 4,798 ft · 22 m wide · Asphalt
- 14/32 · 1,540 m / 5,052 ft · 23 m wide · Asphalt
Airport contact
Kenya's principal general-aviation, charter and safari hub, not a scheduled-international gateway — roughly 90% of movements are domestic/regional (safari lodges, Tanzania cross-border charters), with the remainder light international traffic that clears customs on site; no ILS and no published instrument approaches (VFR/day operations). Pax figure is a ~2024 estimate — the last hard KAA figure found was 528,000 (2017, matches KAA/press reporting) — so planners should treat it as directional, not audited. Tower hours and the listed phone contact could not be independently re-verified against a live KCAA/KAA source (kaa.go.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Unconfirmed · 2 providers
Kenya Airports Authority (Wilson Airport)
KAA owns and operates Wilson Airport (a public airport with a general terminal, security screening point and apron areas); the airport authority provides field/airside infrastructure for the resident FBO/handlers and charter operators based there, but KAA itself is not documented as running turnaround ground handling directly - included for the site-management role, unconfirmed as an operational handler.
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Aircraft Leasing Services (ALS)
In-house/self-handling for ALS's own charter fleet (reported to range from Caravans through Beechcraft 1900Ds, Dash 8s and Citation jets - Wilson's largest and most varied charter fleet) operating humanitarian, oil/resource-exploration and VIP charter work from its Wilson Airport hub since the 1980s/90s; third-party ramp handling for other operators not confirmed.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Available · 4 providers
Rubis Energy Kenya
Operates the main wet aviation fuel depot at Wilson Airport with 180,000-litre Jet A-1 storage capacity, independently confirmed via the UN/Logistics Cluster's Digital Logistics Capacity Assessment for Kenya and Kenyan business-ownership profiles ('Gulf Energy Station' is named as Wilson's fuel-services operator); into-plane fuelling and on-site drumming of Jet A-1 also offered, with provision for Avgas storage.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
TotalEnergies Marketing Kenya
TotalEnergies Marketing Kenya PLC's own Aviation corporate-solutions page names Wilson Airport specifically ('we supply Jet-A1 and lubricants for airplanes in Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Moi International Airport and Wilson Airport'), so this is a station-specific claim, not a group-level one transferred from elsewhere; specific Wilson depot/bowser volumes not independently confirmed.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Avion Energy Ltd (Avion Petroleum)
Privately owned Kenyan fuel supplier with over a decade of experience fuelling/refuelling Jet A-1 and Avgas at Wilson Airport and JKIA, delivering 5,000-35,000 litres per delivery to roughly 50 general/business aviation, charter and defence/military clients, per the company's own site; order desk Mon-Fri 08:00-17:00, with deliveries offered 7 days/week. · Order desk Mon-Fri 08:00-17:00; deliveries 7 days/week
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Flamex Petroleum Limited
Fuel supplier headquartered at Apron 5, Wilson Airport (opposite Carnivore/Tamarind Hotel), confirmed via the company's own site, business directories (Dun & Bradstreet, ICP Credit) and its Google Business listing; supplies Jet A-1 (DEFSTAN 91-91 / ASTM D1655-10) and Avgas via into-plane, military-supply and helicopter fuel-logistics services.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Available · 2 providers
748 Air Services
Holds an embedded Aircraft Maintenance Organization Authority (AMO) issued by KCAA alongside its AOC and Air Service Licence, independently confirmed via the Kenya Association of Air Operators member listing; headquartered at Hangar 23, Wilson Airport per the company's own site (Fly748.com) - in-house maintenance covers its own passenger/cargo charter fleet, self-handled, 748 Air Services.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
AMREF Flying Doctors
In-house maintenance team performs scheduled and unscheduled line maintenance on the AMREF air-ambulance fleet at its own hangar (opened 1997, per AMREF's own history page) inside Wilson Airport, Lang'ata Road - self-handled/in-house, AMREF Flying Doctors; a 2011 Getty Images caption independently shows a technician servicing an AMREF aircraft inside the Wilson hangar.
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Part-145 base maintenance
Available · 3 providers
Aircraft Leasing Services (ALS)
Operates a well-equipped maintenance hangar at its Wilson Airport hub with qualified engineers, offering major and minor aircraft maintenance to third-party aircraft including C-Check capability, per ALS's own site and company profile - independently corroborated by ALS Limited's own description of a 'well-equipped maintenance hangar facility at Wilson Airport'.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
DAC Aviation (EA) Limited
Long-standing MRO facility at Wilson Airport (predecessor CMC Aviation was acquired by DAC Aviation International in Aug-2006 and rebranded DAC Aviation (EA) Ltd in 2011); a World Bank project document independently confirms CMC/DAC 'has hangars and facilities at Nairobi's Wilson Airport', and the company remains active there as of 2026 (a C295 lease deal reported by ch-aviation lists it as 'DAC Aviation East Africa, Nairobi Wilson'); scheduled/unscheduled maintenance confirmed, engine-overhaul scope (CT64/T64/P4D) not independently re-verified.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
AMREF Flying Doctors
AMREF Flying Doctors recruits Airframe & Engines Maintenance Engineers for its aviation fleet, but the most recent postings found were for its Lanseria (South Africa) hangar rather than Wilson specifically; whether the Wilson hangar performs heavier base-level checks (versus line maintenance only) is not independently confirmed - downgraded from the draft's 'available'.
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Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Available
Willfreight Express Cargo Services Limited
Freight-forwarding and cargo-logistics company headquartered at The Aerospace Logistics Centre (TALC), Wilson Airport, Lang'ata Road, Nairobi; upgraded from the draft's 'unconfirmed' after finding the company's own live site (willfreight.com) with a working phone/email and a Google Business listing, corroborating the UN/Logistics Cluster's Digital Logistics Capacity Assessment for Kenya reference.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation security
Available
Kenya Airports Authority (Wilson Airport)
Airport-wide security screening point (X-ray hand-luggage screening, walk-through metal detection) at the departures zone is operated under KAA/KCAA oversight; a Jul-2026 KAWU dispute (Capital FM Africa) accused KAA of delaying government-directed security-screening upgrades at Wilson Airport, confirming KAA runs the screening function today.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
Not listed
Hotel & travel
Available
Aero Club of East Africa
Aviation-themed member's club located inside the Wilson Airport compound offering newly refurbished guest rooms in its Captain's and Pilot's wings plus a restaurant/bar, swimming pool and fitness facilities, per the club's own site; the closest genuinely aviation/crew-oriented accommodation at the field. The draft's specific '15 rooms' and separate 'Crew's wing' figures were not corroborated by the club's own site and have been removed.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source