Location

Kisima Airport is located in Kisima, a village in Samburu District

Samburu District

Samburu District is a district in Rift Valley Province, Kenya. It covers an area of roughly 21,000 km² in northern Kenya where the Samburu tribe live...

, Rift Valley Province in northwestern Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

, near the town of Maralal

Maralal

Maralal is a small hillside market town in northern Kenya, lying east of the Loroghi Plateau within the Samburu District. It is the administrative headquarters of the Samburu people. The town has an urban population of 16,281 . The market was pioneered by some Somali settlers in the 1920s.Nearby...

, in the eastern part of the Loroghi Plateau.

By air, Kisima Airport is situated approximately 201 kilometres (124.9 mi), by air, north of Nairobi International Airport, Kenya's largest civilian airport. The approximate geographic coordinates of this airport are:0° 57' 0.00"N, 36° 48' 0.00"E (Latitude:0.9500; Longitude:36.8000).

Overview

Kisima Airport is a small civilian airport, serving the village of Kisima and the neighboring town of Maralal

Maralal

Maralal is a small hillside market town in northern Kenya, lying east of the Loroghi Plateau within the Samburu District. It is the administrative headquarters of the Samburu people. The town has an urban population of 16,281 . The market was pioneered by some Somali settlers in the 1920s.Nearby...

. Situated at 5942 feet (1,811.1 m) above sea level, the airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 has a single unpaved runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 measuring 3200 feet (975.4 m) in length.

External links

• Location of Kisima Airport At Google Maps
• Website of Kenya Airports Authority
• List of Airports In Kenya

See also

• Kisima
• Maralal
  Maralal
  Maralal is a small hillside market town in northern Kenya, lying east of the Loroghi Plateau within the Samburu District. It is the administrative headquarters of the Samburu people. The town has an urban population of 16,281 . The market was pioneered by some Somali settlers in the 1920s.Nearby...
  
  
• Samburu District
  Samburu District
  Samburu District is a district in Rift Valley Province, Kenya. It covers an area of roughly 21,000 km² in northern Kenya where the Samburu tribe live...
  
  
• Rift Valley Province
• Kenya Airports Authority
  Kenya Airports Authority
  Kenya Airports Authority is the owner and operator of nine civilian airports and airstrips in Kenya. Kenya Airports Authority was established by an act of Parliament in 1992, by the ruling Kenya African National Union government. The KAA Act, Cap 395, provides for the powers and functions of the...
  
  
• Kenya Civil Aviation Authority
  Kenya Civil Aviation Authority
  Kenya Civil Aviation Authority is a state corporation of Kenya that is responsible for regulating the aviation industry in Kenya and for providing air navigation services in the Kenya flight region....
  
  
• List of airports in Kenya