Location

Makindu Airport is located in Makueni County, Makueni District

Makueni District

Makueni District is an administrative district in the Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Wote. The district has a population of 771,545 and an area of 7,966 km² .The district has five constituencies:*Mbooni Constituency...

, Eastern Province

Eastern Province (Kenya)

The Eastern Province of Kenya is one of seven regions of the country. Its northern boundary is with Ethiopia; the North Eastern Province and Coast Province lie to the east and south; and the remainder of Kenya's provinces, including Central Province, run along its western border. The provincial...

, in the town of Makindu

Makindu

-Location:The town is located on the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway, in Makueni District, Eastern Province, in southeastern Kenya on the map, close to the International border with the Republic of Tanzania....

, in southeastern 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...

, on the Nairobi

Nairobi

Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...

-Mombasa

Mombasa

Mombasa is the second-largest city in Kenya. Lying next to the Indian Ocean, it has a major port and an international airport. The city also serves as the centre of the coastal tourism industry....

 Highway.

Its location is approximately 146 kilometres (90.7 mi), by air, southeast of Nairobi International Airport, the country’s largest civilian airport. The geographic coordinates of this airport are:2° 17' 33.00"S, +37° 49' 36.00"E (Latitude:-2.292500; Longitude:37.826667).

Overview

Makindu Airport is a small airport that serves the town of Makindu

Makindu

-Location:The town is located on the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway, in Makueni District, Eastern Province, in southeastern Kenya on the map, close to the International border with the Republic of Tanzania....

 and the adjacent communities. Situated 1000 metres (3,280.8 ft) 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...

 that measures 3000 feet (914.4 m) in length.

Airlines and destinations

At the moment there are no regular, scheduled airline services to Voi Airport.

External links

• Location of Makindu Airport At Google Maps
• Website of Kenya Airports Authority
• Airkenya Flight Routes

See also

• Makindu
  Makindu
  -Location:The town is located on the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway, in Makueni District, Eastern Province, in southeastern Kenya on the map, close to the International border with the Republic of Tanzania....
  
  
• Makueni District
  Makueni District
  Makueni District is an administrative district in the Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Wote. The district has a population of 771,545 and an area of 7,966 km² .The district has five constituencies:*Mbooni Constituency...
  
  
• Eastern Province (Kenya)
  Eastern Province (Kenya)
  The Eastern Province of Kenya is one of seven regions of the country. Its northern boundary is with Ethiopia; the North Eastern Province and Coast Province lie to the east and south; and the remainder of Kenya's provinces, including Central Province, run along its western border. The provincial...
  
  
• 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