Airports / Kenya / KIS
Kisumu International Airport
HKKI / KISKisumu, KenyaELEV 3,734 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
42 nm
To the nearest alternate
Eldoret International Airport (EDL).
Overview
Kisumu International Airport, listed as HKKI / KIS, is a large commercial airport in Kisumu, Kenya. The field lies at an elevation of 3,734 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
KIS has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Eldoret International Airport (EDL, 42 nm), Kitale Airport (KTL, 65 nm), and Mara Serena Lodge Airstrip (MRE, 81 nm).
Quotes for flights out of KIS vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from KIS, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
HKKI
IATA
KIS
FAA / Local
HKKI
Elevation
3,734 ft
Coordinates
0.0861° S · 34.7289° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Kenya fields
state range 20–6,941 ft
At 3,734 ft, KIS sits lower than 53% of the 17 Kenya fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 42nmEDLEldoret International AirportEldoret
- 65nmKTLKitale AirportKitale
- 81nmMREMara Serena Lodge AirstripSerena
- 87nmNUUNakuru Lanet AirportNakuru
- 128nmSRTSoroti AirportSoroti
- 137nmEBBEntebbe International AirportEntebbe
Location
Open the full mapHKKI · Kisumu International Airport · Kisumu, Kenya