Airports / Kenya / KTL
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
38 nm
To the nearest alternate
Eldoret International Airport (EDL).
Overview
Kitale Airport (HKKT / KTL) is a mid-sized airport serving Kitale, Kenya. The field lies at an elevation of 6,070 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
KTL has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Eldoret International Airport (EDL, 38 nm), Kisumu International Airport (KIS, 65 nm), and Soroti Airport (SRT, 92 nm).
Quotes for flights out of KTL vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from KTL, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
HKKT
IATA
KTL
FAA / Local
HKKT
Elevation
6,070 ft
Coordinates
0.9720° N · 34.9586° 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
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Kenya fields
state range 20–6,941 ft
At 6,070 ft, KTL sits higher than 76% of the 17 Kenya fields on the register — a high-elevation field where density altitude can trim aircraft performance on warm days.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 38nmEDLEldoret International AirportEldoret
- 65nmKISKisumu International AirportKisumu
- 92nmSRTSoroti AirportSoroti
- 105nmNUUNakuru Lanet AirportNakuru
- 135nmLOKLodwar AirportLodwar
- 136nmHKNYLaikipia Air BaseNanyuki
Location
Open the full mapHKKT · Kitale Airport · Kitale, Kenya