Airports / Kenya / MRE
Mara Serena Lodge Airstrip
HKMS / MRESerena, KenyaELEV 5,200 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
81 nm
To the nearest alternate
Kisumu International Airport (KIS).
Overview
Mara Serena Lodge Airstrip, listed as HKMS / MRE, is a mid-sized airport in Serena, Kenya. The airport sits 5,200 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into MRE for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Kisumu International Airport (KIS, 81 nm), Nakuru Lanet Airport (NUU, 96 nm), and Nairobi Wilson Airport (WIL, 109 nm).
Charter pricing from MRE depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under 6100. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Serena.
Field capability
ICAO
HKMS
IATA
MRE
FAA / Local
HKMS
Elevation
5,200 ft
Coordinates
1.4046° S · 35.0083° 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
Yes
Elevation vs Kenya fields
state range 20–6,941 ft
At 5,200 ft, MRE sits higher than 53% 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.
- 81nmKISKisumu International AirportKisumu
- 96nmNUUNakuru Lanet AirportNakuru
- 109nmWILNairobi Wilson AirportNairobi
- 109nmEDLEldoret International AirportEldoret
- 112nmHKREMoi Air BaseNairobi
- 115nmNBOJomo Kenyatta International AirportNairobi
Location
Open the full mapHKMS · Mara Serena Lodge Airstrip · Serena, Kenya