Airports / Kenya / NUU
Nakuru Lanet Airport
HKNK / NUUNakuru, KenyaELEV 6,234 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
55 nm
To the nearest alternate
Nanyuki Civil Airport (NYK).
Overview
Nakuru Lanet Airport (HKNK / NUU) is a mid-sized airport serving Nakuru, Kenya. The field lies at an elevation of 6,234 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
NUU has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Nanyuki Civil Airport (NYK, 55 nm), Laikipia Air Base (HKNY, 56 nm), and Eldoret International Airport (EDL, 70 nm).
Quotes for flights out of NUU vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Lanet Military Airstrip. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from NUU, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
HKNK
IATA
NUU
FAA / Local
HKNK
Elevation
6,234 ft
Coordinates
0.2984° S · 36.1592° 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 6,234 ft, NUU sits higher than 82% 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.
- 55nmNYKNanyuki Civil AirportGathiuru
- 56nmHKNYLaikipia Air BaseNanyuki
- 70nmEDLEldoret International AirportEldoret
- 72nmHKREMoi Air BaseNairobi
- 73nmWILNairobi Wilson AirportNairobi
- 77nmNBOJomo Kenyatta International AirportNairobi
Location
Open the full mapHKNK · Nakuru Lanet Airport · Nakuru, Kenya