Airports / Kenya / HKRE
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
4 nm
To the nearest alternate
Nairobi Wilson Airport (WIL) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Nairobi, Kenya, Moi Air Base (HKRE) operates as a mid-sized airport. Field elevation is 5,336 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list HKRE as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Nairobi Wilson Airport (WIL, 4 nm), Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO, 5 nm), and Nakuru Lanet Airport (NUU, 72 nm).
Trip costs from HKRE are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. You may also see the field referenced as RAF Eastleigh and Eastleigh Airport. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from HKRE to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
HKRE
IATA
—
FAA / Local
HKRE
Elevation
5,336 ft
Coordinates
1.2773° S · 36.8623° 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 5,336 ft, HKRE sits higher than 65% 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.
- 4nmWILNairobi Wilson AirportNairobi
- 5nmNBOJomo Kenyatta International AirportNairobi
- 72nmNUUNakuru Lanet AirportNakuru
- 74nmNYKNanyuki Civil AirportGathiuru
- 79nmHKNYLaikipia Air BaseNanyuki
- 85nmASVAmboseli AirportOl Tukai
Location
Open the full mapHKRE · Moi Air Base · Nairobi, Kenya