KISHKKI

Kisumu International Airport

Kisumu, Kenya · Africa

Africa Africa/Nairobi

3direct destinations

4airlines

1runway

3,299 mLongest runway

1930opened

Kisumu International Airport is an international airport in Kisumu, the third-largest city in Kenya (IATA: KIS, ICAO: HKKI). It is the third-busiest airport in Kenya, the busiest airport in Kenya west of Nairobi, and the country's fourth international airport. KIA is set for a second phase of a 4.9 billion shilling expansion that will include the construction of a parallel taxiway, cargo apron and associated facilities.

Location

0.086°S, 34.729°E · 1.138 m s. n. m. (3.734 ft)

General data

CountryKenya

CityKisumu

IATA codeKIS

ICAO codeHKKI

Coordinates0.086°S, 34.729°E

Elevation1.138 m s. n. m. (3.734 ft)

Time zoneAfrica/Nairobi

Runways1

Longest runway3,299 m

OperatorKenya Airports Authority

Opened1930

Direct destinations3

Official website

Runways · 1

06/24

Length3,299 m10,823 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 2

Tower

118.800

Ground

121.600

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 4

Other airlines with direct routes

Jambojet Kenya Airways Renegade Air Safarilink Aviation

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: Victor Ochieng from London, United Kingdom · CC BY-SA 2.0 · view original

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Kisumu International Airport (KIS). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KIS

MLA

“Kisumu International Airport (KIS).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KIS. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Kisumu International Airport (KIS). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KIS (Accessed: 16 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_kis,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Kisumu International Airport (KIS)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KIS},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KIS}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-16},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}

Wikipedia

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