Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)

Description: Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, (IATA: NBO, ICAO: HKJK) formerly called Embakasi Airport and Nairobi International ... more

Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) ... Airport, is Kenya's largest aviation facility, and the busiest airport in East and Central Africa. It is the 7th busiest airport in Africa. The airport is named after the first Kenyan president Jomo Kenyatta. Kenyatta airport is located in Embakasi, a suburb to the south-west of Nairobi, Kenya. The airport is situated 15km from Nairobi's Central Business District, and at the edge of the city's built up area. The Mombasa Highway runs adjacent to the airport, and is the main route of access between Nairobi and the airport. The airport is the main hub of Kenya Airways and Five Forty Aviation. The airport is frequently used as a transit hub by airliners such as British Airways and Emirates, who stop-over before continuing to other African destinations. In 2004, the airport served 3,999,711 passengers (+15.9% vs. '03).

Newest Review: ... get a visa. Just a quick point on Visa's you will only need one if you are leaving the airport, you can obtain a transit visa for only £10 or a Single Entry visa for £20. You can either apply in advance or pay at the boarder with $US. Transit visas are issued if you are only staying for a few hours for the purpose of a connecting flight and would like to leave the airport for a spot of ... more

... sightseeing. The airport is very easy to get around, one long line of shops with gates interspersed between them and a few areas to sit and relax. A couple of points to note; 1. At the end (near gate 15 if memory serves) is a coffee shop serving various hot...more

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Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO): Overall good Kenya airport (453 words)
by - written on 18/06/09 (Useful, 84 readings)
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We spent quite alot of time at this airport during our recent trip to Tanzania as we had an 11 hour and 8 hours respecively. Firstly, lets get something straight. You are never going to find fast and efficient staff in Africa because this is just not the way they do things over there. They will take as much time as they like and don't rush ANYTHING so you cannot expect them to rush you through passport and visa control. The qeues are loooooong and you will be waiting a while if you want to get a visa. Just a quick point on Visa's you will only need one if you are leaving the airport, you can obtain a transit visa for only £10 or a Single Entry visa for £20. ... Read the complete review

Leave plenty of time to pick up bags, sort VISA's etc. (360 words)
by - written on 27/01/09 (Very useful, 28 readings)
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I arrived here on a flight from the UK to Kenya... via Amsterdam travelling on Kenya Airlines. The journey in itself was awful so I didn't arrive in one of the best of moods. The bags took 2 hours to arrive for the group of 16 BUT this was fine as only half of the group had made it through the VISA section despite the fact we only needed transit VISA's and we all had the money to hand. There were over 100 people needing VISA's arriving off our flight and only 3 staff processing. A member of staff shouted for us to come to one side as we only needed transit VISA's. Our group of 16 followed. Eight of us got through and the member of staff told us he had ... Read the complete review

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