Nairobi Wilson Airport guide

Wilson Airport lies about 4 kilometres south of Nairobi's city centre, at an elevation of 1,690 metres. Florence Kerr Wilson founded it in 1929 as the base for Wilson Airways, and it was first known as Nairobi West Aerodrome. During the Second World War the colonial government used it as a Fleet Air Arm base. It returned to civilian use after the war and took the name Wilson Airport in 1962. The Kenya Airports Authority oversees it.

The airport is Kenya's main general aviation field and handles mostly domestic traffic. It recorded 83,855 aircraft movements in the year to June 2025. Safarilink, Airkenya Express, Renegade Air and Skyward Express operate scheduled and charter services from it, mainly to safari destinations and regional airstrips. Flightlink and Mombasa Air Safari also fly from the airport. Missionary and medical operators including AMREF, Mission Aviation Fellowship and AIM AIR are based here, and flight training and business aircraft add to the traffic.

Two asphalt runways, 07/25 and 14/32, serve the field. The airport has no full terminal building. Passengers use a smaller facility, and the airlines run their own check-in desks.