Location

Kalokol Airport is located in Kalokol

Kalokol

Kalokol is a town on the western shore of Lake Turkana. The town is the administrative Head Quarters of Kalokol Division of Turkana District...

, a village in Turkana District

Turkana District

Turkana District is an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Turkana is the northwesternmost district in Kenya. It is bordered by the countries of Uganda to the west; South Sudan and Ethiopia, including the disputed Ilemi Triangle, to the north and northeast; and Lake...

, Rift Valley Province in northwestern Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

, on the western shores of Lake Turkana

Lake Turkana

Lake Turkana , formerly known as Lake Rudolf, is a lake in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya, with its far northern end crossing into Ethiopia. It is the world's largest permanent desert lake and the world's largest alkaline lake...

, close to the International border with Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

.

By air, Kalokol Airport is situated approximately 552 kilometres (343 mi), by air, northwest of Nairobi International Airport, Kenya's largest civilian airport. The geographic coordinates of this airport are:3° 29' 24.00"N, 35° 50' 24.00"E (Latitude:3.490000; Longitude:35.840000).

Overview

Kalokol Airport is a small civilian airport, serving the village of Kalokol

Kalokol

Kalokol is a town on the western shore of Lake Turkana. The town is the administrative Head Quarters of Kalokol Division of Turkana District...

. Situated at 1245 feet (379.5 m) above sea level, the airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 has a single unpaved runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 measuring 3281 feet (1,000 m) in length.

External links

• Location of Kalokol Airport At Google Maps
• Website of Kenya Airports Authority
• List of Airports In Kenya

See also

• Kalokol
  Kalokol
  Kalokol is a town on the western shore of Lake Turkana. The town is the administrative Head Quarters of Kalokol Division of Turkana District...
  
  
• Kalokol County
• Turkana District
  Turkana District
  Turkana District is an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Turkana is the northwesternmost district in Kenya. It is bordered by the countries of Uganda to the west; South Sudan and Ethiopia, including the disputed Ilemi Triangle, to the north and northeast; and Lake...
  
  
• Rift Valley Province
• Kenya Airports Authority
  Kenya Airports Authority
  Kenya Airports Authority is the owner and operator of nine civilian airports and airstrips in Kenya. Kenya Airports Authority was established by an act of Parliament in 1992, by the ruling Kenya African National Union government. The KAA Act, Cap 395, provides for the powers and functions of the...
  
  
• Kenya Civil Aviation Authority
  Kenya Civil Aviation Authority
  Kenya Civil Aviation Authority is a state corporation of Kenya that is responsible for regulating the aviation industry in Kenya and for providing air navigation services in the Kenya flight region....
  
  
• List of airports in Kenya