Manda Airport, also called Lamu Airport, is an airport in Kenya.

Location

Manda Airport is located on Manda Island in the Lamu Archipelago of Lamu County on the western shore of the Indian Ocean, on the Kenyan coast. Its location is approximately 450 km, by air, southeast of Nairobi International Airport, the country's largest civilian airport. The geographic coordinates of this airport are 2° 14' 46.00"S, 40° 54' 36.00"E (Latitude: -2.246110; Longitude: 40.910000).

Overview

Manda Airport is a small civilian airport on Manda Island, serving the Lamu Archipelago in Kenya. Situated at 6 m above sea level, the airport has two runways. The first runway (15/33) is paved with asphalt and measures 6330 ft in length and 100 ft in width. The second runway (08/26) is unpaved and is 3054 ft long and 46 ft wide.

Airlines and destinations

Accidents and incidents

On 14 October 2003 at about 9.00 am local time, a Cessna 208 Caravan I owned and operated by Airkenya Express, with one pilot and no passengers, took off from Wilson Airport in Nairobi, headed for Manda Airport in Lamu, approximately 450 km, by air, to the southeast. Soon after becoming airborne, the aircraft lost height, crash-landed in Nairobi National Park and overturned. The pilot sustained minor injuries. The aircraft was written off. The airport is near the Camp Simba US naval base. Al-Shabaab militants attacked the base in January 2020. The airport was temporarily closed.