{{Infobox airport | name = Kiwayu Airport | nativename = | nativename-a = | nativename-r = | image = | image-width = | caption = | IATA = KWY | ICAO = | type = Public, Civilian | owner = | operator = Kenya Airports Authority | city-served = Kiwayu, Lamu District, Coast Province, Kenya | location = {{flag|Kenya}} | metric-elev = y | elevation-f = | elevation-m = 7 | coordinates = {{coord|01|57|38|S|041|17|51|E|region:KE|display=inline,title}} | website = [http://www.kenyaairports.co.ke/kaa/airports/kiwayu/ Homepage] | pushpin_map = Kenya | pushpin_map_caption = Location of the airport in Kenya | pushpin_label = '''KWY''' | pushpin_label_position = top | metric-rwy = | r1-number = 04/22 | r1-length-f = 3000 | r1-length-m = 920 | r1-surface = Unpaved | stat-year = | stat1-header = | stat1-data = | stat2-header = | stat2-data = | footnotes = }}

'''Kiwayu Airport''' {{airport codes|KWY}} is an airport serving Kiwayu (also spelled Kiwayuu), a small island in the eastern part of the Lamu Archipelago off the coast of Kenya. The airstrip is located on the mainland, adjacent to the northern tip of Kiwayu Island. This location lies in Lamu District, Coast Province, on the western shores of the Indian Ocean.

Its location is approximately {{convert|451|km}}, by air, southeast of Nairobi International Airport, the country's largest civilian airport.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Kenya_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Jomo%20Kenyatta%20Airport%20Nairobi%20(Nairobi%20Area)&toplace=Lamu%20Island%20(Coast)&fromlat=-1.3166667&tolat=-2.2852778&fromlng=36.9333333&tolng=40.87|title=Distance between Jomo Kenyatta Airport Nairobi (Nairobi Area) and Lamu Island (Coast) (Kenya)|website=distancecalculator.globefeed.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-21}}</ref>

==Overview== The airport is a small-sized airport that serves the island of Kiwayu and surrounding communities. Situated at {{convert|21|ft|m}} above sea level,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.privatejetscharter.net/airports/coast-province/kiwayu/kiwayu-airport/ap42550/|title=Kiwayu Airport :: Private Jet ::|website=www.privatejetscharter.net|access-date=2018-08-21|archive-date=2018-08-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821160447/http://www.privatejetscharter.net/airports/coast-province/kiwayu/kiwayu-airport/ap42550/|url-status=dead}}</ref> the airport has a single unpaved runway 04-22 that measures {{convert|3000|ft|m}} long.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aircraft-charter-world.com/airports/africa/kenya.htm|title=Airports in Kenya|website=www.aircraft-charter-world.com|access-date=2018-08-21|archive-date=2010-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528162730/http://www.aircraft-charter-world.com/airports/africa/kenya.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Airlines and destinations== <!-- Please use only independent sources. The airport and airline itself are not independent sources. --> {{airport-dest-list |Safarilink | Lamu, Nairobi–Wilson<ref>[http://www.flysafarilink.com/Kiwayu.asp Safarilink Services Kiwayu Airport]</ref> }}

==See also== * Kiwayu * Lamu District * Lamu Archipelago * Coast Province * Kenya Airports Authority * Kenya Civil Aviation Authority * List of airports in Kenya

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==External links== * [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=1.9640000000S,+41.29400000000E&hl=en&ll=-1.961577,41.299753&spn=0.01647,0.046778&sll=-1.967625,41.28911&sspn=0.03294,0.093555&gl=us&z=15 Location of Kiwayu Airport At Google Maps] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20190919143313/http://kenyaairports.co.ke/ Website of Kenya Airports Authority] * [http://www.airkenya.com/region.asp Airkenya Flight Routes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224113617/http://www.airkenya.com/region.asp |date=2008-12-24 }} * {{GCM|KWY}}

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Category:Airports in Kenya Category:Coast Province Category:Lamu Archipelago Category:Lamu County