HKRE
Moi Air Base
MVFR
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Name
Moi Air Base
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ICAO / GPS
HKRE / HKRE
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
12:54 pm (EAT)
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Municipality
Nairobi
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Coordinates
1° 16′ 38″ S 36° 51′ 44″ E
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Elevation
5’335 ft (1’626 m MSL)
About Moi Air Base
Moi Air Base, formerly known as RAF Eastleigh and Eastleigh Airport (ICAO: HKRE) is a military airport located to the east of Nairobi, in the Eastleigh suburb. The airport is used by the Kenya Air Force. Additionally, the airfield is the home of the East African School of Aviation run by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, which was established at the airport in 1954 as the DCA training school. The airport is also used to train Kenyan Air Cadets.
Due to its military status, the airport is not shown in any official map of Nairobi. Instead, the area is left blank. This does not affect Google Earth, though.