The former "Embakasi" terminal, now used for cargo and for a Kenya Air Force training facility, was constructed before the s. The airport was due to be opened by Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, however, she was delayed in Australia and could not make the ceremony. Later the current terminal was built on the other side of the runway and the airport was renamed Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
Units 1 and 2 are mainly used for international flights whereas unit 3 is mainly used for domestic flights. Departing passengers check-in through units 1 and 2 depending on their destinations. Both units have airline check-in counters that operate on a Common Use Terminal Equipment CUTE system, and immigration desks at the ground floor where passengers are cleared before they proceed to the departure lounge in the first floor via escalators or lifts.
There are eight departure gates used to board aircraft via boarding bridges. Arriving international passengers enter via the same gates into a concourse which leads to immigration counters at the first floor before coming to the baggage hall situated in the ground floor. The baggage hall is well served with baggage conveyor belts. Banking facilities, taxis, car hire, tour operators and hotel booking offices are conveniently situated at the arrival areas. A scheduled bus service to and from the town center is available at unit 1 and 2 bus stops.
Simba restaurant is situated in the 5th floor of the main central building. There is a cafeteria operated by Home Park in unit 1, a restaurant and pub in unit 2, a cafeteria and snack bar in unit 3 and an international arrival hall — all operated by NAS. Beverage and soft drink vending machines are strategically placed in each unit. Start here User Guides. Page tree. Browse pages.
Remove Read Confirmation. A t tachments 4 Page History People who can view. Copy Page Tree. There were shoulders each side; and consequently run-offs beyond the shoulders. After cambering, weak spots were reset, and finally paving machinery was used to lay the asphalt surface. The result was an engineering success of which the contractors were very proud; so accurate was the cambering that the wet surface of the runway dried out evenly on each side of the centre-line.
Physically, the great care taken in the engineering resulted in a load classification number of being achieved. The surface at the time was strong enough to accept the Boeing at maximum gross weight, although rather than length was the probable all-weather length requirement. There was no physical limit to extending the paved length to this figure, but more definite plans for the operation of the big jets into Kenya was required before such an increase was contemplated.
At the time in , Nairobi was one of the few towns in the world that could boast of a airport with an expansion option at hand.
The number of aircraft movements then was less than per month. The airport architect was strongly influenced by the design of Kloten, Zurich, in the planning and design of Embakasi, although similarities were by no means obvious. Both airports are arranged so that arrival passengers can see completely through the building; the minimum of signs is required. And although Embakasi was designed to meet Nairobi's particular needs, both airports shared a lightness and spaciousness that was at the time extraordinarily refreshing.
The fitting and colour schemes employed at the then Embakasi Airport were first-class. In , the World Bank approved funds for further expansion of the airport, including a new international and domestic passenger terminal building, the airport's first dedicated cargo and freight terminal, new taxiways, associated aprons, internal roads, car parks, police and fire stations, a State Pavilion, airfield androadway lighting, fire hydrant system, water, electrical, telecommunications and sewage systems, a dual carriageway passenger access road, security, drainage and the building of the main access road to the airport Airport South Road.
On 14 March , construction of the current terminal building was completed on the other side of the airport's single runway and opened by President Kenyatta. The airport was again renamed, this time in honour of President Kenyatta after his death about five months later on 22 August In October , a British Airways Concorde landed at the airport for purposes of testing the aircraft's performance at high altitude.
New Terminals and Runway were to be added in phases. The Greenfield Terminal project was to encompass the construction of a four level terminal building comprising a central processing area, a transit hotel, landside retail centers, arrivals and departures plaza.
It is still under debate at government level as to whether the airport needs a second runway. The current runway is sufficient to accommodate over 80, landings and take-offs a year but at the moment the number is only 60, In subsequent phases the airport is set to have a new parking lot to accommodate 1, cars, airfield lighting and apron flood lights.
Parking stands will be increased to accommodate 43 aircraft from the current The first phase of the project started in September and was completed in mid It was expected to complete in , but there was a delay due to rains, shortage of cement and delivery of equipments.
The first phase involved a taxiway, apron construction, civil works for the new terminal building, extension of the fuel hydrant system and fencing.
The second phase, which started in mid, includes construction of unit 4 and a car parking facility that can accommodate 1, cars. It is expected that these additional facilities will increase passenger capacity to eight million. The expansion was expected to take three years. However, phase one, which was scheduled for completion in June , was completed in mid-
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