| Manda Airport | |
| Iata: | LAU |
| Icao: | HKLU |
| Pushpin Map: | Kenya |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Manda Airport in Kenya Placement on map is approximate. |
| Pushpin Label: | HKLU |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Type: | Public, civilian |
| Owner: | Government of Kenya |
| Operator: | Kenya Airports Authority |
| City-Served: | Lamu |
| Location: | Manda Island, Lamu Archipelago, |
| Elevation-F: | 20 |
| Elevation-M: | 6 |
| R1-Number: | 16/34 |
| R1-Length-F: | 6,330 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,930 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| R2-Number: | 08/26 |
| R2-Length-F: | 3,054 |
| R2-Length-M: | 931 |
| R2-Surface: | Dirt/grass |
Manda Airport, also called Lamu Airport, is an airport in Kenya.
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 450km (280miles), by air, southeast of Nairobi International Airport, the country's largest civilian airport.[1] The geographic coordinates of this airport are 2° 14' 46.00"S, 40° 54' 36.00"E (Latitude: -2.246110; Longitude: 40.910000).
Manda Airport is a small civilian airport on Manda Island, serving the Lamu Archipelago in Kenya. Situated at 6m (20feet) above sea level,[2] the airport has two runways. The first runway (15/33) is paved with asphalt and measures 6330feet in length and 100feet in width. The second runway (08/26) is unpaved and is 3054feet long and 46feet wide.[3]
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 450km (280miles), 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.[4]
The airport is near the Camp Simba US naval base. Al-Shabaab militants attacked the base in January 2020. The airport was temporarily closed.[5]