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Eldoret International Airport

airport in Kenya
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Summary

Eldoret International Airport is an international airport[1]. It draws 320 Wikipedia views per month (international airport category, ranking #485 of 1,156).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Eldoret[3]
  • Country: Kenya[4]
  • Instance of: airport[5], commercial traffic aerodrome[6]
  • Operator: Kenya Airports Authority[7]
  • Named after: Eldoret[8]
  • IATA airport code: EDL[9]
  • ICAO airport code: HKEL[10]
  • Commons category: Eldoret International Airport[11]
  • Runway: 08/26[12]
  • Inception: 1995[13]
  • Coordinate location: 0.404444, 35.238889[14]
  • Official website: http://www.kenyaairports.co.ke/kaa/airports/eldoret/[15]
  • Place served by transport hub: Eldoret[16]
  • Date of official opening: 1995[17]
  • Different from: Eldoret Boma Airport[18]
  • Elevation above sea level: 2150[19]
  • Aerodrome reference point: 0.40446, 35.2389[20]
  • Patronage: 111,250[21]
  • State of use: in use[22]

Why It Matters

Eldoret International Airport has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Related Entities

Kenya

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 23w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Airport", "HKEL"]
    Inception → —
    Named after → Eldoret
    Inception → +1995-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Airport", "HKEL"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257634|batch #257634]]"
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