Mara Serena Airport is an airstrip in
Maasai Mara
Maasai Mara, sometimes also spelt Masai Mara and locally known simply as The Mara, is a large national game reserve in Narok County, Kenya, contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. It is named in honour of the Maasai people, th ...
,
Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...
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Location
Mara Serena Airport is located in Maasai Mara, in
Narok County
Narok County is a county in southwestern Kenya with an estimated population of 1,157,873 according to 2019 Census. The dominant ethnic group is the Maasai. Its capital and largest town is Narok, with the only other major urban centre being K ...
, in southwestern
Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...
, close to the border with
Tanzania
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...
.
Mara Serena Airport lies approximately southwest of
Nairobi International Airport, Kenya's largest civilian airport. The geographical coordinates of this airport are:1° 24' 18.00"S, 35° 0' 36.00"E (Latitude:-1.405000; Longitude:35.010000). Mara Serena Airport is an all weather gravel airstrip serving tourist flights to Maasai Mara. This airstrip is one of several in Maasai Mara, some of which are in fact tarmac paved airstrips such as Keekorok Airstrip. In total, Maasai Mara and the
surrounding conservancies have a network of close to 10 airstrips and which one you fly to depends on which camp or lodge you will be staying at in the Reserve. A useful link has been provided below to see both a Map of the various airstrips as well as the details of each including Maasai Mara airport codes.
Overview
Mara Serena Airport is a small civilian airport, serving Maasai Mara and the neighbouring communities. Situated at above sea level, the
airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial Aviation, air transport. They usually consist of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surf ...
has one unpaved runway measuring in length.
Airlines and destinations
See also
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Maasai Mara
Maasai Mara, sometimes also spelt Masai Mara and locally known simply as The Mara, is a large national game reserve in Narok County, Kenya, contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. It is named in honour of the Maasai people, th ...
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Trans Mara District Trans Mara District was an administrative district in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Kilgoris. The district had a population of 274,532 (2019 census) and an area of 2,846 km It was created in 1994, when Trans Ma ...
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Rift Valley Province
Rift Valley Province () of Kenya, bordering Uganda, was one of Kenya's eight provinces, before the 2013 Kenyan general election.
Rift Valley Province was the largest and one of the most economically important provinces in Kenya. It was dominated ...
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Kenya Airports Authority
Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) is the owner and operator of nine civilian airports and airstrips in Kenya. Kenya Airports Authority was established by an act of Parliament in 1992, by the ruling Kenya African National Union government. The KAA ...
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Kenya Civil Aviation Authority
Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) is a state corporation of Kenya that is responsible for regulating the aviation industry in Kenya and for providing air navigation services in the Kenya flight region.
The KCAA offers training in the aviation ...
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List of airports in Kenya
The following is a list of airports and air bases in Kenya, sorted by location.
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List
See also
* Transport in Kenya
* List of airports by ICAO code: H#HK - Kenya
* Wikipedia: WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Afric ...
References
External links
Location of Mara Serena Airport At Google Maps Website of Kenya Airports Authority Airkenya Routes Maasai Mara Map showing airstrips
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Airports in Kenya
Airports in Rift Valley Province
Narok County