Last Updated 13 years ago by Kenya Engineer
The president will today preside over the groundbreaking ceremony of the Isiolo airport which is due to achieve new status. At a cost of 900 million, airport will be upgraded to international standards.
The upgrade follows completion of construction work at the airstrip, which included construction of a 1.4km runway, two taxiways, patrol road and runway safety works in July last year at a cost of Sh700 million.
The airport is part of the mega infrastructure project, Lamu Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor (LAPSSET) which is a key highlight in the country’s Vision 2030. The upgrade will involve expansion of the runway to 2.5km, building of a passenger terminal with an area of 4,500 square meters and a capacity to handle 125,000 passengers annually, construction of a parking area, fire station, control tower and hanger, among others.
The authority said that the runway could be extended to 4km in future moving the facility to the league of Moi International Airport in Mombasa and Eldoret Airport, whose runways measure 3.5km each, and above Kisumu at 2.1km. The country’s largest airport, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport has the longest runway at 4.1km.
Isiolo will also host one of the five resort cities outlined in the Lapsset project thus opening up the Northern part of the country which has great tourism potential. On completion, Isiolo airport will handle heavy commercial aircraft and maximum takeoff weight.
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