\ REPUBLIC OF KENYA NAIROBI AIRPORT ANNUAL REPORT • 1967 • Five Shillings - 1968 PIUNTED DY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER, NAIROBI • .. .· NAIROBI AIRPORT ANNUAL REPORT 1967 • Reçu la -·-······-···-···--·-·--·-.. - Cote ... _......... -....... -·------ . xnmpi .................. ------- N0 En•rée ..... I0. ~.:--~. 19 • • FOREWORD There has been a rearrangement of facts and additions which, it is felt will bring the report up to date. The report has not only confined itself to Nairobi Airport, but brought to the knowledge of the reader sorne important facts about Port Reitz (Mombasa) and other East African airports, to provide .a comparative reading . • ... • ACKNOWLEDGBMENTS The Airport Authority wishes to thank ail the Government Ministries, the East African Common Services Organization and the East African Airways for their co-operation during the year in review, and looks forward to combined co-operation in the coming year . .. • CONTENTS PAGE FOREWORD ACKNOWLEDOEMENTS REvmw OF YEAR .. PART I-TRAFFIC DEVELOPMENT Aircraft Movements . 1 Air Traffic Control 4 Tropical Trials .. 4 Services, Routings and Type of Aircraft Used 5 Cities served with Weekly Jet Flights from Nairobi 6 Cities served with Direct Flights from Nairobi 7 Passenger Movements 8 Distribution of Passengers according to Cities 9 Visitors to Kenya by Air 17 Mail Handled .. 19 Freight .. 21 Aviation Fuel Uplift .. 24 Traffic Movements-Peak and Average 26 PART II-GENERAL 26 Information Services 28 Nairobi Airport Security Services 29 The Kenya Police, Embakasi 29 Employees Census-1967 Nairobi Airport 30 Airline Companies operating at Nairobi Airport .. 31 PART III-FACILITIES ÜFFERED AT NAIROBI AlRPORT Aerodrome Fire Service 31 Ministry of Works; Electrical Department.. 31 Ministry ofWorks; Building Maintenance .. 32 E.A. Posts and Telecommunications Administration 32 Health Services 33 East Mrican Meteorological Services 33 East Mrican Customs 35 Immigration Department 35 P.A.B.X. 36 PART IV-BusiNESS MANAGEMENT-NAIROBI ArRPORT 36 PART V-MOMBASA ArRPORT-PORT REITZ 38 PART VI-APPENDICES 1. Senior Staff of the Air port Department 40 2. Network of Intercontinental Services from Nairobi .. at-end 3. Network of Continental Services 41 4. Air Distances from Nairobi Airport 42 5. Aircraft Movements 43 6. Aviation Fuel Uplift 44 7. Mail 45 8. Freight 45 9. Passengers Handled 46 10. Waving-base Visitors 46 11. Water Consumption at Nairobi Airport 47 12. Livestock Holding Station 47 13. Radio Facilities and Navigational Aids 48 14. General Information 50 15. Legislation governing Nairobi Airport 52 NAIROBI AIRPORT ANNUAL REPORT 1967 Review of the Y ear The year 1967 witnessed yet another rapid increase in civil aircraft movements, passengers, freight and fuel consumption. Two new airlines, Trans World Airlines and Sabena started to operate to and from the Nairobi Airport. This makes it possible for travellers from Kenya to have easy connexions at Geneva by travelling Trans World Airlines, with a connexion to central Europe through Vienna, by travelling with Sabena. During the yea.r, the national airline, East African Airways operated their Super VC lOs on international flights, which included a new route to Bangkok. The Cornets owned by the airline mainly operated on continental routes. There was a decrease of 64.2 per cent in military aircraft movements over the previous year because the oil airlift to Zambia bad ceased. The detailed percentage increases in the activities at Nairobi Airport is as shown below: Civil aircraft movements 1.8 Passengers handled 19.0 Mail 12.4 Freight 42.3 Aviation fuel uplift 7.4 The above figures reflect that Nairobi Airport is growing rapidly. The details of the growth rates are indicated in the appendices to the report. PART 1-TRAFFIC DEVELOPMENT Aircraft Movements A total of 25,719 movements were recorded at Nairobi Airport during the year 1967. Out of the recorded movements. 24,009 were scheduled and other civil movements, and 1,710 were military movements. For comparison purposes, this was 9.3 percent below the previous year. The charter flights increased tremendously during the year under review. The recorded movements were 2,371 , thus giving an average of seven movements per day. Graph I shows a survey of aircraft movements (civil and military), for the years 1965-1967. Table l (a) is the general survey of movements according to type of aircraft during the same period, with a summary at Table 1 (b). Table 1 (c) shows the movements according to type of flight. GRAPH I--CIVIL AND MILITARY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENfS 1965-1967 32 '000 ------------------------------ -- ---------- -- ---- -- 28,000 ...... .......... ..... ............ ---------------- 24,000 --------------·· ............... ······--------- 20,000 -············-·- ······-----···· ···············- 16,000 ····· ·· ·····-··· ............... ··-············- 12,000 ···------------- ---------------- ------------· --- 8,000 ----·----------- ---·-----·--- -- -----------···-- 4,000 ·--------··-·-- -----·--·····-· --··-·--------·· 1.0 r-- 1.0 1.0 (}\ (}\ 2 TABLE l (a)-GENERAL SURVEY OF ThAFFIC MOVEMENTS FROM 1965 TO 1967 ACCORDING TO AIR.CRAFT TYPE TYPE OF AIRCRAFT 1965 1966 PerCent 1967 SoVC.10NC.10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,564 3,506 51.7 5,320 Brito 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 280 22o5 343 Bo707 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 732 935 29o7 1,213 Bo720 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 803 741 23o3 914 Bo727 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 300 24 DCo8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 648 715 26o4 904 Cornets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,079 3,669 - 31°9 2,500 BAC-111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 3,600 74 Convair 990 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 . 8 -- Trident 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 174 - - 120 HoSo 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 10 700 80 Mystere 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 20 40 28 Fo27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,264 5,644 -18o8 4,585 IL-18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 4 - - C.82/Go Stream 0 0 0 0 0 0 - -- 10 DCo7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 161 40°4 96 DCo6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 576 404 - 38°1 250 DC.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 176 90 - 13°3 82 DCo3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,280 5,571 - 19°4 4,493 ver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 486 242 - 58°7 100 Super Connie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 18 55o6 8 Twin Otter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 55 Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,478 1,550 81°3 2,810 Military 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,888 4,783 - 64o2 1,710 TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 25,870 28,359 - 9°3 25,719 Note-The percentage column refers to the differences between the years 1966 and 1967 0 TABLE I (b)-SUMMARY TYPE OF AIR.CRAFT 1965 1966 Percent 1967 1 Jet Aircraft (Turbo) 0 0 0 0 0 0 8,010 9,582 + 18o4 11,349 Prop-Jet Aircraft 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,979 6,170 - 17o3 5,101 Piston-Engined Aircraft 0 0 0 0 8,317 6,244 - 21°2 4,921 Executive Jet Aircraft 0 0 0 0 198 30 - 6°7 28 Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,474 1,550 +81°3 2,810 Military 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,888 4,783 - 64o2 1,710 TOTALS 0 0 0 0 0 0 25,870 28,359 - 9°3 25,719 1 3 TABLE 1 (c)-SURVEY OF A!RCRAFf MOVEMENTS ACCORDING TO TYPE OF FLIGHT, 1967 ' TYPE OF FLIGHT 1965 1966 Percent 1967 Scheduled Commercial 0 0 0 0 12,861 13,368 9·2 14,594 Other Commercial 0 0 0 0 0 0 458 463 4·6 441 Other Non-commercial 0 0 0 0 262 321 12·5 280 Charter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. 1,333 1,609 47 ·4 2,371 Priva te 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 250 66 415 Test and Training 0 0 • 0 0 0 8,960 7,565 - 21 ·9 5,908 Military 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,888 4,783 - 64·2 1,710 TOTALS 0 0 0 0 0 0 25,870 28,359 - 9·3 25,719 Air Traffic Control A total of 25,719 aircraft movements were handled by the Air Traffic Control at Nairobi Airport. Out of this total, 19,140 movements were directed by Instrument Flight Rules. There were 7,844 night movements during the year. The following Air Traffic Service Units were maintained for 24 hours: 1. Approach Control Unit. 2. Surveillance Radar Unit. 3. Aer-odrome Control Unit. 4. InternatiOnal Notam Office. TABLE 2-RECORDED MOVEMENTS, 1965- 1967 Total Night Military Year Movements Movements Movements 1965 0 0 0 0 0 0 25,870 5,984 1,888 1966 0. • 0 .. 28,357 8,030 4,783 1967 • 0 0 0 0 0 25,719 7,844 1,710 Tropical Trials The Hawker Siddeley Group carried out tropical trials in November with a Trident Mark Il. 4 / At the control tower, cadet engineer Erastus Macharia operates a series of switches to keep in touch with in-coming and out-going planes at Nairobi Airport. Services, Routings and Type of Aircraft Used Airline Routings A/C. Type EUROPE E.A.A.C. .. LON/FRA/PAR/ROM/CAI/BBB/NBO/DAR S.VC.IO B.O.A.C.