Live flights over Nairobi Wilson Airport (WIL)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 47 departures and 65 arrivals at Nairobi Wilson Airport, 56 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Nairobi (NBO). The airline seen most often is Renegade Air.
Airport data
- IATA code
- WIL
- ICAO code
- HKNW
- City
- Nairobi
- Region
- Nairobi City County
- Country
- Kenya
- Elevation
- 1,687 m (5,536 ft)
- Coordinates
- -1.32172, 36.8148
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Nairobi Wilson Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Nairobi.
Seen by the network
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 22 | 33 | 55 |
| Sat 24 | 25 | 32 | 57 |
Airlines
- Renegade AirRNG 6
- Yellow Wings Air ServicesELW 5
- African Medical and Research FoundationFDS 4
- Air Atlanta IcelandicABD 1
- Kenya AirwaysKQA 1
- Skyward AirlinesSEW 1
- UNOUNO 1
Aircraft
- C208 53
- DH8A 14
- Pilatus PC-12 PC12 10
- B407 4
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 4
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Nairobi Wilson Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/-1.32172/lon/36.8148/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Nairobi right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Nairobi Wilson Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Nairobi: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of WIL, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Nairobi Wilson Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Renegade Air, Yellow Wings Air Services, African Medical and Research Foundation, Air Atlanta Icelandic and Kenya Airways.
What are the main connections from Nairobi Wilson Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Nairobi (NBO, 2). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Nairobi? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Nairobi Wilson Airport? +
Nairobi Wilson Airport has IATA code WIL and ICAO code HKNW. It lies in Nairobi City County, Kenya, at coordinates -1.32172, 36.8148.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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