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Kigali International Airport

Kigali, City of Kigali (Rwanda)
IATA: KGL ICAO: HRYR
Longest Active Runway
11,483 ft
3,500 meters
Field Elevation
4,859 ft
1,481 m MSL
Runway Inventory
1 active
Lighted / Paved
Coordinates & Class
-1.9686°, 30.1395°
LARGE AIRPORT
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Derived Facts, National & Global Rankings

National Runway Rank
#1 in Rwanda
Out of 5 commercial aerodromes
Global Runway Rank
#448 Worldwide
Top 6.4% percentile
Elevation Ranking
#377 MSL
Top 7.5% percentile
vs Large Airport Median
+14.8%
Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 Database Insight: Kigali International Airport's longest active runway measures 11,483 ft (3,500 m). It ranks as the #1 longest runway in Rwanda and #448 worldwide among indexed commercial aerodromes.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator Length (ft / m) Width (ft / m) Surface Material Lighting Status
10/28 11,483 ft (3500m) 148 ft (45m) Asphalt (ASP) ✅ Lighted ✅ Active

🧭 Comparative Aerodromes (100 NM Radius, ≥5,000 ft Paved)

Great-circle Haversine spatial proximity matching for commercial facilities with paved runway capacity within 100 NM.

Aerodrome Name IATA Distance Longest Runway Lighting
Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport (Bujumbura) BJM 95.1 NM (176.1 km) 11,811 ft ✅ Lighted

🛡️ Data Provenance & Verification Metadata

Source Dataset: OurAirports Open Aviation Database
Snapshot Version: 2026-09-01
Verification Method: SHA-256 Checksum Lock
Calculation Model: Haversine Great-Circle
Machine-readable endpoint: GET /api/airport/kgl.json ↗