Located 6km south of Eldoret town, Eldoret International Airport is open daily from 0330 hours to 1730 hours GMT, but the time can be extended on request. The airport has three scheduled international cargo flights and several others a week.

The Eldoret International Airport was built in 1997 and commissioned in 1998 to accelerate economic growth in western Kenya and open up the region to local and international markets. In the beginning, however commercial activities were slow. The Government appointed a commission to recommend how business could be promoted at the airport.

The commission recommended that the private sector be involved in building a cold and dry cargo storage facility.

In 2007, Cancen International Ltd, a private company, commissioned a dry cargo warehouse of 150 metric tonnes. Signon Freight had earlier leased a warehouse of similar size. A year later a cold storage of 230 metric tonnes was completed, boosting the capacity of cold storage for the fresh produce. The export of fresh produce and cut flowers continues through the airport.

To forestall emissions, 600 acres of eucalyptus trees were planted at the airport. Trees have also been planted on another 100 acres at the Eldoret Airstrip. The services and facilities at airport are passenger facilitation and coordination and information, courier, Internet, advertising, catering, clearing and forwarding, ground handling banking, postal and taxi and car rental services.

It also has a prayer area for Muslims and Christians, tour agencies, aviation fuel uplift, exporters and importers’ warehousing, air charter, brokerage and cargo consolidation services, a VIP lounge, First Aid, ambulance and vaccination services and a dispensary.

Eldoret International Airport has two facilities with a capacity to handle 1.2 million tonnes annually, and a cold storage capacity of 250 metric tonnes. The cargo facilities are Signon Freight Ltd and Cancen International.