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Moi International Airport , also '''Mombasa Airport''', serves the city of Mombasa , and is the second most important airport in Kenya after Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi . The airport is run by Kenya Airports Authority . It has two runways, 03/21 and 15/33. Runway 21 is equipped with an ILS . It was named after former Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi during his tenure. HISTORY The airport was originally known as "Port Reitz Airport". It was built during the Second World War by the Engineer Corps of the South African Army. During that war it was used by the Fleet Air Arm for the defence of the British Eastern Fleet which was based at nearby Kilindini Harbour from 1942, by the RAF which operated Anti-submarine Catalina Flying Boat s off the East Africa coast and by the South African Air Force which was engaged in the war against Italy in Abbysinia . The airport was expanded to an international airport in 1979. AIRLINES AND DESTINATIONS
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