Kei Airport
Kei International Airport 倠徏降場 klrui-trik-krung-qlrang | |
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| Summary | |
| Airport type | public |
| Owner/Operator | Kei Aerodrome Corporation |
| Serves | Kien-k'ang |
| Location | Kei, Themiclesia |
| Opened | February 22, 1987 |
| Hub for | Themiclesian Airways |
Kei International Airport (IATA: KEI; ICAO: TKEI; Shinasthana: 倠徏降場, rf klrui-trik-krung-qlrang) is an international airport in Kei, a distant suburb of Kien-k'ang located about 37 mi (60 km) away. The airport is the busiest in Themiclesia, second busiest in Hemithea, and the 16th busiest globally. It has handled over 47 million passenger arrivals and departures in 2018. More than 90 airlines operate out of Kei, offering flights to all five populated continents and over 200 other airports.
Kei International Airport contains three runways and four passenger terminals and is the hub airport of Themiclesian Airways, the largest (but not flag carrier) airline operator in Themiclesia. The airport was conceived in the 1960s and opened in 1987. It overtook the ageing Tibh Airport located in central Kien-k'ang as the country's busiest in 1992.