Kenyatta International Airport Aerial - Nairobi is served primarily by Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. It is the largest airport in East and Central Africa and handled over 4 million passengers in 2005. The airport is a major transit hub for passengers flying to East Africa's natural attractions, and other smaller cities in East and Central Africa. The airport is situated 20km from Nairobi's Central Business District, and is served by taxis, shuttle services and coaches. The airport directly serves intercontinental passengers from Europe and Asia. Wilson Airport is a small, busy airport to the west of Nairobi. It handles small aircraft that generally operate within Kenya, although some offer services to other East African destinations. Eastleigh Airport was the original landing strip in the pre-jet airline era. It was used in a landing point on the 1930s and 1940s British passenger and mail route from Southampton to Cape Town. This route was served by flying boats between Britain and Kisumu and then by land-based aircraft on the routes to the south. The airport is now a military base.