Kisoro Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCivil Aviation Authority of Uganda
ServesKisoro, Uganda
Elevation AMSL6,200 ft / 1,890 m
Coordinates1°17′00″S 29°43′10″E / 1.28333°S 29.71944°E / -1.28333; 29.71944 (Kisoro Airport)
Map
HUKI is located in Uganda
HUKI
HUKI
Location of the airport in Uganda
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18/36 1,130 3,707 Asphalt
Sources: CAA[1] Google Maps[2] SkyVector[3]

Kisoro Airport (ICAO: HUKI) is an airport serving the town of Kisoro in Uganda and nearby Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. It is in extreme southwestern Uganda, 6 kilometres (4 mi) north of the Rwanda border, and approximately 343 kilometres (213 mi) by air southwest of Entebbe International Airport, the country's largest civilian and military airport.[4] It is one of twelve upcountry airports administered by the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda.

The airport is mainly used by small planes flying tourists on a daily basis to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, the southern side of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, as well as connecting onto Queen Elizabeth National Park.[5] As of 2017, the airport does not accommodate international flights. The Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda has hinted on plans of upgrading the Kisoro Airport.[6]

The Kisoro non-directional beacon (Ident: KS) is located on the field.[7]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Aerolink Uganda Entebbe[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kisoro Airfield, Uganda Civil Aviation Authority, 25 February 2014, accessed 15 November 2015
  2. ↑ Google Maps - Kisoro
  3. ↑ SkyVector - Kisoro National
  4. ↑ "Distance between Entebbe Airport () and Kisoro (Kisoro) (Uganda)". distancecalculator.globefeed.com. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  5. ↑ "Kisoro Airstrip Flight Schedule". Savannah Wings. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  6. ↑ CAA unveils master plan to create four new international airports
  7. ↑ "SkyVector: Flight Planning / Aeronautical Charts". skyvector.com. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  8. ↑ Aerolink Uganda (2019). "Aerolink Uganda Destinations". Entebbe: Aerolink Uganda. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
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