| Fort Portal Airport | |||
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| IATA: N/A – ICAO: HUFP
HUPF
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public, Civilian | ||
| Owner | Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda | ||
| Serves | Fort Portal, Uganda | ||
| Location | Fort Portal, Uganda | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,030 ft / 1,530 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 15/33 | Unpaved | ||
Fort Portal Airport (IATA: n/a, ICAO: HUFP) is an airport in Uganda. It is one of the forty-six (46) airports in the country.[1]
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Fort Portal Airport is located outside of the town of Fort Portal, Kabarole District, in Western Uganda, at the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains, close to the International border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its location is approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi), by road, northwest of the central business district of the town. This location is approximately 250 kilometres (160 mi), by air, northwest of Entebbe International Airport, the country’s largest civilian and military airport.[2] The geographic coordinates of this airport are .
Fort Portal Airport is a small civilian airport that serves the town of Fort Portal and Kibaale National Park. As of August 2011, the airport is not administered by the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority.[3] Situated at 5,030 feet (1,530 m) above sea level,[4] the airport is the third-highest airport in Uganda, behind Kisoro Airport at 6,200 feet (1,900 m), and Kabale Airport at 6,000 feet (1,800 m) above sea level.[5] The airport has a single unpaved runway, whose exact dimensions are unknown, as of August 2011.
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