Kabale Airport

Kabale Airport
Batuma Memorial Airstrip
IATA: n/a – ICAO: HUKB
Kabale Airstrip
Location of Kabale Airstrip in Uganda
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Kabale Municipality
Serves Kabale, Uganda
Elevation AMSL 6,000 ft / 1,820 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
2,408 7,900 Unpaved

Kabale Airport (IATA: n/a, ICAO: HUKB) is an airstrip serving Kabale[1], a town in Kabale District, in Southwestern Uganda. It is one of the forty-six (46) airports in the country.[2]

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Location

Kabale Airport lies approximately 311 kilometres (193 mi), by air, southwest of Entebbe International Airport, Uganda's largest civilian and military airport.[3] This location is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), by road, from Kabale, on the Kabale-Kisoro Road.[4] The coordinates of the airport are . Kabale Airport is situated at 1,820 metres (5,970 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kabale Airport is a small civilian airport that serves the town of Kabale and the surrounding areas of Kabale District. As of January 2010, the airport is not under the administration of the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority.[5] The airport has a single unpaved runway, whose length is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) or 7,900 feet (2,400 m).[4]

References

  1. ^ "Kabale, Uganda (ICAO: HUKB)". Great Circle Mapper. http://www.gcmap.com/airport/HUKB. Retrieved 8 March 2010. 
  2. ^ "Uganda". CIA World Factbook. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ug.html. "Airports: 46 (2010)" 
  3. ^ "Distance between Entebbe and Kabale with map". Distance Calculator. Globefeed.com. http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Entebbe%20Airport%20()%20&toplace=Kabale%20(Kabale)&fromlat=0.042386&tolat=-1.3261111&fromlng=32.443503&tolng=30.0038889. "311 km (approximate travel/road distance 357.6 km to 388.7 km)" 
  4. ^ a b "Kabale to get first airstrip". The New Vision. 4 February 2010. http://newvision.co.ug/D/8/220/709063. "The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has approved the construction of the first airstrip in Kabale district ... the Batuma Memorial Airstrip will be constructed in memory of the late Canon Dr. John Sedrack Batuma ... the airstrip site is located in Rubanda county, about 5Km from Kabale town on the Kabale-Kisoro highway." 
  5. ^ "Aerodromes". Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda. http://www.caa.co.ug/index1.php?pageid=77&pageSection=Aerodromes. Retrieved January 2010. 

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Capital: Kabale
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sub-counties
  • Rubanda County
  • Rukiga County
  • Ndorwa County
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